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NHRC demands action against killers of Pakistani national in Jaipur jail
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a Pakistani national, serving life sentence in Jaipur Central jail was killed on Wednesday in a brawl with four other inmates allegedly over the volume of a televi
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NHRC sends notice to UP govt over production of spurious liquor in Mainpur
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Pusaina village of Mainpuri district, out of 300 families, 150 have widows in the age group of 25 to 65 whose husbands died after consuming spurious liq
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TN shelter home case: NHRC issues notice to govt, seeks report within 4 we
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of media reports of alleged abuse of 15 minor girls who were rescued from a shelter home in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district.
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NHRC seeks details from TN Govt, Union Health Ministry on reports of trans
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that a teenage donor, whose blood infected a pregnant woman with HIV, attempted suicide at his home in Tamil Nadu as the families struggled to deal with the tragedy
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Muzaffarnagar encounter: NHRC issues notice to UP govt, DGP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. Nov 29 (ANI): Taking a suo motu cognizance of an alleged encounter of a 20-year old youth, Irshad Ahmad in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the state's Chief Secretary and Director General of
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NHRC takes cognizance in Amritsar accident; issue notices to state, railwa
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Monday took suo motu cognizance of media reports of dozens of people mowed down by a train in Amritsar on Dussehra and issued notices to the Government of Punjab, Chairman of the Railway Board seeking a detailed report
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DCW notice to Transport Department over lack of CCTVs in DTC buses
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women has taken suo-motu cognizance of media reports regarding widespread eve-teasing and harassment on Delhi Transport Corporation buses, and will take up the same with the Transport Department.
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UP: NHRC issues notices after reports of ragging in medical college
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Secretary and to Principal of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC), Allahabad after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about ragging in the c
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SC takes suo motu cognizance in Muzaffarpur shelter case
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case.
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Notices issued to Centre, Maharashtra govt over farmer suicides
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that Maharashtra government in the state assembly has informed that 639 farmers committed suicide in the state between March and May.
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Pak SC takes cognizance of non-issuance of IDs to transgenders
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mardan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Sunday took suo-motu cognizance of non-issuance of computerised national identity cards to the transgender community, ahead of the upcoming general elections in Pakistan.
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NHRC comes down heavily on Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports claiming that Delhi Police paraded a man naked to the police station, hurling insults and abuses at him.
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