Migrants walk back home: Result of the apathy towards them –
The nation-wide lockdown was announced on 24th March; 2020. 7 weeks have gone by and the miseries of migrant workers have exacerbated to a great extent. With the pictures and…
Plight of Women Migrants amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 induced lockdown in India has been the reason behind the miseries of each class of persons. Though some groups like middle-class families are privileged enough to think whether…
Evacuation of Indians abroad: Priority for expired visa-holders, migrant workers, medical emergencies
As India plans to bring back its nationals stranded in outside nations because of the Covid-19 lockdown, priority will be given to migrant labourers without employments, those confronting health related…
SC to hear plea on denial of property right to J&K woman
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea by a Jammu and Kashmir woman challenging certain provisions of the Constitution which denied property right to a woman who marries…
Rights Group Criticises SC Decision Not to Reopen Cases of Kashmiri Pandits’ Deaths
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s decisionto reject the demand by an organisation, Roots of Kashmir, to reopen 215 cases in which 700 Kashmiri Pandits were killed during the 1989-90 unrest in the…
Arrest And Harassment of Pastor C.M Khanna in Srinagar
PREAMBLE; The family of Rev C M Khanna, presbyter of the All Saints Church in Srinagar, of the Church of North India, phoned up Christian leaders and lawyers in New Delhi…
Discrimination against minorities: UN Report
Virtually all countries in the world have national or ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities within their populations. Many violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights have a basis in…
Special Rapporteur on minority issues.
Minorities in all regions of the world continue to face serious threats, discrimination and racism, and are frequently excluded from taking part fully in the economic, political and social life…
Genesis of National Commission for Minorities
Genesis of NCMThe setting up of Minorities Commission was envisaged in the Ministry of Home Affairs Resolution dated 12.01.1978 which specifically mentioned that, “despite the safeguards provided in the Constitution…
Rev. Khanna: After release, I’m not afraid to go back to my Church
In an interview with AsiaNews, the pastor of All Saints Anglican Church says he was “the victim of a conspiracy,” but holds “no grudge”. The rev. Khanna spent ten days…