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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt.over reports of dead rat found in mid-day
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.2 (ANI): Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that a dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served to the children at the Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Deoli, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday said that if this report of nine chi
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India should not breathe easy with Pak putting Hafiz Saeed's name on
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the initiative taken by Pakistan for including the name of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in the 'Fourth Schedule' of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Defence Experts have warned that India should not claim satisfaction already,
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Cong. MLAs in K'taka committing serious economic offence: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb. 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday accused the Congress MLAs in Karnataka of committing serious economic offence and asked Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah to take cognizance of such matters.
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NHRC to conduct spot enquiry into allegations of gang rape in Dhar distric
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint from the nine Scheduled Tribe women residents of Bhutia and Holibayada villages of District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, that they became victims of police atrocities including rape, sexu
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Girls are not just about their looks: Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Maha textb
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. Feb. 3 (ANI): Condemning the Maharashtra State Education Board over the shocking content in a state textbook citing 'ugliness' as one of the reason for dowry menace, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has assured that the matter has been taken into cognizanc
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Jallikattu agitation: NHRC issues notices to TN Govt., Police Commissioner
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that after the passage of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the State Assembly, police, without any prior caution, resort
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Centre to install new grievance redressal mechanism for army personnel
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 15 (ANI): Taking cognizance of soldiers' grievances who have complained though social media of poor treatment and bad quality food being served to them, the Centre on Sunday decided to set-up a new mechanism to solve their problems.
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Delhi fruit vendor killed: NHRC issues notice to Commissioner
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): A day after it was reported that a fruit vendor has allegedly died in police custody and his body was later dumped, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of the incident and issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner, aski
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Telangana: NHRC issues notice over child's death after falling in hot
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that five-year-old child Jayawardhan tumbled into a vat filled to the brim with hot sambar at the time of serving the mid-day meal in a primary school at Nalgonda in Telanga
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NCP seeks EC intervention, demands action against Raosaheb Danve
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday urged the Election Commission to take cognizance of Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve's remark that 'lakshmi' comes a day before polls and said if proper action is not initiated on t
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NDBA asks Delhi Chief Justice to take cognizance of Kejriwal's phone
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): The New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA) on Friday said that it had written to Delhi High Court Chief Justice, G. Rohini and asked her to take cognizance of Chief Minister's Arvind Kejriwal's statement that telephonic conversations of judges were being
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NGT asks Centre, state Pollution Control Committee to take steps to contro
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the alarming air quality in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to take steps to control and curb the pollution.
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