US apex court sides with Obama on immigration law
June 25th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 25 (IANS) Handing US President Barack Obama a partial victory in an election year, the Supreme Court Monday largely sided with his administration to strike down key ... Read more...
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South Asians seek rejection of tough US immigration law
April 26th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 26 (IANS) As the US Supreme Court began a hearing on Arizona State's tough immigration law, a South Asian umbrella organisation asked the apex court to reject the ... Read more...
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Manchester Airport terminal reopens after alert over suspicious device
September 21st, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by BNO News
MANCHESTER (BNO NEWS) -- Police evacuated the main terminal at Manchester Airport in England on Wednesday morning after the discovery of a suspicious device. The area reopened about two hours later.Police said ... Read more...
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British police arrest terror suspects near n-plant
May 4th, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/London, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police arrested five men suspected to be terrorists near the Sellafield nuclear power plant in northwest Britain, police said Tuesday.The men, of Bangladeshi origin and ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam: CBI informs Bombay High Court about registration of FIR
February 1st, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Feb 1 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that it has registered case against 13 accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.The High ... Read more...
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Several US states to propose bills for fighting illegal immigration
January 1st, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states in the United States have said that they would propose bills similar to a controversial law to fight illegal ... Read more...
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Home Office stop, search plans are ‘discriminatory and racist’, warns UK watchdog
November 16th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.16 (ANI): Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission has described government plans to allow police to stop people on the grounds of skin colour as discriminatory and amounting to racial profiling.It ... Read more...
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Outrage over UK decision to implement ‘Sus’ laws allowing police to target minorities
October 16th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): According to a new proposal, British police would now be allowed to implement the 'Sus law,' which was scrapped in the 1980s after the alleged targeting of black ... Read more...
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UN experts say Arizona immigration law may not be compatible with international human rights
May 12th, 2010 - 2:44 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – Independent United Nations (UN) experts expressed their serious concern over the new Arizona immigration law on Tuesday.The UN experts questioned whether the legislation is compatible with international ... Read more...
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Thousands assemble for May Day rally in Los Angeles
May 2nd, 2010 - 3:48 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 2 (IANS) Thousands of people were assembling in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday for a May Day rally intended to press for the liberalisation of immigration laws.
Spurred by the ... Read more...
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Janet Napolitano: the Justice Department to review Arizona immigration law
April 28th, 2010 - 2:25 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Tuesday said that the Justice Department will review the recently passed Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, the American Civil Liberties Union ... Read more...
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UK’s `racist’ Met Police accused of `excessive’ stops of ethnic minorities
March 11th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.11 (ANI): Britain's Metropolitan police was responsible for 120,000 'excessive' stops against people from ethnic minorities in 2008/9, according to the official equalities watchdog.The Metropolitan Police force has been identified as ... Read more...
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Haneef was a victim of a desperate Howard Government, says lawyer
December 26th, 2007 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Dec.26 (ANI): An Australian Muslim lawyer, who is also a lecturer in politics at Monash University, one of Australia's largest and most prestigious law schools, has suggested that Bangalore-based Dr. Mohammad ... Read more...
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Haneefs lawyer to lead rally against Oz Government
November 16th, 2007 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Nov 16 (ANI): Peter Russo, lawyer for Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef, will lead a rally against the Howard Government in Brisbane on Saturday.
The community rally, at Queens Park in Brisbane's ... Read more...
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