United Nations Human Rights Council

UNHRC moves SC on CAA: Easy to mock UN body's hypocrisy, but what's the impulse that motivates western campaign against India?

To argue that such legislative action is mala fide and needs corrective action is to express the patronising attitude of the West that perceives formerly colonised societies as inferior, incompetent and exotic.

S Jaishankar’s punishing Washington schedule aimed at countering Pakistan’s poison, tackling western bias on Kashmir

It is Jaishankar’s express task to bring a convergence between the two narratives on Jammu and Kashmir so that the rationale behind the disruption in the state is understood.

India slams UK's Labour Party for demanding international intervention on Kashmir; MEA says move attempts to ‘pander to vote-bank interests’

India maintains that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral one and no third party has any role in it

MEA's Vijay Thakur Singh meets UN rights chief in Geneva, expresses India's concerns on Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism

A senior Indian diplomat on Thursday met UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet here and conveyed India's concerns on cross border terrorism from Pakistan.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi calls Jammu and Kashmir an Indian state while addressing media after UNHRC session

While Pakistan has been running from pillar to post, New Delhi has maintained that Kashmir is a strictly internal matter

Daily Bulletin: First India-Nepal crossborder oil pipeline to be inaugurate today; Shah Mehmood Qureshi to address UNHRC; day's top stories

Here are today's top stories: Narendra Modi to jointly inaugurate cross-border pipeline with Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli; Jyotiraditya Scindia to meet Sonia Gandhi amid Congress feud over in MP Congress' top post; and more

Survivors of torture in Kashmir Part 2: 28 years later, Manzoor Ahmad Naikoo says he's been reduced to 'less than zero'

Mentions of Manzoor Ahmad Naikoo's case in Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) report on torture crop up repeatedly.

Survivors of torture in Kashmir Part 1: 25 yrs on, Nazir Ahmad Sheikh, who lost both legs to Indian Army's assault awaits justice

In custody, the army personnel allegedly used rollers on Sheikh's body, pushed his hands into a wood-burning stove and subjected him to severe beatings. "16 people in total mounted on the two sides of the iron roller and then they rolled it down on my legs. This torture continued for a period of one month and nine days," he explained.

Caster Semenya vs IAAF: Kenyan Olympic 800m bronze medal winner Margaret Nyairera Wambui slams ruling against South African rival

Wambui, who finished third behind Semenya in the 800m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and silver medallist from Burundi Francine Niyonsaba — also considered hyperandrogenic — will take part in the Doha Diamond League

Caster Semenya vs IAAF: CAS rules against South African, says 'discrimination is necessary' for integrity of female athletics

South African athlete Caster Semenya's testosterone levels are not publicly known, but she is unlikely to be the only athlete affected by Wednesday's verdict