New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) An incident of alleged ostracisation of nearly 30 members of eight families in Tamil Nadu village has come to the notice of the NHRC which has sought a report from the Tenkasi district collector within two weeks, an official said on Thursday. The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of a … Read more
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) An NHRC team will visit Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) to investigate the alleged suicide of a Nepali girl student due to harassment by her ex-boyfriend that was ignored by the college staff despite repeated complaints, a representative of the rights panel said on Tuesday. The commission has … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report within two weeks from West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district and police administration over the death of two persons after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank. Taking suo motu cognizance of the media report published on February 16, the … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought detailed reports from the West Bengal and Odisha governments over several issues pertaining to curbing incidents of acid attack cases in their respective states. The Commission asked the Chief Secretaries of both the states to submit their reports within six weeks from the … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report on the death of three construction workers in a manhole at Kolkata Leather Complex earlier this month and sought a report from the West Bengal government, an official said on Friday. The Commission has issued … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The NHRC on Monday directed social media platform YouTube to pull down “obscene and vulgar” content based on remarks of podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on the controversial show ‘India’s Got Latent’ and file an Action Taken Report within three days. Rights panel member Priyank Kanoongo wrote to the YouTube’s Head, Public … Read more
