NHRC
- India
NHRC notice to states, UTs over women being ‘forced’ into sex trade
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notices to the chief secretaries and the police chief of all the states and union territories over reports that women are allegedly being forced into sex…
- India
NHRC notice to West Bengal govt, DGP over ‘public flogging’ of couple
New Delhi: The NHRC said on Monday that it has issued notices to the West Bengal government and the state’s police chief over reports that a couple was allegedly mercilessly beaten up…
- India
Veteran bureaucrat Bharat Lal gets 1-year extension as NHRC secretary general
New Delhi: Veteran bureaucrat Bharat Lal was on Monday given one-year extension as secretary general of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), according to a personnel ministry order. Lal, a 1988 batch…
- India
NHRC recommends all states to have ‘anti-human trafficking nodal officer’
New Delhi: The NHRC has recommended that every state should have an “anti-human trafficking nodal officer” who shall coordinate with the government authorities by taking effective steps and measures to curb this…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra: TDP, BJP, JSP seek NHRC inquiry into deaths of old age pensioners
The opposition in Andhra Pradesh (AP) has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction to the state government to deliver old age pensions at the door steps of pensioners instead…
- Andhra Pradesh
NHRC notice to Andhra govt, DGP over student suicide in Visakhapatnam
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh government and the state’s police chief over a college student committing suicide allegedly due to sexual harassment by a faculty…
- Telangana
NHRC notice to Telangana govt over lack of girls toilets at school
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Telangana government over a report alleging hardships to girl students due to the lack of toilets at a high…
- Telangana
NHRC issues notice to Telangana over girl student’s suicide
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media reports that an engineering girl student committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her college…
- India
Condoning terror acts a great disservice to human rights cause: NHRC
New Delhi: Terrorism causes grave violation of human rights of citizens in the entire world, and condoning terror acts and terrorists is a “great disservice” to the cause of human rights, NHRC…
- India
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of fresh violence that left 13 dead in Manipur
Imphal: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that at least 13 people were killed in a gunfight in Manipur, and issued notices to the…
- India
Develop digital forensic infrastructure to deal with Dark Web: NHRC chief
New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Sunday expressed concern about the Dark Web and the threat it poses to society, adding that there is a need…
- India
NHRC ask WB govt to compensate police brutality victims
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has asked the West Bengal government to pay compensation to three victims of police brutality during a rally organised by the Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha,…
- India
NHRC seeks report from Karnataka authorities on electrocution of mother-child on pavement
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Karnataka government seeking a detailed report on the electrocution of a woman and her daughter on a footpath in…
- India
NHRC registered 18 human rights violations cases during violence in Manipur
Imphal: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) registered 18 cases of rights violations during the violence in Manipur in the last few months. The NHRC has received Action Taken Reports (ATRs) from…
- India
NHRC notice to Maha govt over deaths of several patients at 2 state-run hospitals
New Delhi: The NHRC has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government over death of “a large number of patients” at two state-run hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts within 24…
