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Bengal post-poll violence: NHRC team visits North 24 Parganas to assess si
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], June 25 (ANI): The delegation of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) team visited the residences of victims who were affected in the post-poll violence in North 24 Parganas' Jagatdal area on Friday.
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Pak's limited response to COVID-19 marred by lack of transparency, enforce
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2020 claimed that the government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was marred by a lack of transparency and enforcement.
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Vulnerable groups hit hardest by Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan's Punjab pr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): An annual report on the state of human rights in Pakistan during 2020 underscores the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the shortcomings of the healthcare sector, both in terms of preparedness and access to facilities.
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Right to life should prevail over rights of patent holders, says NHRC chai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra on Tuesday said the right to life should prevail over the rights of patent holders to ensure that the scarcity of life-saving drugs, medicines and vaccines relating to COVID-1
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Incidents of Crime, missing persons increased in 2020 in Sindh province, s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Incidents of missing persons and crime increased in Sindh province in the year 2020, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
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NHRC orders inquiry into complaints of West Bengal post-poll violence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra has constituted a committee headed by former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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WB post-poll violence: Smriti Irani slams Mamata Banerjee for 'watching pe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Hailing the Calcutta High Court's decision to dismiss the petition demanding to stay or recall its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Pa
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Calcutta HC refuses to stay its order directing NHRC panel to probe post-p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed the petition to recall or stay its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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NHRC directs Nagaland, Manipur Chief Secretaries to submit reports on righ
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Chief Secretaries of Nagaland and Manipur to submit reports on cases related to Rongmei community and Naga-Kuki conflict listed at the Camp sitting at Kohima on April 24, 2017.
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NHRC directs Union Health Ministry to treat teachers engaged in Covid work
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to treat teachers, who are engaged in Covid duties, as "frontline Corona Warriors" in all the States and UTs, at par with other employees.
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NHRC directs UP Chief Secy, Centre to compensate 70 girls over stripping i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and Secretary, School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for requisite funds allocation to compensate 70 girls who were checked for
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NHRC seeks report from Centre, Odisha over freedom fighter's widow deprive
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Union Home Secretary and the Chief Secretary of Odisha over a petiton claiming denial and deprivation of bare human rights to Meera Devi, an ailing octogenaria
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