US religious freedom watchdog 'implores' Biden administration to designate IndiaThe US religious watchdog urges India's designation as a religious freedom concern due to alleged targeting of minorities overseas. Recent ...
16 Dec, 2023, 07.15 AM IST
Wanted activists should surrender or 'spend days in fear': Hong Kong leaderHong Kong's leader, John Lee, has called on eight overseas activists to surrender themselves after police offered rewards for their arrests...
04 Jul, 2023, 12.03 PM IST
Hong Kong kicks off leadership polls with sole candidate John LeeThe election on Sunday follows major changes to Hong Kong's electoral laws last year to ensure that only “patriots” loyal to Beijing can ho...
08 May, 2022, 07.41 AM IST
Pegasus pangs: Truth be told, India finds itself on lists, it should never be onThe latest revelations about Pegasus spyware slithering its way into Indian cellphones are shocking. Hacking is against the law. It seems R...
22 Jul, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Security chief named Hong Kong No 2 official amid clampdownChina has said that Secretary for Security John Lee would replace Matthew Cheung as Hong Kong's chief secretary. The changes come a year af...
25 Jun, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Beijing gets lecturing on democracy after Capitol Hill raidCustoms figures tell you that the US purchased almost as much, or more, from China after Trump began lashing out and initiating the trade w...
09 Jan, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Thailand protestors vow fresh protests after PM refuses to resignPremier Prayut Chan-O-Cha emained resolute Saturday while attending a prayer ceremony for the country at a historic Bangkok temple, saying ...
25 Oct, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
Pakistan activist Asma Jahangir dies of cardiac arrestAs the news of her death broke condolences started pouring in from the lawyers, rights activists and politicians terming it a "great loss" ...
11 Feb, 2018, 04.32 PM IST
Home Ministry "inadvertently" renews, cancels licence of another NGOThe licence of Florence Home Foundation, a member of France's Emmaus International, was cancelled for alleged misutilisation of foreign gra...
09 Jan, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
Anna Hazare hails demonetisation, calls it 'revolutionary' stepPointing out discrepencies in funding of parties, the social activist said the next course of action for the government should be to clean ...
10 Nov, 2016, 06.43 PM IST
Government defends activist Priya Pillai’s offloading, slams west’s rights reportsAmong the foreign measures criticized by the affidavit is what is described as "an extra-territorial law" in the US, International Religiou...
16 Feb, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
AAP ticket for former Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti activistSoon after filing her nomination from Koliabor, Jinti said she will capitalize on the common man's anger against Congress rule in Assam.
22 Mar, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
ET Awards 2012: 'Hit-and-run' situation slowing Indian economy, says Anand SharmaCommerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said tendency of "hit-and-run" cannot be allowed as decision making has slowed down hurting the...
11 Nov, 2012, 01.09 AM IST
BJP, Congress hit out at Arvind KejriwalKejriwal came under attack from BJP and Cong with the Opposition party charging his NGO with having dubious foreign funding while the rulin...
30 Oct, 2012, 09.41 PM IST
- India against corruption: Anna Hazare's arrest is 'murder of democracy', Parkash Singh Badal
Punjab's CM strongly condemned the arrest of Gandhian Anna Hazare by the Delhi Police and termed it as "murder of democracy".
16 Aug, 2011, 02.26 PM IST
- G8 protesters in stand-off with police
Protesters and police engaged in a tense stand-off on Monday as Japanese authorities blocked demonstrators from nearing a summit of the wor...
07 Jul, 2008, 05.07 PM IST
- Musharraf only leader shamed in Amnesty's rights report
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf should restore the deposed judges, prominent rights watchdog Amnesty International has said, as it sing...
29 May, 2008, 04.47 PM IST