Nithyananda's Kailasa cons 30 US cities with 'sister city' pact

Self-proclaimed godman and fugitive Nithyananda's 'United States of Kailasa' has signed a 'cultural partnership' with over 30 American cities, a media report has said, days after the city of Newark......

Newark rescinds sister-city agreement with 'United States of Kailasa'

The city of Newark in the United States state of New Jersey has rescinded a sister-city agreement with the so-called 'United States of Kailasa', founded by Indian fugitive Nithyananda, citing......

Women in West have 'no dignity': Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that rights of women and girls in his country are highly respected unlike the West where, he claimed, women had 'no dignity'. Human rights groups have......

Indira Jaising elected to UN panel

Indira Jaising, an eminent Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist, has been elected to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Jaising, 68, secured the......