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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of reported increase in suicides among trib
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of a media report stating that there is an alarming increase in suicides among tribal people settled in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala with about 23 deaths reported in 2024 itself.
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President Murmu appoints former SC judge Justice V Ramasubramanian as NHRC
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"Hon'ble President of India appoints Shri Justice V. Ramasubramanian (Retd.) as the Chairperson, and Shri Priyank Kanoongo and Dr Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi (Retd.) as the Members of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), India," the NHRC posted on X.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of death of two workers due to electrocutio
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to an official release, the Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, indicate gross negligence on the part of the electricity department resulting in the death of two labourers. The Commission has also noted that such incidents have occurred earlier t
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NHRC issues notice to chief secy, Bengal DGP on abduction, rape of minor
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that a seven-month-old baby was allegedly abducted from a footpath and sexually assaulted by some miscreants in Kolkata, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police
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Acting Chairperson of NHRC extend greetings on eve of Human Rights Day
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As per a release from the NHRC, Vijaya Bharathi Sayani said that this significant day, observed every year on 10th December since 1950, commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations in 1948.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of food poisoning incident at Patna shelter
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding a suspected food poisoning incident at a shelter home for mentally ill and destitute women in Patel Nagar area of Bihar's Patna between November 7 and 11.
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Delhi: 3-day capacity building program for Arunachal Human Rights Commissi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The three-day training programme for the Arunachal Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC), organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India concluded in New Delhi on Thursday.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of fire in Jhansi Medical College resulting
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that at least 10 newborn babies have died after a fire broke out in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, a pres
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of reported death of girl by suicide in pri
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 13-year-old girl student in VIII standard at a private school, allegedly died by suicide in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh on October 23, 2024.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of boy's death in open-air gym in Delhi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a four-year-old boy died after a part of a machine in an open-air gym fell on him in a municipality-run park in West Delhi's Moti Nagar on 13th October 2024.
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"Deepening silence of so-called moral preachers": VP Dhankhar expressed co
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday expressed concern over the plight of Hindus in neighbouring countries and criticised the "silence of so-called moral preachers and custodians of human rights."
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MP: NHRC takes sou motu cognizance of death of 2 students in govt hostel i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about two students, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST), got electrocuted to death while cleaning a water tank on the instructions of the Superintendent of a government-run hostel in Madhya Pradesh's
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