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The standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Wednesday passed the resolution that 15,000 properties owned by its slum department would be transferred on an ownership basis to the occupants - the 1947 partition refugees.

Lack of resources was a major hindrance in the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, according to an NGO.

A Chandigarh-based non-government organisation (NGO) Tuesday filed a complaint against Bollywood actor Ajay Devgun for allegedly smoking at a public place.

Unhappy with the Delhi Police's interim report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked them to come out with a full enquiry report on the Jamia Nagar shoot-out in the capital within six weeks' time.

Usha Chaumar was a scavenger some years ago but today speaks in English and presides over the sprawling campus of Sulabh International that works to give people like her a new life free of stigma.

A National Commission for Women (NCW) team Wednesday came here to inquire into the alleged rape of a young woman by 10 men that has shocked residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas.

A Sikh boy found abandoned in London last year is headed for family trouble in India even before he sets foot on home soil to be reunited with relatives.

The newly constituted National Investigation Agency (NIA) can work only if it has the cooperation of the states, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international NGO, has told all chief ministers and urged them to join hands in fighting terror.

There was a time when their families were looked down upon - their presence considered impure. But all past anguish was forgotten, as 44 scavenger families dined here Monday afternoon along with their former employers who would once not tolerate them in the same room.

In order to make the internet more accessible to all, including the disabled, a rights group has asked for adoption of web accessibility standard which has already been adopted in a number of other countries.