NHRC panel invokes Tagore, indicts Mamata government over post-poll violenceThe NHRC panel, constituted following an order by a five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, also said the cases of alleged rape and mu...
15 Jul, 2021, 11.10 PM IST
NHRC panel on Bengal violence submits report to Calcutta High CourtA five-judge bench of the high court, hearing a bunch of PILs alleging post-poll violence in the state, had directed that the committee wou...
30 Jun, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
NHRC Committee in Kolkata to study post-poll violence narrativeWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said, “The post-poll violence in Bengal is unprecedented. Such violence has not been witnessed since ...
27 Jun, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
NHRC sets up panel to probe complaints of post-poll West Bengal violenceIn a statement, the NHRC said Monday its chairman Justice (retd) Arun Mishra has constituted a committee to “inquire into the complaints of...
22 Jun, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
NHRC seeks medical papers, reports from police & universityStepping up its probe into Jamia Millia Islamia University incidents, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought responses from...
03 Jan, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
NHRC should be actively involved in Manipur encounter cases probe: SC"NHRC has the power to suo motu investigate a matter.Our last order indicates that the NHRC should be active in it": SC
02 Jul, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
Key NHRC post vacant as ministers campaign, Supreme Court toldThe SC had taken strong objection to the Centre's inability to find an eminent person to fill the NHRC member's post that fell vacant in Ma...
28 Feb, 2017, 11.30 AM IST
BJP VP may not take up NHRC assignmentAvinash Rai Khanna's name for appointment as a member of NHRC was cleared by a high-level selection panel headed by PM Narendra Modi in Oct...
13 Dec, 2016, 08.28 PM IST
No plan to make human rights impact assessment must for companies: Arun JaitleyCorporate Affairs Minister said NHRC does not maintain a separate incident code or record under the head HRIA.
11 Mar, 2016, 03.05 PM IST
NHRC blow to Odisha government on liquor tragedy damageThe NHRC direction came in accordance to the recommendations made by a judicial commission of enquiry headed by retired High Court judge Ju...
14 Mar, 2015, 12.37 AM IST
- NHRC takes note of Ganga pollution
Taking suo moto cognizance of a news report on the plight of the Ganga published in The Times of India, the National Human Rights Commissio...
28 Nov, 2013, 03.15 AM IST
- NHRC not in favour of curbs on media reporting: KGB
NHRC Chairperson K G Balakrishnan today said the Commission would not like to have any curbs on media reporting which has an important role...
27 Apr, 2012, 10.32 PM IST
- Ex-CJI says KGB should quit as NHRC head
Ex-CJI J S Verma on Sunday demanded that Balakrishnan quit as NHRC chief and if he did not, the President should intervene to get him remov...
28 Feb, 2011, 05.15 AM IST
- HC rejects judicial probe into Batla House encounter
Delhi high court on Wednesday accepted the findings of NHRC giving clean chit to Delhi Police in the Batla House encounter case.
27 Aug, 2009, 02.26 AM IST
- Cong joins rights groups’ ‘one-sided version’ chorus
Congress joined civil rights alarmists in questioning the NHRC’s recent clean chit to Delhi Police in the Batla House encounter, saying tha...
27 Jul, 2009, 02.29 AM IST
- W. Bengal Government failed to stop Nandigram agitation
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has lampooned the West Bengal Government for failing to stop Communist Party of India-Marxist (...
09 Feb, 2008, 11.27 AM IST
- Human Rights panel serves notice to govt on SEZs
From a political hot potato, Special Economic Zones have now become a human rights issue, with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ...
16 Apr, 2007, 07.10 PM IST