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NHRC notice to HRD Ministry, Bihar govt over report about poor children in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to Union HRD Ministry and Bihar government after taking suo moto cognisance of a media report that the poor children were not getting the mid-day meal due to extension of lockdown and closur
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India has been greatest support to us, our hearts go out to soldiers at bo
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Dharmshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): President, Central Tibetan Administration, Lobsang Sangay on Monday hit back at China saying the Wuhan originated pandemic will not hold Tibet back from fighting for their rights and they will keep marching forward for the Tibetan cause.
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Ghaziabad factory fire: NHRC issues notice to UP Chief Secy, DGP; seeks re
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and DGP over the death of seven persons due to fire in an "illegal" candle factory of Ghaziabad.
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Settle pending claims of forest rights within 3 months: Maha Guv
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Friday asked senior government officials to settle the pending claims of forest rights within three months and to conduct the GPS mapping of scheduled areas in the State.
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NHRC asks J-K, Ladakh to intimate it about custodial, encounter deaths
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New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to inform it about any custodial or encounter death, in accordance with guidelines, officials said on Thursday.
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over reports of child's death due to neglige
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh after reports of a one-year-old child died as he was not attended by the doctors at the District Hospital Kannauj.
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Kerala HC adjourns to July 7 hearing on Rehana Fathima's anticipatory bail
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Thursday adjourned till July 7 hearing on women rights activist Rehana Fathima's anticipatory bail application in a case against her for posting a video online of her minor children painting on her half-naked body.
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BHRC condemns Pakistan's reprisal against families of Baloch dissidents
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London [UK], July 2 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has strongly condemned Pakistan's act of reprisal against the families of Baloch dissidents, saying it is quite concerning that the state establishment is using every possible instance to justify enforced disappearances.
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Centre launching personal attacks as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra raises voice fo
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): Condemning Centre's orders asking Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to vacate her government accommodation in New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Thursday said that the Union government is launching persona
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UN experts appalled by enforced disappearance of Pak activist Idris Khatta
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): UN human rights experts have condemned the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender, calling it an "intolerable attack" on his legitimate work against a range of human rights and minority violations in the Khyber Pakhtunkh
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China violates human rights of its citizens but urges US to secure human r
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Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): Amid reports of China violating the basic human rights of Uyghur Muslims and Hong Kong citizens, Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged the United States to secure the human rights of ethnic minorities in the country.
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US warns companies of potential risks from human rights-related Chinese en
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Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): The US State Department on Wednesday in an advisory warned American companies of the potential exposure they could face from maintaining supply chains with entities that engage in human rights abuses in Xinjiang, or elsewhere in China, and the associated
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