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In order to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, there is a need for a national advisor on the subject to the prime minister, former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah said Thursday.

Expressing concern over the plight of labourers working in Commonwealth Games sites in the capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday stressed that their rights must be protected.

The Supreme Court Wednesday gave the Union government four more weeks to see if the country's adoption laws can be relaxed just once to help a German couple adopt its twins born to an Indian surrogate mother.

More than 65,000 foreigners, including 31,200 Bangladeshis, 14,500 Afghans and 7,500 Pakistanis, were found overstaying in India in 2008 and only 13,995 were deported, according to home ministry figures.

Maoist guerrillas continue to kill dogs in rural Bihar, ignoring the appeal of animal rights organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), police said Tuesday.

Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama here Wednesday said the ethos of global brotherhood, compassion and love hold the key to protection of human rights.

The Bombay High Court Wednesday ordered the state government to file a report within 24 hours on the attack on two prominent social activists in Raigad Tuesday.

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) law suffers from poor implementation even three years after coming into force, voluntary organisations and social groups said Wednesday.

The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said.

With the women's reservation bill getting through the Rajya Sabha hurdle, sexual minority groups in Kolkata are now seeking a similar quota for themselves as well as reservation in other fields such as health, education and employment. Sexual minority groups comprise gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals.