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NHRC issues notice to TN, Bihar over torture of 12 orphaned juveniles
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments over the reported torture of 12 orphaned juveniles brought from Bihar to a madrasa in…
- India
India to take over UNSC presidency at time of acute crisis
United Nations: India will take over the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday at a time of an acute international crisis that will call upon its diplomatic skills in the UN’s…
- Delhi
NHRC asks Delhi govt to fix timeline to rectify cause of poor air quality at hotspots
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Delhi government to fix a timeline to rectify the cause of poor air quality at hotspots and inquired about the status…
- India
NHRC notice to TN chief secy, DGP after 3 workers die due to asphyxiation
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to Tamil Nadu’s chief secretary, DGP and a top civic body official after three workers were asphyxiated to death while cleaning…
- Kerala
NHRC notices Kerala govt, DGP over repeated incidents of girls missing from shelter homes
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notices to the Kerala government and the state’s police chief over reports that nine girls have gone missing from a shelter home at Kottyam in Kerala,…
- India
NHRC notice to Telangana, Education Ministry, UGC over Hyderabad college ragging
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Education Ministry, Telangana government and the University Grants Commission after a college student was allegedly ragged, assaulted and compelled to…
- India
Cough syrup deaths: SC dismisses J-K’s plea against NHRC order on compensation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration against an order of the National Human Rights Commission to pay compensation of Rs 3…
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NHRC issues notices to Kerala govt, seeking report on ‘human sacrifice’ incident
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Kerala government, seeking an action-taken report in connection with a “human sacrifice” incident in the southern state. The panel…
- India
NHRC issues notice to Centre, 6 states over Devadasi system
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo moto cognizance of a media report on the continued menace of Devadasi system in various temples, especially in the southern part…
- India
Gujarat public flogging: TMC files complaint with NHRC
New Delhi: The All India Trinamool Congress(TMC) has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) in connection with the public flogging of Muslim men by Gujarat Police personnel, party spokesperson…
- India
BJP committee seeks CBI, NHRC probes into ‘Nabanna Chalo’ rally violence
New Delhi: A BJP committee that looked into the clash between West Bengal police and party members during its ‘Nabanna Chalo’ rally has sought CBI and National Human Rights Commission probes into…
- India
NHRC directs Assam govt to pay compensation to boy assaulted inside police station
Morigaon : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Assam government to pay Rs 25,000 to a boy who was assaulted inside a police station in Morigaon district six months…
- India
Payment of government employee’s retirement dues ensured: NHRC
New Delhi: The NHRC on Tuesday said it has ensured payment of retirement dues of a government employee who was “deprived of his legitimate pension arrears” for more than three years, thereby…
- India
SC closes 11 pleas related to 2002 Gujarat riots, terms them ‘infructuous’
New Delhi: Terming as infructuous, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed as many as 11 petitions, including the one filed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), almost 20 years ago seeking…
- India
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of 9-year-old Dalit boy’s death
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken a suo motu cognizance of the death of a Class three student, belonging to Scheduled Caste, studying in Sarasvati Vidyalaya in Rajasthan’s Jalore,…
