Tag: NGO
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No citizen to be prosecuted under sec 66A IT Act, says SC
The top court was hearing a writ petition filed by PUCL citing the issue of section 66A IT Act being invoked despite the top court's judgment in Shreya Singhal case.
October 12, 2022 -
NIP NGO launches Braille Display Stand at Durgotsab Award 2022
250 Puja Committees from in and around the city will be participating in the Differently Abled and Senior Citizen Friendly Covid Safe Durgotsab Award 2022.
September 25, 2022 -
Killing of Kashmiri Pandits, SC allows NGO to make approach Centre
A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and C.T. Ravikumar told the counsel, representing the NGO We the Citizens, to raise the grievances before the Central government.
September 2, 2022 -
Rajasthan opens Blood Donation Camp Complex for NGOs, club, private organizers
Jaipur's Lok Sabha MP Ramcharan Bohra and Jaipur Development Authority Commissioner Ravi Jain inaugurated the complex on the 28th anniversary of SKBB last evening.
May 23, 2022 -
Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares select 25 youth from NGO for a special workshop to learn theatre
According to the NGO, the institute founded by international actor Anupam Kher also offered scholarships to select exceptionally talented students from municipal-run schools in an attempt to help these resource-challenged acting aspirants build a career as actors and performers.
May 10, 2022 -
48 people killed in tribal conflict in Darfur
In a separate report, the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced People in Darfur, also an NGO, confirmed dozens of people were killed
December 7, 2021 -
SC: Court’s power of contempt can’t be taken away by law
The bench said Rajiv Dahiya, chairperson of NGO Suraz India Trust, has been "throwing mud" at all -- including the court, administrative staff and the state government.
September 29, 2021 -
Rare Egyptian vulture rescued by NGO in Agra
The Egyptian vulture is the smallest among all vultures. It is being increasingly threatened by a rapid decline in prey base, poisoning by veterinary drugs and electrocution.
August 28, 2021 -
Indian philanthropy is frugal at best
The writer lives in London and is Executive Director of Pratham UK, a fundraising and awareness raising organisation for Pratham’s work in the education space in India. The views expressed are her own.
June 21, 2021 -
Government tightens regulations on NGOs seeking funds under FCRA
As per regulations, NGOs must have operated for at least three years and spent a minimum amount of Rs 15 lakh on its core activities for the benefit of society during the last three financial years.
November 13, 2020 -
Amnesty International halts India operation after government freezes its bank accounts
The attacks on human rights organizations, activists and human rights defenders are only an extension of the various repressive policies and sustained assault by the government on those who speak truth to power, it said.
September 29, 2020 -
SC verdict enthuses HP’s struggling tribal women
A 'customary law' bars tribal women of Himachal Pradesh from inheriting ancestral property.
August 14, 2020 -
Kullu NGO’s efforts get recognition at state level
The NGO working in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, especially in Bijli Mahadev area, had been carrying out cleanliness drives and tree plantation to save ecology since 2011.
June 5, 2020 -
NGO demands ‘live telecast’ of hanging of Nirbhaya rape convicts
The four convicts are sentenced to death by a Delhi court, and their hanging is scheduled on January 22.
January 10, 2020 -
All NGO staff to declare no role in religious conversions in new rules for foreign funding
The notification from the Home Ministry announced the changes in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011.
September 17, 2019 -
Kolkata Municipal Corporation demolishes brick structures at base of trees
The petition further claimed that “these constructions result in choking of trees, preventing them from benefitting from rain and spreading its roots to access nutrition and other natural elements from the soil.”
July 30, 2019 -
‘Green Ivory’ shola craft exhibition opens
Thirty master artisans were selected to exhibit their craft from Alipurduar, Murshidabad, Birbhum, Nadia, Howrah and South 24-Parganas with a view to revive shola craft tradition of Bengal.
July 18, 2019