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Quetta, March 30 – A leading human rights organization highlighted on Monday the escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 87 extrajudicial killings and 234 cases of enforced disappearances during the month of February.In its latest report, the Human Rights Council...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court on Monday ordered the detention of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Shabir Ahmed Lone, for five days in police custody.Judicial Magistrate Vijayshree Rathore allowed the city police's plea for five days of interrogation of the accused.Describing...

Islamabad, March 29 – The death of a young Tibetan monk serves as a stark warning of the escalating repression in Tibet, with Chinese authorities treating even acts such as sharing information on a digital messaging platform as potential security threats, a report this week revealed.According...

Thane, March 28 A 19-year-old man was detained in Thane, Maharashtra, for allegedly spreading rumors on social media claiming that a nationwide lockdown would be imposed, a police official said on Saturday.Arham Azharuddin Ansari, who lives in the city's Mumbra area, was allowed to go after he...

Islamabad, March 27 – Terming his father, Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, being detained as "arbitrary," Kasim Khan has raised serious concerns at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva over the Pakistani authorities' treatment, which...

Mumbai, March 26 Two Ugandan women have been detained for illegally staying in the city, an official said here on Thursday.Nakayondo Rose (37) and Kemigisa Proscovia (26) had been living in the Kalina area for several years without valid visas and other necessary documents, according to the...

Kolkata, March 26 Clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters during an election campaign by a saffron party candidate in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, with several police personnel also coming under attack while trying to control the situation.Eight people were detained in...

New Delhi, March 26 A Delhi court has ordered the detention of two men accused of killing Bangladeshi political activist Osman Hadi, whose daylight murder sparked widespread violence in the neighboring country, for 11 days in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The two...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 The Odisha Police said on Wednesday that they had detained two individuals for allegedly flying a drone over the Jagannath Temple in Puri, which is prohibited.The authorities acted after the drone was spotted hovering above the 12th-century shrine on Wednesday afternoon...

New York, March 25 – Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, called on Chinese authorities on Wednesday to immediately overturn the conviction of prominent human rights lawyer Xie Yang and release him unconditionally, citing serious procedural violations and years of persecution...

Jammu, March 25 A 70-year-old Pakistani intruder was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.Abdul Hussain, a resident of Lehari Khurd village, was repatriated to Pakistan within...

Srinagar, March 24 The Shia organization, Anjuman Sharie Shian, formed a panel of lawyers on Tuesday to provide legal assistance to individuals facing legal proceedings due to their participation in anti-US and anti-Israel protests in Kashmir earlier this month.The panel of lawyers was formed...

Kathmandu, March 24 At least 11 security personnel were injured in a violent crackdown on a protest against the alleged open cross-border drug trade in the border region of Nepal's Lumbini province on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Bardia district bordering India, where protesters...

New Delhi, March 23 The government has informed Parliament about one case of a distressed Indian national seeking assistance and repatriation from Russia, in connection with the evolving situation in the West Asia and Gulf region.In a written response to a query, External Affairs Minister S...

Kolkata, March 23 – Police in West Bengal announced on Monday that large sums of cash were recovered again ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections.Police and members of the Static Surveillance Team (SST) recovered over Rs 3.7 lakh in cash from three vehicles during searches conducted at...

New Delhi, March 23 AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed on Monday that he was booked by the police for organizing a candle march in support of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk.However, a police source said that no FIR has been registered against him in the last few days.Despite this, the...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, who challenged the detention of her husband and Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), after noting that the preventive detention order...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against the latter's detention under the National Security Act (NSA).A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale noted that the Centre had revoked its order...

Leh/Jammu, March 22 Returning to Leh after his release from detention, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said on Sunday that the Ladakh movement would remain peaceful and expressed hope for constructive engagement between all stakeholders.Noting that “a lot went wrong" in Ladakh, Wangchuk said...