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Union Home Ministry Cancels Foreign Funding Licenses For 2 NGOs
The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of two NGOs -- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW) -- for allegedly violating laws and diverting funds received from abroad, officials said on Tuesday.
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Centre Allowed To Give Info Over Plea Against Registration Suspension
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed the Centre to submit information in sealed cover in connection with a plea by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) challenging the suspension of its registration.
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Court Seeks Centre's Stand In CHRI's Plea Concerning Suspension Of FCRA Registration
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to the Centre to clarify if it would allow, subject to conditions, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to receive foreign contribution in spite of suspension of its registration
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Maldives Quits Commonwealth Over Human Rights Row
The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.
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Police Should Serve People, Not Politicians: Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Friday that the police should serve people and not politicians, as is the case in India.
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New Commonwealth Chief Pledges Group Will Get Gutsy
Critics brand the Commonwealth ineffectual, but its incoming chief believes the 53-country organisation can use its strength to achieve miracles -- such as eradicating domestic violence.
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Lack of Psychiatrists Bedevils Mentally Ill Prisoners
Lack of psychiatrists in Bengal prisons is taking a toll on the mental health of 400 odd mentally ill prisoners lodged in various prisons across the state, according to jail officials.
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Magna Carta Event in China Moved to British Embassy at Last Minute
An event to display the Magna Carta at a Chinese university in Beijing this week was cancelled at the last minute and subsequently moved to the British embassy today.
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For Our Policewomen, Sexism, Menial Jobs and Few Promotions: Report
India's police force is not only drastically short of women, it is also plagued by sexism, with women given menial duties, bypassed for promotion and scared to report sexual harassment by male colleagues, a Commonwealth study said on Wednesday.
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'Super 30' Tutor, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister in Centre's 'Guest Faculty List'
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is among over 130 individuals included in a pool of eminent persons and guest speakers formed by the Centre for imparting training to government employees.
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Commonwealth to put on united front after summit rifts
Commonwealth leaders were to wrap up a summit in Sri Lanka Sunday, looking to put on a united front after talks dominated by a bitter dispute over war crimes allegations.
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Aggressive Lankan President Rajapaksa says Commonwealth should not turn 'punitive, judgemental'
Under attack over alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today asked Commonwealth nations not to turn the grouping into a 'punitive and judgemental' body.
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Boycott-hit Commonwealth summit begins in Sri Lanka
A Commonwealth summit meant to showcase post-war Sri Lanka was to begin in Colombo Friday but faced being upstaged by an historic visit to its northern killing fields by Britain's David Cameron.
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Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka's Commonwealth summit
Allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.
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Mauritius PM to boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet
The prime minister of Mauritius announced on Tuesday he will stay away from this week's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of the host's poor human rights record.
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Union Home Ministry Cancels Foreign Funding Licenses For 2 NGOs
The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of two NGOs -- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW) -- for allegedly violating laws and diverting funds received from abroad, officials said on Tuesday.
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Centre Allowed To Give Info Over Plea Against Registration Suspension
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed the Centre to submit information in sealed cover in connection with a plea by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) challenging the suspension of its registration.
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Court Seeks Centre's Stand In CHRI's Plea Concerning Suspension Of FCRA Registration
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to the Centre to clarify if it would allow, subject to conditions, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to receive foreign contribution in spite of suspension of its registration
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Maldives Quits Commonwealth Over Human Rights Row
The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.
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Police Should Serve People, Not Politicians: Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Friday that the police should serve people and not politicians, as is the case in India.
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New Commonwealth Chief Pledges Group Will Get Gutsy
Critics brand the Commonwealth ineffectual, but its incoming chief believes the 53-country organisation can use its strength to achieve miracles -- such as eradicating domestic violence.
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Lack of Psychiatrists Bedevils Mentally Ill Prisoners
Lack of psychiatrists in Bengal prisons is taking a toll on the mental health of 400 odd mentally ill prisoners lodged in various prisons across the state, according to jail officials.
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Magna Carta Event in China Moved to British Embassy at Last Minute
An event to display the Magna Carta at a Chinese university in Beijing this week was cancelled at the last minute and subsequently moved to the British embassy today.
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For Our Policewomen, Sexism, Menial Jobs and Few Promotions: Report
India's police force is not only drastically short of women, it is also plagued by sexism, with women given menial duties, bypassed for promotion and scared to report sexual harassment by male colleagues, a Commonwealth study said on Wednesday.
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'Super 30' Tutor, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister in Centre's 'Guest Faculty List'
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is among over 130 individuals included in a pool of eminent persons and guest speakers formed by the Centre for imparting training to government employees.
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Commonwealth to put on united front after summit rifts
Commonwealth leaders were to wrap up a summit in Sri Lanka Sunday, looking to put on a united front after talks dominated by a bitter dispute over war crimes allegations.
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Aggressive Lankan President Rajapaksa says Commonwealth should not turn 'punitive, judgemental'
Under attack over alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today asked Commonwealth nations not to turn the grouping into a 'punitive and judgemental' body.
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Boycott-hit Commonwealth summit begins in Sri Lanka
A Commonwealth summit meant to showcase post-war Sri Lanka was to begin in Colombo Friday but faced being upstaged by an historic visit to its northern killing fields by Britain's David Cameron.
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Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka's Commonwealth summit
Allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.
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Mauritius PM to boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet
The prime minister of Mauritius announced on Tuesday he will stay away from this week's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of the host's poor human rights record.
