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Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves outside one of Tibet's holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa.

The workers including a Junior Engineer of the department died on spot and seven others injured.

Srinagar, May 29: Hundreds of Kashmiri Hindus on Tuesday thronged the temple of Ragnya Devi in the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, to celebrate the annual festival of Kheer Bhawani.

On October 13th, 2011, Castronovo's MEDEVAC unit responded to an urgent call from a small observation post in Kunar province, near the Pakistan border. The post had been under heavy enemy fire, and three Coalition Soldiers were critically wounded,

The Interior Minister was compelled to react following a speech made at a Geneva forum by the President of the Human Rights Council on the alleged threats facing NGO representatives in Bahrain.

If the status quo continues to prevail, the non-existent Al-Qaeda presence in Syria, will become a reality and complicate the picture and give the regime the perfect pretext

After the recent incidents at the G.B. Pant hospital, the local media took up the issue proactively. Continuous reportage by Kashmir's leading newspapers, played an important role which forced the State government to act.

With the help of parent, high school student, and 120th Infantry Brigade volunteers, the students rotated through 10 different stations for three hours on the school campus during its 'All Children Exercising Simultaneously' day.

At least two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.

The UNSMIS also confirmed that artillery and tank shells were fired at a residential neighbourhood, killing almost hundreds of civilians.

The Greece government owns in excess of 75,000 properties. Estimates of their value are as high as 50,000,000 Euros. Does the Greek government really need to own an old unused airport in Heraklion or a casino in Athens?

The report tries to give the Kashmir issue a new colour and tries to say improved governance, economy, law making and social rights will solve everything

The NHRC will hear cases of human rights violations concerning Assam and Meghalaya including the cases of starvation deaths of the tea workers in Cachar district in camp sitting in Guwahati and Shillong from 28 May to 30 May 2012.

UNSMIS reported its observers have been carrying out encounters similar to today's meeting in other cities across Syria, with the most advanced being in Homs and Khan Sheikhoun.

He stressed that Energy has therefore become an important component, if not an essential means, of achieving the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs].

The op-ed demonizes the establishment of Israel as the greatest theft in history, the most criminal act that humanity has ever seen.

With the alarming cases of child trafficking in Gabon, a UN human rights experts today urged the country's government to adopt measures to tackle trafficking in children from West and Central African States.

The Team Anna member is on hunger strike demanding a halt on the construction of 2000 MW Lower Subansiri mega dam project on Thursday.

The AHRC has expressed concern over case of illegal arrest, detention and police brutality against Mr Golam Kibria from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India.

Three interlocutors appointed by India recommend political settlement through dialogue between all stake-holders, and that India and Pakistan make major changes.