Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday said the commission would now issue arrest warrant against people failing to appear before it despite being summoned.


Have power to issue arrest warrant: DCW


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The Delhi High Court was on Monday informed by civic agency DDA that it cannot change the land use of the area where Millennium Bus Depot is built from "river and water-body" (Zone 'O') to "Transportation".


Land use of Millennium bus depot can't be changed: DDA to HC


The "semi-closure" and "abandonment" of tea estates in northern West Bengal is fast becoming a major humanitarian crisis with a population of over 75,000 dependent on them forced to live in near-starvation, warns a report.


'Closed Bengal tea estates a major humanitarian crisis in the making'


The Austrian federal government on Monday announced it will send 2,200 armed forces troops to its borders to help police control the ongoing asylum seeker crisis.


Austria to send troops to border amid tightened controls


Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi's remark that "all the violence is male-generated" invited criticism from the twitterati, though human rights organisations supported her observation.


Maneka draws flak for 'male-generated violence' remark


A magistrate court here on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case, as a sessions court dismissed the AAP legislator's anticipatory bail plea.


Warrant issued against Bharti, anticipatory bail rejected


A court here on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, who has been booked for domestic violence.


Non-bailable warrant issued against Somnath Bharti


The Delhi High Court on  Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the establishment and jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and also the rules for appointment of its chairperson, judicial and expert members.


HC agrees to hear plea challenging NGT's establishment


An Indian-origin engineer in Australia has been fined $2,000 and ordered to be deported after he pleaded guilty to stalking his employer's daughter, a media report said.


Indian-origin engineer to be deported for stalking boss's daughter


Human rights lessons are to be offered to schools in Britain in a project designed by a US human rights activist, media reported on Monday.


British schools to offer human rights lessons


The Bombay High Court on Monday granted a stay on the controversial ban on sale of meat here on September 17, but declined to lift the bar on animal slaughter on that day.


HC lifts September 17 ban on meat sale in Mumbai


The Thai government is set to introduce a stricter law carrying longer prison terms against anyone possessing or distributing pornographic material of children under the age of 18, starting in December, the media reported on Monday.


Thailand's child porn penalties set to intensify


British Prime Minister David Cameron visited a refugee camp while on his first visit to Lebanon, the media reported on Monday.


British PM visits Lebanese refugee camp


A Thai court on Monday upheld the death sentence imposed for a young railway employee who raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl on a train on July 5, 2014.


Death sentence upheld for Thai train-rape child killer


French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has called for "scrupulous respect by each country of the EU of the Schengen rules", an official statement said.


'Respect' Schengen rules, says France


Germany will reinstate controls at its southern border with Germany and Austria, the media reported.


Germany to reinstate border controls


Fifteen-year-old generators being used in the natioanl capital for residential and commercial purposes are to be phased out to bring down the city's air and noise pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been told.


15-year-old gensets to be phased out in Delhi


A British court has sentenced an Indian restaurant owner to 22 months in prison for sexually assaulting waitresses as they tried out for jobs, a media report said.


British-Indian hotelier jailed for sexual assaults


The son of a Japanese national abducted by North Korea plans to speak at a UN meeting on the country's human rights violations, the media reported on Sunday.


Japanese abductee's son to speak at UN meeting


Jeremy Corbyn, new leader of British Labour Party joined thousands of people in London for a rally in support of refugees, just hours after he won the election.


British new Labour leader calls to help refugees


Thousands of army veterans, who held a rally here on Saturday, unanimously rejected the 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) scheme approved by the government and threatened to intensify their agitation if the scheme's anomalies were not removed.

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