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NHRC directs Odisha Chief Secy to act on 'Rakta Tirtha Eram' issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday directed the chief secretary of the Odisha government to ensure proper implementation of the schemes and guidelines for the descendants of the martyrs and freedom fighters and to ensure the peripheral
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As summer begins NHRC asks govt to ensure potable drinking water across co
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Central Ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply of potable drinking water to all the citizens of India.
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NHRC summons Mizoram Chief Secretary over 'cancer' cases in state
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued conditional summons to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Mizoram to appear before the Commission on May 31 along with the requisite reports on steps taken by the State on preventive and curative
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NHRC issues notice UP DGP over alleged arrest of 10 people in 'false' case
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Director-General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh over the arrest of ten people in an alleged false case by the policemen in Etah district.
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NHRC issues notices after five persons die due to poisonous gas in septic
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-moto cognisance of a media report that said that five persons, including four from a family, died after inhaling poisonous gas inside an open septic tank in Fatehabad in Agra on March 16, 2021.
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NHRC directs Maha Chief Secretary to conduct inquiry into virginity test a
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday has directed the Maharashtra Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta to conduct a thorough inquiry into the abominable phenomenon of the continuance of virginity tests among the people of Kanjarbhat commu
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NHRC summons Delhi Urban Development Secretary over non-submission of repo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued summon against the Delhi Urban Development Secretary for non-submission of proof of payment and requisite reports over a death of a safai karamchari during sewer cleaning in 2018.
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NHRC reiterates its recommendations to Uttar Pradesh govt, calls for compl
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit the proof of payment to the victim of a gang rape in Moradabad, which it had sanctioned on the recommendations of the Commission but apparently not released.
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NHRC asks WB Chief Secretary to ensure human rights in Sundarbans
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on two investigation reports received from BB Mishra, Special Rapporteur of the NHRC East Zone over the problems of re
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NHRC issues show cause notice to Defence Ministry over relief amount for d
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India on Wednesday issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Defence to cite a reason why Rs 5 lakh could not be paid as relief to the next of the kin of an innocent citizen Thingtu Ngemu, who died in the uninfo
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NHRC handicapped without Chairperson, DG Investigation: PIL in SC
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): For the first time in the history of the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) since its inception, the apex human rights watchdog of the country is at present, running without its full strength as it does not have a Chairperson, Acting Chairperson,
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Maharashtra HRC summons DGP over complaint on custodial torture of Pragya
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has summoned State DGP over allegations made by Bhopal BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur about custodial torture against her.
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