Robert Blake affirms that The US-sponsored Sri Lankan resolution at the UNHRC was formulated in cons
Region: IndiaThe US Assistant Secretary of State on South and Central Asia has said that his country has worked with India all through the procedure on the US-sponsored Sri Lankan resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), The Assistant Secretary of State , Robert Blake, told the BBC Sinhalese service in an interview, “We worked very closely with India throughout the process and we indeed welcomed some of the changes that India made," He further added "So we we... more
Views: 402PDP earns faith and credibility of JK People :Mufti
Region: IndiaJammu, March 26 (Scoop News) –Reiterating resolve of his party to restore peace and tranquillity in Jammu and Kashmir, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that the PDP has earned faith and credibility of the residents of Jammu and Kashmir through its convictions and commitments. “Getting power in not the only agenda of PDP, our party is movement to change destiny of the people and to establish a system of justice and equality in Jammu a... more
Views: 600In India Sex at 16 was legal 153 years ago----Indian Penal Code.
Region: IndiaOn Tuesday, the Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde quoted the 153-year-old IPC in support of his proposal to lower the consent age for sex to 16 years. Though, the anti-rape Bill passed by Parliament few days back retained the consent age for sex at 18 years. "The consent age of 16 years was incorporated in IPC (Indian Penal Code) in 1860. No one had looked in to it (then) but when my ordinance came for correcting this...whole Parliament was against it”. He was speaking at a ... more
Views: 673Afghanistan: Child Abuse Victims Go to Jail
Afghanistan: Child Abuse Victims Imprisoned Rights activists say children are imprisoned for “moral crimes” while the perpetrators escape prosecution. By Mina Habib The 15-year-old refused to give his name, his eyes cast down as he sat in an empty room in the children‘s correction centre in Kabul. Slowly, he began to open up and tell his story. An orphan, he left his home province of Sar-e Pol a year ago and came to the Afghan city to study at an Islamic school. One day... more
Views: 610Omar Abdullah demands removal of AFSPA in Kashmir.
Region: IndiaThe Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in Jammu that the Central Government should gather courage to try-out the suspension of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the Valley of Kashmir. Omar Abdullah told media in Jammu,"If the central government could hang Afzal Guru knowing well that it would have repercussions in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, then why cannot it gather the courage to remove AFSPA? I do not understand this," He further doubted th... more
Views: 284The state of J&K has incurred nearly Rs 12 crore in last 3 years
Region: IndiaThe J&K state has a special status and VIP treatment in incurring expenditure on the state aircraft and helicopters .Replying to a cut motion raised by Harshdev Singh of JKNPP member Harshdev Singh in the Assembly, CM said that since 2010 Rs 1,196.45 lakh has been spent on POL and maintenance of these aircrafts, The state Government has one King Air-350 Aircraft and two helicopters of models Bell-407 and Augusta-109E. He confirmed that the VIP sorties and helicopters have cos... more
Views: 247Local richest BSP leader murdered in his farmhouse in south Delhi.
Region: IndiaOne of the richest BSP leaders, Deepak Bhardwaj (62), was today shot dead by three men at his south Delhi farmhouse. He had contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on a BSP ticket from West Delhi constituency but lost to Congress. Affidavit filed with the Election Commission in 2009 depicts that he owned agricultural land worth Rs 368.22 crore owned buildings worth Rs 28.75 crore besides other assets. His wife had land worth Rs 100.35 crore. The slain leader was into education, hotel an... more
Views: 254Sketch of second suspected militant circulated by police in Delhi.
Region: IndiaOn Saturday, Delhi Police rejected claims made by the family of 47 year old Shah that he was going to surrender in Jammu and Kashmir under the state government’s rehabilitation policy. They claimed that on Shah`s tip off police were able to recover an AK-56 assault rifle, three hand grenades, two magazines — each carry ing 30 round cartridges, 220 grams of explosives, a Delhi map and a memory card from a room of the said guesthouse. Meanwhile, on Sunday Delhi Police release... more
Views: 290Saudi Arabia: Threats to Block Internet Communication Tools
Written by Amira Al Hussaini Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet [1], is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating companies agree to infringe on the privacy of users and monitor them. According to Brian Whitaker, who blogs [2] at Al-bab, the Saudi authorities: are threatening to block popular communication services such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber unless the operating companies agree ... more
Views: 923Bosnia's Child Soldiers Fade into Obscurity
Exploited in war, ignored in peace, former combatants who served as minors in three warring armies want recognition more than anything else. By Aida Mia Alic - In February 1992, 17-year-old Mirsad Geko played his last hockey game in the brightly-lit Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo. In May that year, the war in Bosnia started and Geko gave up his dream of becoming hockey player. In early May, he set aside his hockey stick ... more
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