Alice Wong, disability rights activist and author, dies at 51Alice Wong, a prominent disability rights activist and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed away at 51. She was a fierc...
16 Nov, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51Alice Wong, a prominent disability rights activist and author, has passed away at the age of 51. Wong, a luminary in the disability justice...
16 Nov, 2025, 07.08 AM IST
Supreme Court flags hostile discrimination against persons with disabilities in employmentThe Supreme Court has questioned the Centre on the lack of upward mobility for meritorious candidates with disabilities in reserved employm...
12 Sep, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Victims of Naxal violence appeal to MPs not to support Oppn VP candidate Sudershan ReddyVictims of Naxal violence have urged MPs to oppose B Sudershan Reddy's vice presidential candidacy. They allege his order against Salwa Jud...
29 Aug, 2025, 05.21 PM IST
SC ruling on digital accessibility as part of right to life and liberty can bridge the digital divideThe Supreme Court has affirmed digital access as a basic right. This decision addresses the exclusion faced by disabled individuals in digi...
30 Apr, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
Delhi experienced hottest recorded weather in 2024, record-breaking rain in a single day: CJIChief Justice of India DY Chandrachud expressed happiness to know that new court buildings will focus on heat island mitigation and reduce ...
02 Jul, 2024, 12.42 PM IST
Delhi HC directs release of Newsclick HR head Amit Chakravarty in UAPA caseDelhi High Court orders Amit Chakravarty's release from custody under UAPA law due to medical reasons, turning him into an approver and pro...
06 May, 2024, 10.35 PM IST
Delhi Odd-Even: Dates, Restriction Timings, Exemptions & Fine. Here's all you should KnowAs Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) reaches 'severe' levels ahead of Diwali, the Delhi government has implemented the 'odd-even' scheme. The...
10 Nov, 2023, 11.46 AM IST
Juneteenth 2023: Check top 10 movies you can watch in celebration of Black communityCelebrate Juneteenth with these compelling films that honor the struggles, triumphs, and contributions of the Black community throughout hi...
18 Jun, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Coronavirus wave: Bombay High Court extends interim orders passed in cases till May 7Describing the prevailing coronavirus situation in Maharashtra as alarming, the HC has also decided to take up only urgent matters for hear...
16 Apr, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
Bombay High Court extends the tenure of its interim order on eviction and demolition till December 21On Thursday, a four-judge division bench headed by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta while extending a relief observed that, although the situat...
29 Oct, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
Working on new voter app, postal ballot for old: Election Commissioner Ashok LavasaThe key challenge is to complete the election process by fully adhering to pandemic-related guidelines in terms of restriction on movement ...
18 Jun, 2020, 08.04 AM IST
Chest-thumping and military's downgrading can't go togetherFor a government so gung-ho on the muscularity of our armed forces and so keen to wear patriotism on its sleeve, the unseemly controversy o...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
Treat disabled as most treasured passengers: High Court to RailwaysIt advised the Railways not to put special coaches at the extreme front or rear of a train as at smaller stations these would be outside th...
24 Jul, 2017, 09.22 PM IST
Curbs on religious freedom among human rights problems in India: USThe Report on Human Rights Practices - the first under Trump- said other human rights problems in India included disappearances, bad prison...
04 Mar, 2017, 03.20 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses to stay AAP government's odd-even formula for plying vehiclesThe Delhi HC refused to give interim stay on AAP government's plan to impose the odd-even number plate formula for plying of private vehicl...
23 Dec, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
Western Railways tells High Court it can't give separate bogie for elders in trainsThe Western Railway said that it was impossible for them to provide a separate compartment for senior citizens in suburban local trains.
27 Jun, 2014, 07.38 PM IST