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NHRC seeks detailed report on deaths due to manholes, sewers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice seeking a comprehensive report from the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment over deaths across the country due to manholes, sewers, and potholes.
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Freed PoK activist Baba Jan thanks Gilgit Baltistan people for 'fighting'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], November 28 (ANI): Political activist Baba Jan, who was released on Friday after a decade of unlawful imprisonment by Pakistani authorities, thanked people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and rights activists for holding protests for his release and said he would have
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Ex-High Court judge Bijay Krishna Patel is new Odisha HRC Chairperson
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 28 (ANI): Former Orissa High Court judge Justice Bijay Krishna Patel has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
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Chandrababu Naidu pays tribute to Ambedkar on Constitution Day, alleges no
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 27 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu paid tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar and other stalwarts on the occasion of Constitution Day. He alleged that the state was undergoing unchecked a
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Rights bodies urge Pak authorities to probe violence against Ahmadiyyas
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI): Pakistani authorities should urgently and impartially investigate a surge in violent attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said on Thursday. The a
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Sukhbir Badal condemns Haryana police action to stop farmers' march, says
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 26 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday condemned Haryana police action on farmers during their 'Chalo Delhi' march and said the battle for the rights of Punjab farmers cannot be throttled by using water cannons agai
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Pakistani police beat up peaceful protestors in PoK's Rawalakot
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rawalakot [PoK], November 26 (ANI): Pakistan brutalities towards the people in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir intensified after the police in Rawlakot attacked demonstrators, peacefully protesting against "human rights violations by the Imran Khan government", on Wednesday.
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MP to observe Birsa Munda's birth anniversary as Tribal Pride Day: CM Chou
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Umaria (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): Describing tribes as the mainstream of India, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced that "Tribal Pride Day" will be celebrated in the state every year on tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda's birth annive
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Lt Governor designates one court in each district in Delhi as Human Rights
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has designated a court of Additional Sessions Judge in each district of the national capital as Human Rights Court.
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Mobile banners rolled out in Durban, protest against human rights abuses i
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Durban [South Africa], November 25 (ANI): Several mobile banners have been rolled out in Durban, South Africa, protesting against human rights abuses in Pakistan, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the heinous Mumbai terror attack in 2008, which claimed the lives of over 160 people.
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Star India acquires CSA media rights till 2024
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 24 (ANI): Star India has acquired the media rights of Cricket South Africa (CSA) till the end of 2023-24 cricket season, across Asia, the Middle-East and North Africa.
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CPI(M) MLA files complaint against ED in Kerala Assembly
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 23 (ANI): Alleging that Enforcement Directorate (ED) violated its rights by starting an investigation on the CAG report before it is tabled in the Assembly, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA M Swaraj registered a complaint against the investigative agenc
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