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10,000 NGOs have not filed annual returns for six years: Govt tells Parliament

As per the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010, it is mandatory for NGOs to file annual returns with the Union Home Ministry and penal action is taken against defaulters.

US to give $500,000 to any NGO that promotes religious freedom in India

The US has announced a grant of nearly $500,000 for a non-governmental organisation to come up with proposals to develop early warning systems for “reducing religiously-motivated violence and discrimination” in India.

EXCLUSIVE | 'Sex with minor wife is RAPE': How NGO 'Independent Thought' began the battle

‘It’s a social reality’ is what kept coming in arguments, but this by no means justifies the deprivation and violation of rights of girls, which is otherwise agreed internationally as well as constitutionally and under various other statutes.

British national arrested for 'sodomising' visually-impaired kids

A British national has been arrested here for allegedly sodomising three visually- impaired minor inmates of the National Association for The Blind (NAB) in south Delhi's RK Puram

Nitish Kumar trying to cover up NGO scam with hand-picked officials, alleges Lalu Yadav

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "trying to cover up" an alleged scam, involving an NGO, with the help of his "hand-picked officials" in the Special Investigation Team (SIT)

Srijan scam: Arrested accused dies in Bhagalpur hospital, family suspects foul play

Doctors said Srijan scam accused Mahesh Mandal died due to a kidney problem in a hospital in Bihar's Bhagalpur.

'Will probe if required', says UP govt on Aparna’s NGO receiving 86 pc cow welfare fund

Aparna Yadav today said that allegations of the previous government showing special consideration in granting doles under the state cow welfare fund to her NGO was a clear case on vendetta politics and that there was no wrongdoing on her part

This Mumbai-based organisation is a new ray of hope for the disabled across the country

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

As tension over mutilation of soldiers rises, India sends back 50 Pakistani students

Around 50 Pakistani students were today sent back after the Indian government advised the host NGO against hosting them at a time which was not appropriate.

Govt bars top public health NGO from receiving foreign funds

The government has barred an NGO from receiving foreign funding including from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for alleged violation of the law.

Google.org announces Rs 54 cr grant to four Indian NGOs

Good News: This NGO provides quality food to 15 lakh school children for free

Akshaya Patra Foundation supplies food over 15 lakh school children across the country now.

SC raps Centre for failure in monitoring NGO funds, directs audit by March 31

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to complete auditing of NGOs by March 31 while pulling up the government for not putting in place a regulatory mechanism to monitor the funds and their utilisation by NGOs.

FCRA violation: Govt bars Indira Jaising's NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’ from receiving foreign funds

The government has permanently cancelled the FCRA license of Lawyers Collective, an NGO run by noted lawyer and former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising, for alleged violation of FCRA.

Modi government derecognises more than 11,000 NGOs for not renewing FCRA registration

The Narendra Modi government has derecognised more than 11,000 NGOs for not renewing their registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA).