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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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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt. over hazardous water supply from Bhavani ri
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Government over hazardous water supply from the Bhavani river in Mettupalayam.
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NHRC vacancies: SC asks Centre to fill post of DG within a week
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to fill up the vacancy of the Director General (DG) of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) within a week and other pending vacancies in one week as well.
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NHRC finds 16 women victims of rape, assault by police personnel in Chhatt
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has prima facie found 16 women victims of rape, sexual and physical assault by the state police personnel in Chhattisgarh's tribal Bastar region.
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Chhattisgarh: NHRC finds 16 women victims of rape, sexual physical assault
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 7(ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday found 16 women prima facie victims of rape, sexual and physical assault by police personnel in Chhattisgarh, and asked the state government why it should not recommend interim relief of Rs 37 lakh to the
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
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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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Justice Sathasivam urges Centre to amend law to make NHRC effective
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): Former Chief Justice of India and Governor of Kerala Justice P. Sathasivam on Saturday lack of awareness about laws, inadequacies of the legal system and lack of sufficient support from the legal services authorities need to be focused on to ensure protectio
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Create society which respects, protects human rights: Dattu
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): On the eve of Human Rights Day, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu called on the people of the nation to join hands to create a society in which human rights of every individual are respected and protected in our quest for
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ACHR welcomes NHRC recommendation in Bara massacre case
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.29 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to commute the death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir K
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Pregnant women benefit from NHRM scheme in Doda
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov. 25(ANI): Pregnant women in remote areas of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir are availing the benefits of medical facilities under Central Government's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
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