Ex-SC judge V Ramasubramanian appointed new NHRC chiefFormer Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian has been named the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. Previously, the po...
23 Dec, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Labour officials inspect EY's Pune office, grant one week to respond to queries on worker's 'death' and firm policiesIndian authorities inspected Ernst & Young's Pune office and interviewed executives amid an investigation into a worker's death, which her ...
23 Sep, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
Sandeshkhali case: CBI mentions lack of proper cooperation from state authorities, says HCCalcutta High Court chief justice division bench also allowed NHRC (National Human Rights Commission of India) as a party to the whole matt...
02 May, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Manipur: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of fresh violence that left 13 dead in the stateThe Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, amount to a serious issue of human rights violations, which is ...
08 Dec, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
NHRC to hear more than 40 pending cases of human rights violations in NE states on Nov 17The National Human Rights Commission is holding a national conference on 'Advancing Human Rights through Local Self Governments' on Novembe...
15 Nov, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
Inquiry committee probes police firing in Mukroh village in AssamRetired Gauhati High court Judge Rumi Kumari Phukan met Deputy Commissioner of West Karbi Anglong, DIG Superintendent of police, divisional...
31 Dec, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Police firing in Mukroh was an act of self-defence: Himanta Biswa SarmaSix people, including five Meghalaya residents and a forest guard from Assam, were killed in the incident on November 22.
24 Dec, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Chakmas and Hajongs 'won't cooperate with illegal census'"No Chakma and Hajong shall cooperate with any illegal census. Any census on them must meet the litmus test of complying with Article 14 an...
30 Dec, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
NHRC organizing ‘Camp Sitting and Public Open Hearing’ for five North Eastern StatesAfter the inauguration, 31 cases pertaining to the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim and Nagaland will be taken up in a s...
16 Dec, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
NHRC to hear complaints from three North Eastern statesOn 15th December, 2021, the Commission will hold a meeting with NGOs and Human Rights Defenders in the forenoon to ascertain the human righ...
13 Dec, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
NHRC takes suo-motu cognizance of Nagaland firing incidentThis triggered several incidents of arson, rioting and attack on soldiers and Assam Rifles camp resulting in more injuries and deaths, incl...
07 Dec, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
NHRC to revive the open hearing mechanism in different statesDuring open hearings, the concerned officers are asked to be present so that appropriate relief could be recommended to the victims of huma...
26 Nov, 2021, 12.28 AM IST
CBI divides Bengal into 4 zones for probe into post-poll violenceThis comes a day after CBI constituted four special investigation teams (SITs) to look into the matter and wrote to West Bengal Director Ge...
22 Aug, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
National Human Rights Commission takes cognizance of racial attack on Manipur girlReportedly, she was eventually saved by some people, and police was called. But the police officials who reached the spot asked the victim ...
16 May, 2020, 12.39 AM IST
Congress wants judicial probe into Darrang incidentNational Human Rights Commission, (NHRC) India has taken suo motu cognizance of reports of the case.
20 Sep, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
NHRC looking into reports of torture in Assam police stationThe NHRC took suo moto cognizance of reports that a woman and her two sisters were allegedly stripped and tortured inside a police station ...
19 Sep, 2019, 09.38 PM IST
Businesses need to develop, support policy to protect human rights: NHRCDuttu cited United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights developed by John Ruggie and endorsed by the UNHRC in 2011 that ...
22 Feb, 2017, 05.13 PM IST