displacement

New Delhi, April 4 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised doubts about the government's claims that the Great Nicobar infrastructure project would not displace any local tribes, questioning the need for a draft "Comprehensive Tribal Welfare Plan" if tribal communities were indeed unaffected...

Kabul, April 2 – Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, said on Thursday that over 27,000 Afghan families across nine provinces have been displaced due to attacks carried out by Pakistan's military, according to local media reports.During a coordination meeting with...

Kabul, March 30 – The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has urged Pakistani forces to stop attacking civilian areas in Afghanistan and to respect international law. Calling the firing on residential areas "war crimes," the IHRF has called on the United Nations and international human...

Islamabad, March 30 – Human rights activists and civil society organizations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent...

Kabul, March 25 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, stated on Wednesday that UN experts have called for prompt, independent, and transparent investigations into the Pakistani airstrikes on the Kabul rehabilitation center.On March 16...

United Nations, March 24 More than 2,100 children have been killed or injured since the military escalation in the Middle East, said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban."Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the region are paying a...

Srinagar, March 22 The Kashmiri film "Batt Koch", which explores the life of a displaced Kashmiri Pandit family, received a strong response on Sunday as it was screened at the only multiplex here.The film has been written and directed by young Kashmiri Pandit filmmakers Siddharth Koul and...

Hyderabad, March 22 Telangana State BJP President N Ramchander Rao congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for achieving a significant milestone in his public service career, having served as both Prime Minister and Chief Minister.Rao was speaking at a function organized by the...

Oslo, March 21 – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warned that over 115,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan, with civilians facing worsening humanitarian conditions following the conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan."Families who were already struggling to survive have been...

Beirut, March 21 – At least 20 people were killed and 57 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, according to official figures.The latest casualties, released on Friday (local time), bring the cumulative death toll to 1,021, with a total of 2,641 people...

Lead 1March 17, New Delhi — Multiple explosions rocked Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on Monday evening, with police saying the blasts were caused by suspected suicide bombers.The explosions occurred in areas including the city’s main market and near a hospital, leaving several people...

Beirut, March 13 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel on Friday, and urged Lebanon to restore its sovereignty and stability.Following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Guterres said he was visiting "as a friend of...

New Delhi, March 12 – A massive fire broke out near the Matiala fish market in Delhi, engulfing hundreds of slums and causing panic among residents. The blaze destroyed nearly 300 to 400 slums, leaving several families homeless and prompting urgent calls for assistance from the government...

At the Jammu Press Club, the ST-2 Sangharsh Samiti (Displaced from PoJK) held a press conference to highlight the issues faced by displaced families. Committee member and retired SSP Surinder Sharma stated that the government has granted ST-2 status to displaced persons from PoJK, but certain...

Srinagar, March 9. More than three decades after their displacement, the issue of Kashmiri Pandit migrants was highlighted at the 61st session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights in Geneva.Satish Malhar, Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri...

Churachandpur (Manipur), March 6 The Central Village Defence Force (CVDF) organized a road march in Churachandpur town, Manipur, on Friday, protesting the death of BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte and other members of the Zo community who were victims of the ethnic violence in the state.Valte, who had...

Kabul, March 4 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, echoed concerns raised by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday regarding the intensifying clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which have...

New Delhi, February 26 Calling the Partition of India a "well-planned conspiracy," speakers at a literary event held at a Delhi University college on Thursday said that the 1947 division was a political move that deepened hatred and violence along religious lines.Various dignitaries spoke at...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 25 A court here has acquitted 37 accused in the 2013 communal riots case related to the killing of eight people, citing a lack of evidence.Additional District and Sessions Judge Manjula Bhalotiya acquitted 37 accused on Tuesday, stating that the prosecution failed...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court stated that individuals occupying railway land in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, do not have a legal right to be there, indicating that over 5,000 families will need to vacate the disputed land for the proposed expansion project.A bench of Chief Justice Surya...