Review plea filed in SC seeking ban on screening children for nursery admissionA review petition on the Supreme Court's observation in regard to Delhi lieutenant governor to either give assent to or return a 2015 bill ...
Parliament passes FCRA Amendment Bill; govt says bill not against any NGOReplying to a debate on the bill, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the legislation was not against any NGO and is an effort to...
Mizoram NGO withdraws protest, to sit for discussion with union home minister Amit ShahNGO co-ordination committee in Mizoram had asked the people to wear black shawls to register their protest against the Citizenship Amendmen...
BJP appeals to NGOs to withdraw protest during Amit Shah's visitShah is visiting Mizoram on October 5, his first after assuming charge of the ministry.
Bill to ensure Muslim women are treated as equals: Shayara BanoThe challenge now is to ensure that the law is not misused, says victim Nida Khan.
Draft law on triple talaq: Three years jail term for husband, BMMA welcomes moveThe bill also proposes social security and other safeguards for victims, besides giving options to the wife to seek custody of minor childr...
Bill Gates meets Rajnath to discuss initiatives of American philanthropies in IndiaThe home minister also suggested that the foundation should concentrate on developing villages and make them "model villages" so that the l...
Government prepares draft guidelines for accreditation of NGOsAccording to the draft, a multi-tier monitoring system for NGOs would be put in place, comprising the fund-sanctioning ministry and distric...
December 16 gangrape: NGO says juvenile convict deserves 2nd chanceNGO working for the protection of men's rights in the country today said the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case deserves a se...
Universal ID cards for persons with disabilities envisaged in 2014The year witnessed the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment envisaging universal ID cards to persons with disabilities in the coming ...
Bill Clinton visits school kitchen, serves food to studentsBill Clinton visited a government school and interacted with the students, who gave a cultural presentation to welcome him.
BRAI Bill criminalising opposition to GM food: NGOA Gujarat-based NGO has alleged that the BRAI Bill introduced in the Parliament aims at "criminalising" opposition to the genetically modif...
- Withdraw BRAI bill: Greenpeace to Centre
An environmental NGO today asked the government to withdraw the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill.
- Government probes Team Anna member Manish Sisodia's NGO on fund source
Authorities have conducted "inspection" at the premises of an NGO of erstwhile Team Anna member Manish Sisodia to check documents related t...
Vulture numbers go up in Girnar hillsThe number of the endangered vultures and their nests has considerably increased in the last two years in Girnar hills of Junagadh, a city-...
- Sitaram Yechury for bringing companies under Lokpal's purview
Sitaram Yechury came out strongly in favour of bringing the corporates and foreign-funded NGOs within the purview of proposed Lokpal.
- Probe Agnivesh's allegation against Kejriwal: Digvijay Singh
Allegations were being levelled against all members of core Team Anna including Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi, the Congress general secre...