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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…
- India
NHRC notice to Raj govt, DGP over stripping, parading of woman in Pratapgarh
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the Rajasthan government and the state’s police chief over a pregnant woman being allegedly stripped naked and paraded in a…
- India
Over 2,000 cured patients still housed in mental hospitals across country: NHRC
New Delhi: More than 2,000 cured patients are still housed in mental hospitals in the country when they should not stay there even for an extra day, NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun…
- India
Ensure violence ends in Manipur, NHRC tells state govt
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday directed the Manipur government to ensure that no further violence takes place in the strife-torn northeastern state. In a statement issued late…
- India
Calcutta HC rejects NHRC’s plea for appointing observer for panchayat polls
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the National Human Right Commission (NHRC)’s plea for appointing an observer for July 8 West Bengal panchayat polls. Although the hearing in the matter…
- India
NHRC notice to Raj govt over rats found ‘gnawing feet of patients’ at Jodhpur hospital
New Delhi: The NHRC on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over rats allegedly found gnawing the feet of patients in a government-run hospital in Jodhpur. Reportedly, the number of…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking directions to fill vacant posts in NHRC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking directions to fill three vacancies at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). A bench comprising Chief Justice…
- India
Bengal panchayat polls: Plea in Calcutta HC over violence during nomination
Kolkata: The CPI(M) and All India Secular Front (AISF) on Wednesday filed two separate petitions in the Calcutta High Court against the ongoing violence in the nomination phase for the forthcoming panchayat…
