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NHRC issues notices to Centre, CBSE, Delhi Police over paper leak
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 2 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notices to Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Delhi Police over paper leak of class 10 and 12 Board exams.
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WB violence: NHRC issues notice to Mamata Govt.
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): As violence continued unabated in Asansol-Raniganj area of West Bengal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
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Activists pay tributes to late rights advocate Asma Jahangir
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): Activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday paid tributes to Asma Jahangir, Pakistan Human Rights Commission co-founder and an advocate who fought for the rights of oppressed people in the South Asian nation.
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NHRC notices to UP Govt, Centre over Jhansi medical negligence
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Centre over the Jhansi medical negligence episode, wherein severed leg of a youth was used as a pillow at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College.
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Pakistan Army at the heart of Baloch rights abuse, say activists at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's armed forces and intelligence agencies are at the heart of the continuing human rights violations in that country's Balochistan Province, claimed three senior Baloch activists in separate addresses at the 37th session of the United Nations Hum
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NHRC seeks report on pregnant pillion rider's death in TN
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident where a pregnant woman was killed after a traffic police allegedly kicked the two-wheeler on which she was traveling with her husband in Tamil Nadu.
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NHRC seeks report from UP govt. over spread of AIDS among prisoners
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Taking cognizance of media reports that claimed that 24 prisoners had tested positive for HIV in the Gorakhpur district jail in the last four months, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking detailed
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Child Rights commission files case against Kuthiyottam ritual
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], March 1 (ANI): The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a case against the 'Kuthiyottam' ritual performed during Attukal Pongala festival.
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NHRC maintains 'A' status of accreditation with GANHRI in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has retained its 'A' status of accreditation with the United Nations (UN) mandated Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in Geneva for the fourth consecutive term of five years.
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Asma Jahangir's demise 'a great loss of Pakistan'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
(Geneva /Hong Kong) [Switzerland/China], Feb 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and organisations across the globe grieved the demise of Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani senior lawyer and a strong voice of the oppressed, who passed away on Sunday.
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Prominent Pak activist Asma Jahangir passes away
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 11 (ANI): Prominent Pakistani senior lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, passed away at the age of 66 here on Sunday.
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NHRC demands factual report from Def Min on Shopian attack
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded a factual report from the Defence Ministry regarding the Shopian attack on Friday.
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