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News ScanTorture routine method of interrogation in India: Wikileaks
A leaked diplomatic cable in the ongoing series of leaks by Wikileaks reveals a Red Cross assessment, gleaned from on-site visits, of widespread torture of prisoners in Kashmir by Indian security forces More... Trigger-happy border security force, alleges human rights reportA hard-hitting report by Human Rights Watch indicts the Border Security Force, deployed along the India-Bangladesh border, of unwarranted shootings, killings and torture,and of being allowed to do so by the Indian government More... Pak SC seeks details of detained Indian fishermenA three-member Supreme Court Bench in Pakistan has asked the interior and foreign affairs ministries, as well as the Sindh government, to submit a concise statement by August 26 on the detention of Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails More... Govt tells India Inc to fix 5% job quota for SC/STsWith India Inc not being seen as having done enough about affirmative action over the last five years, the government plans to insist on a 5% reservation in jobs by the private sector for disadvantaged sections, particularly scheduled castes and scheduled tribes More... Khairlanji case set to go to Supreme CourtBhaiyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor of the Khairlanji massacre, has announced that he will independently appeal in the Supreme Court against the recent Bombay High Court verdict More... Khairlanji verdict: Accused escape death for dalit killingsThe Central Bureau of Investigation had pleaded for the death penalty for all the accused in the Khairlanji killings case. But the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court held that the case did not fall in the ‘rarest of rare’ category More... Government divided on dealing with honour killingsWith no consensus about stricter punishment for the people behind honour killings, the Union Cabinet has decided to defer the proposed Khap Bill along with a move to amend existing laws to deal effectively with the social menace More... Call for urgent shelters for the homelessThe mortality rate amongst homeless people in India is unacceptably high, prompting calls for urgent shelters for the homeless from the Special Commissioner to the Supreme Court More... Stricter law against honour killings coming: MoilyUnion Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily says the Centre is coming up with a stricter provision in the law to stop honour killings More... |
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