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India has mechanism to address religious freedom violations: US


Indian democratic system, independent judiciary etc together provide necessary mechanism to address ...

Obama advocates balance between free press, national security


Obama believes need to maintain a balance between freedom of press & that there is no leak to any in...

Haryana to fund freedom fighters` visit to Myanmar


Freedom fighters from Haryana who wish to visit Myanmar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands will travel ...

Freedom fighters delegation to meet Sonia Gandhi


A delegation of the Puducherry Freedom Fighters Welfare Movement will call on UPA chairperson Sonia ...

Freedom fighter Hari Shankar Garg passes away


Noted freedom fighter Hari Shankar Garg passed away after prolonged illness at his residence here Fr...

Eminent freedom fighter Uma Phukan dead


Eminent freedom fighter Uma Phukan died on Tuesday of old-age ailments, family sources said.

Opposition assails Bihar on `muzzling press freedom`


The Opposition charged NDA govt of muzzling freedom of press and demanded a two-hour long debate in ...

Oppn assails Bihar on `muzzling press freedom`


Armed with the Press Council of India (PCI) report, the opposition Tuesday charged the NDA governmen...

India drops to 140th rank in press freedom, lowest since 2002


India has dropped nine places to 140th rank in the list of 179 countries in the latest World Press F...

Freedom fighters` complimentary pass valid in Duronto trains


Freedom fighters along with their companions will be able to travel in Duronto trains now as Railway...

Netaji`s daughter hopes to bring her father`s ashes to India


Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose`s daughter Anita Pfaff hoped to bring her father`s "ashes" kept in Japan ...

Two years since Mubarak, Egyptians are still protesting


Egyptians returned to Tahrir Square to mark two years since Hosni Mubarak`s ouster, but revolution s...

Hundreds honour information activist Swartz in NYC


Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial for free-in...

`Freedom of expression under threat in digital age`


With social networking site Facebook boasting of 1 billion members globally and micro-blogging site ...

Family blames MIT, prosecutors for Swartz’s suicide


The family of internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz has blamed the US’ criminal justice system and ...

Section 66A does not curb freedom of expression: Centre to SC


The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the controversial provision in the cyber law does not cur...

Rape cases are on the rise due to women wearing less clothes: Abu Azmi


Mumbai head of Samajwadi Party Abu Azmi said that the freedom that women have to move around freely ...

Freedom fighter dies at 99 in Odisha


Veteran freedom fighter and member of the first Orissa Legislative Assembly (OLA) Baishnab Charan Pa...

Annapurna Maharana passes away


Noted freedom fighter and social activist Annapurna Maharana passed away at her residence in Cuttack...

Freedom fighter Jagannath Prasad Choubey dies


Freedom fighter Jagannath Prasad Choubey died in Udaipur, Rajasthan, after a prolonged illness, fami...

Ansari urges to teach future generation about freedom struggle


Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Tuesday suggested that the future generation must be taught abo...

Any action impinging freedom of speech is abhorrent: Tewari


Any action which impinges upon the freedom of speech and expression, is "abhorrent", Union Minister...

Freedom fighter Anusaya passes away


Veteran freedom fighter Anusaya P Mukane, from the erstwhile princely state of Jawahar died here of ...

EU urges Tajikistan to free up internet


The European Union has called on Tajikistan to respect the independence of the internet amid concern...

Pakistan judiciary muzzling press: HRW


Pakistan`s judges are using their contempt of court powers to muzzle the media from airing their ind...

Tributes paid to Maulana Azad on his birth anniversary


Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj...

Aseem Trivedi freed, vows to fight sedition law


Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, charged with sedition, walked out of jail, a day after he was granted bail...

`Myanmar Christians forced to convert to Buddhism`


The Chin is a mainly Christian group in the poor and remote west of the predominantly Buddhist count...

Modi joins netizens to protest curbs on Twitter


`Sabko Samnati De Bhagwan` (May God give wisdom to all)," Narendra Modi posted on #GOIBlocks.

Respect Internet freedom, US tells India


Voicing its support for full freedom of the Internet, the US has urged India to maintain respect for...

UK hails Myanmar move on press freedom


Britain has welcomed Myanmar`s move to remove the 48-year-old pre-publication censorship on the news...

Judicial freedom paramount: Khurshid


Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said judicial freedom was paramount and a proposed law on j...

Veteran Congress leader Prabhakar Kunte no more


Freedom fighter and veteran Congress leader Prabhakar Kunte passed away here on Wednesday at the age...

President honours freedom fighters


President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday honoured and feted freedom fighters to mark the 70th anniversary...

Ban on ‘Freedom Parades’ by PFI activists upheld


Kerala HC on Thursday upheld the ban imposed by the state Government on the conduct of `Freedom Para...

India respects religious freedom: US report


India has been lauded by an official US report for "generally respecting" religious freedom.

China criticises US report on religious freedom


China has criticised the US government`s report, calling it "a notorious practice of blatantly inter...

US critical on religious freedom in Russia


A US State Department report says Russia "often failed to distinguish between peaceful religious pr...

Religious freedom worsens in China, Indonesia: US


The US says protection of religious freedom has deteriorated in Indonesia, Maldives, and China has i...

Tough for Hindus to cremate in Afghanistan: US


The minority Hindu and Sikh population in Afghanistan has been shrinking, a US report on internation...

Freedom Park to be venue again for anti-graft fight


As Team Anna members sit on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar on July 25, Freedom Park here appear...

Malaysia scraps colonial-era sedition law


The colonial-era Sedition Act, which criminalises speech or publication that incites hatred, would b...

Russian parliament approves internet blacklist bill


The Russian parliament has approved a legislation to give the state powers to block blacklisted webs...

Floral tributes paid to Babu Jagjivan Ram


Floral tributes were today paid to freedom fighter and former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ra...

US urges China ‘not to censor Internet`


American officials have reportedly asked China not to censor its Internet after the government block...

US concerned over Sri Lankan media freedom


The US embassy in Colombo expressed "deep concern" over the arrest of nine journalists of a pro-oppo...

Freedom fighter passes away


Noted freedom fighter and former MLA Shankar Saav Peepriwar died at Waraseoni town near here followi...

Veteran freedom-fighter Chapalgaonkar no more


Veteran freedom-fighter Murlidhar Chapalgaonkar recently passed away following prolonged illness in ...

`Anonymous` to hit road for Web freedom protest


A worldwide group of Web hacking activists, working under the banner of `Anonymous`, will hold prote...

Ghazipur: Veteran freedom fighter dead


Veteran freedom fighter Raghunath Rai Sharma died at his native Khardeeha village following prolonge...