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Notices issued to Centre, Maharashtra govt over farmer suicides
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that Maharashtra government in the state assembly has informed that 639 farmers committed suicide in the state between March and May.
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Shujaat Bukhari murder: NHRC seeks detailed report from J-K govt
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir seeking a detailed report in Shujaat Bukhari killing.
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BJP equates alleged Purulia killings to 'political murder'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday equated the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia district to a 'political murder'
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BJP urges NHRC probe on party workers' death in WB
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged the the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct thorough investigation into the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia.
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NHRC issues notice to form team to probe Thoothukudi incident
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Director General of Investigation to constitute a four-member team to look into deaths in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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Consider plea seeking probe into Sterlite protest: Delhi HC to NHRC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to look into the petition filed by a lawyer seeking probe into the deaths of 13 people during a protest in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi against Sterlite Industries.
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Anti-Sterlite protest: TN advocate demands NHRC to conduct its own probe
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu based advocate moved a petition in Delhi High Court on Thursday pleading National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own.
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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt over Sterlite protest
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the Tamil Nadu government within two weeks over police firing during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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NHRC comes down heavily on Delhi Police
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports claiming that Delhi Police paraded a man naked to the police station, hurling insults and abuses at him.
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NHRC sends notice to Gujarat govt after Dalit beaten to death
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report claiming that a 40-year-old Dalit rag picker in Rajkot district's Shapar village has been flogged to death over collecting scraps in a village.
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NHRC issues notice to UP Govt. over 2 minor girls sent to jail
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government, after media reports stated that two minor girls in Muzaffarnagar were sent to the jail in Khatauli instead of a juvenile home, in connection with a case of alleged co
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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt, CBSE over NEET issue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo-motu cognizance of a media report alleging hardships to the students, who had to travel outside their state to write their National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test organized by the Central Board of Secondary E
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