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NHRC issues notice over alleged risks to kids’ data privacy in US AI company-NGO Pratham collaboration

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Department of School Education and Literacy, the Department of Higher Education, and all states…

J&K CM orders probe into alleged harassment of Kashmiri students at private varsity in Punjab

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday, ordered a probe into the alleged harassment of Kashmiri students at the CT University in Punjab’s Ludhiana. Omar Abdullah ordered the probe after reports that…

Lawyers defending Youth Congress protesters criticise Chib’s arrest, call it ‘vendetta’ over AI summit protest

New Delhi: Senior advocates representing Indian Youth Congress (IYC) protesters have strongly criticised the arrest of the outfit’s President Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with demonstrations during an international AI Summit, calling the police action…

Arunachal CM, Northeast leaders condemn racial abuse of 3 women in Delhi; seek swift action

New Delhi/Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday strongly condemned the alleged racial abuse and humiliation of three women from the state in South Delhi and urged the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, to…

SC suggests govt reconsider Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally asked the Union government to reconsider the continued preventive detention of Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA). A bench of Justices Aravind…

An advocate cannot seek information on behalf of a client under the RTI Act: CIC

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed an appeal filed by an advocate seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act related to the termination of a fruits and vegetables supply contract…

Safe use of roads integral part of right to life under Article 21, says Haryana human rights panel

Chandigarh: The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC), taking a firm stand on issues related to road safety, has categorically held that the safe use of public roads by citizens is an integral part of the…

Muslim rights leader says govt assured action over Waqf property registration, flags concerns over jihad narrative

New Delhi: Indian Muslims for Civil Rights (IMCR) Chairman and former MP Mohammad Adeeb on Saturday said that Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has assured a delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law…

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expresses concern over arrest of people in decades-old cases

Srinagar: Senior religious and separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday, expressed concern over the arrest of people in decades-old cases.   Mirwaiz, while speaking at the Friday congregation at the Jama Masjid in Srinagar,…

No one should be pressurised to sing, or stopped from singing Vande Matram: Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi

New Delhi: All India Muslim Jamat chief Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi Barelvi on Tuesday said that the national song Vande Mataram should neither be imposed on anyone nor should any person be stopped from reciting it…

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