External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, MoS Gen VK Singh, MJ Akbar with Judith D'Souza, an Indian charity worker kidnapped in Kabul last month, as she returns to India upon her re...
Supporters of Trupti Desai during a protest to oppose the ban on women's entry to the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.
Rights activist Trupti Desai during a protest to oppose the ban on women's entry to the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.
Bangladeshi students protest seeking arrest of three motorcycle-riding assailants who hacked student activist Nazimuddin Samad to death as he walked with a friend, in Dhaka.
Activists of Pakistani civil society chant slogans during a rally to condemn the Brussels attack, in Multan, Pakistan.
Social activist Aruna Roy at a press conference in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
In this photo, members of the Libyan Red Crescent carry a body bag as they retrieve bodies found washed up in the eastern shore of Tripoli, Libya. A spokesman for the Red Crescent ...
A sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik with the message 'Save the Environment' during Seychelles India day Celebrations at Beau Vallon Beach in Seychelle...
A prominent Pakistani rights activist was shot and killed by unknown gunmen here as she was returning home hours after hosting a seminar on human rights abuses in Balochistan provi...
Actors Rishi Kapoor Neelam Kothari and Pali Hill residents protest against civic body's proposed hawking zones in Mumbai.
Bangladeshi students and social activists protest against the killing of Avijit Roy, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Roy, a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger, known for speaking out aga...
Pakistani civil society members hold banners and chant slogans during a protest against extremism and to mark the one month anniversary of the school attack that killed more than 1...
Members of a civil society group rally to condemn Taliban for the killings of the students in the attack on a military-run school in Peshawar, during a candlelight vigil near Red ...
Indian-born orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta performs during the Ehsaas-e-Kashmir concert at Shalimar Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar. Srinagar was under tight security amid sep...
Senior Citizens and Civil Society members take part in a candle light vigil for peace and communal harmony at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
Civil Rights activist Binayak Sen greets Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who had been arrested on charges of sedition as he arrives for a press conference after he was released on bail i...
Former Centre's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir Professor Radha Kumar and Dileep Padgaonkar talking to social worker during a meeting with members of the civil society in Jammu.
Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Kumar Vishwas and others during an election programme in Dehradun.
A TV grab image shows a man taken away by the police as he tried to throw a shoe at Team Anna. The man has been identified as Kishan Lal (35) who hails from Prem Nagar locality of ...
Politicians have had to sit up and hear the voice of civil society
The Bihar Opposition today came out against the stringent provision of imprisoning all adult members of a family in case o
A state-wide centralised emergency response system UP-100, was today launched here by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhiles
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today decided to oppose tooth and nail the Centre's move against the trip
More than 30 people have been killed in intense fighting between rebels and loyalists on the outskirts of Yemen's third ci
More than 30 people have been killed in intense fighting between rebels and loyalists on the outskirts of Yemen's third ci
A resolution seeking the nod of the Punjab government to take up with the Centre the matter for levying royalty on water b
Security personnel in Chhattisgarh burnt effigies of civil society activists, politicians, academics and an author accusin
A committee set up by the HRD Ministry has found activist Teesta Setalvad culpable for "hatred-filled, disharmony-spreadin
Irom Sharmila, who broke her 16-year-old fast demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Power Act, today appeared befor
The Supreme Court today sought the response of Gujarat Government on the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, h
New Delhi [India], Jul 22 (ANI): Senior Indian analyst and a fellow of Observer's Research Foundation (ORF) Ashok M
New Delhi [India], Jul 22 (ANI): Senior Indian analyst and a fellow of Observer's Research Foundation (ORF) Ashok M
Panaji, July 21 (PTI) Frequent cases being filed with various agencies like the Human Rights Commission against police per
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) The DDA has signed an MoU with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for preparation of M
Kolkata, Jul 20 (PTI) Japan today laid emphasis on different avenues of its bi-lateral trade with India to transform Japan
Caracas, Jul 20 (AP) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents face a crucial showdown today as the country's
Dubai, Jul 19 (AFP) Bahrain has slapped terrorism charges on an activist who tweeted criticism of the government's treatme
The Hague, Jul 19 (AFP) Palestinian lawyers and civil society groups today urged the International Criminal Court to speed
Budapest, Jul 19 (AFP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today denounced Brussels' repeated criticism of Israel as an "ano
Mumbai, Jul 19 (PTI) The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) along with a private trust and two soc
