civil liberties

New Delhi, April 3 – The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) strongly opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) initiatives in Uttarakhand and Gujarat on Friday, describing them as constitutionally flawed, legally untenable, and violations of religious freedom and civil liberties.Speaking...

New Delhi, April 3 The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday condemned the passage of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill by the Gujarat Assembly as "unconstitutional" and asserted that it would challenge it in the Gujarat High Court.The Board said the Bill is an attempt to...

Islamabad, March 27 – A leading minority rights group alleged on Friday that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organized religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the...

New Delhi, March 20 CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar on Friday condemned the sealing of the office of news agency UNI and called it an assault on press freedom.In a statement issued here, Kumar said the incident was "unprecedented"."The forcible takeover of the Rafi Marg office of United News of India...

Washington, March 19 – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary nominee Markwayne Mullin said he supports legal immigration but will push for stricter enforcement of immigration laws.Testifying before the Senate on Wednesday (local time), Mullin drew a clear distinction between legal and illegal...

New Delhi, March 13 A day after three members of a family in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide due to threats of being falsely implicated in SC/ST cases, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to allow a person or victim to file a...

Washington, March 3 – A US Senate oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) turned sharply confrontational on Tuesday, as Democrats accused the agency of excessive force and violations of civil liberties, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem rejected the claims and defended...

The Government Degree College Kulgam organized the Viksit Bharat Youth Parliament under the aegis of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and MY Bharat.Srinagar, February 27: The Government Degree College Kulgam today organized the Viksit Bharat Youth Parliament under the aegis of the...

New Delhi, February 27 The right to possess a passport and travel abroad is an integral aspect of personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the Delhi High Court has said.When any action by the authorities infringes upon such a right, the court asserted, it must be...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to March 10 the hearing on a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, the wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale said...

Patna, February 19 – Union Minister and President of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Chirag Paswan, has strongly condemned the controversy surrounding a robot displayed by Galgotias University at the AI Summit, calling the incident extremely damaging to the country's image.Reacting to...

Quetta, February 16 – A leading human rights organization stated on Monday that the continued imprisonment of two prominent women figures in Pakistan, including the chief organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Mahrang Baloch, and human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir, is not merely...