New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission seeks report from Centre, Odisha Govt on Kandhamal deaths. The commission has given two weeks’ time to submit the report. This was informed by the NHRC secretary general SN Mohanty. It should be noted that chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)Continue Reading
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female working conditions of female workers at textile retail shops in the state. NHRC, which took cognisance of the matter following a complaint, said women workers in textileContinue Reading
Christians in India are not less Indian, nor are they anti-nationalContinue Reading
Bangaluru: After almost seven years of church attacks in Mangaluru, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found that police had used excessive force on those who protested against the attacks and has directed the state government to give compensation to 12 victims of police excesses. Accordingly, the state governmentContinue Reading
Chennai: Terming the bankers practise of “naming and shaming” of students who defaulted on repaying education loans as violation of human rights, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Central Bank of India chairman. It has also issued notices to the district magistrate and superintendent ofContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The National Human Rights Commission has expressed ‘grave’ concern over alleged farmers’ suicides in Mandya district of Karnataka over low payment by sugar mills and issued a notice to the state government seeking a reply within four weeks. Mandya, known as the ‘sugar bowl’ of Karnataka, has seen aContinue Reading
The NHRC team plans to comp in Raipur for a couple of days to get to the bottom of the incidentContinue Reading
NHRC chairperson K. G. Balakrishnan said the request has been conveyed directly to the Chief Secretary of the stateContinue Reading
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of reports about a church in Vikaspuri , which was vandalised last week. Prior to this, four other incidents of attacks and suspected arson at Christian religious institutions have occurred in Dilshad Garden, Rohini and Jasola sinceContinue Reading
