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NHRC issues notice to DGP Jharkhand over mob lynching
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a media report on mob lynching of seven persons on suspicion of being child kidnappers.
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'Shameless' Kejriwal won't resign unless CBI takes action:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Amid growing clamour for Arvind Kejrwial's resignation post ousted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra's corruption allegations, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) shou
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NHRC asks Delhi Govt.for report on administering contaminated injections t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.7 (ANI):The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 20 eye patients had to be rushed to the AIIMS from the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, Delhi on 2nd April, 2017, when they complained about blurred vision, pain and water
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt.over reports of dead rat found in mid-day
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.2 (ANI): Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that a dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served to the children at the Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Deoli, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday said that if this report of nine chi
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Jallikattu agitation: NHRC issues notices to TN Govt., Police Commissioner
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Delhi fruit vendor killed: NHRC issues notice to Commissioner
Updated : 8 years, 6 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, 6 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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NHRC notice to Kerala DGP over man's death in police custody
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of a report that Kalimuthu, arrested in connection with a theft case, was found dead while in custody at Thalassery Police Station in Kerala on October 9.
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Goa CM orders enquiry over criminal's 'murder' in prison
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa), July 26 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the incident of the alleged murder of a criminal in Colvale Jail in north Goa and ordered a Sub Divisional Magistrate enquiry into the incident.
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NHRC issues notice over electrocution of a girl leading to amputation of h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that both the hands of a ten-year-old girl had to be amputated at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital following severe burn injuries due to shock from a high voltage electricit
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UP hooch tragedy: NHRC issues notices to UP chief secretary, DGP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that more than 26 people have died and several others are critical after consuming spurious liquor in Etah and Farukhabad districts of Uttar Pradesh.
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NHRC seeks report from Centre, Odisha Govt. over death of five tribals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar, July 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has sought a report from the Centre as well as the Odisha Government after taking suo motu cognizance of the incident where death of five innocent tribals in Kandhamal has been reporte
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