Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Amid National Human Rights Commission’s renewed focus on conditions in prisons and its plan to seek data on women inmates from all states, the rights panel has settled two cases of death in judicial custody by recommending a total relief of Rs 10 lakh, official … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday condemned the killing of innocent civilians by terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s (J&K) Pahalgam. “The Commission condemns the dastardly attack on the unarmed and unsuspecting innocent civilians who were on a holiday to the valley. The incident … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Karnataka BJP has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission over the sacred thread row, in which students wearing janviara/janeu were denied entry to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) in the state. In his complaint, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, April 21 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao has demanded an apology from Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to farmers of Lagacharla after the National Human Rights Commission found violations of human rights while handling those protesting against land acquisition for the proposed Pharma … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal/Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member, Priyank Kanoongo, on Friday, hit out at the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her government failed to protect the citizens of the state. He made this remark regarding the recent communal clashes which occurred in West … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The displaced victims of the recent communal violence in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, who are currently housed at a temporary relief shelter at a school in the adjacent Malda district, on Friday, accused the district police of maintaining “blanket secrecy” during their interactions with … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the grave issues faced by prisoners, particularly women inmates and their children, in jails across the country. In a significant move to address the systemic challenges in the prison system, the NHRC has … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Serving humanity by utilising knowledge would be the biggest contribution of 67 interns who attended NHRC’s two-week online short-term internship programme, said Commission Member Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi on Monday. In his valedictory address, Justice Sarangi highlighted the programme’s rigorous selection process, emphasising the painstaking … Read more
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
