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National Human Rights Commission asks Assam to submit report on custodial death of Nagaland man

E. Henveih Phom died in Sivasagar district’s Gelekey allegedly due to torture by the police on August 21.

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Andhra Pradesh: TDP alleges custodial torture of party sympathisers

It urges NHRC to intervene and ensure justice to the ‘victims’

The Hindu

Seames faces ableism claim

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is urging the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat (Seames) to compensate a job applicant who was denied a position due to his disability.

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Andhra Pradesh: Resolve pending cases, NHRC Chairman tells Tirupati administration

It also seeks report on the action taken in the cases already addressed

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NHRC to draft action plan for mental institutions

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NHRC seeks report on harassment of Chakmas in Arunachal

The human rights panel acted on a complaint by an NGO

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India’s nuclear policy reflects its past ideology: NHRC chief

NEW DELHI

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UAPA necessary to act against terrorists: Union Minister R. K. Singh

Minister R. K. Singh was speaking at the National Human Rights Commission’s conference on rights in the Indian context

The Hindu

Restore cancelled ration cards: Bandi

TS BJP chief writes to NHRC, says govt. blocking fresh applications

The Hindu

NHRC issues notice to Centre on “air pollution cutting life expectancy”

Takes suo motu cognisance of media reports quoting a study by Energy Policy Institute at Chicago varsity

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NHRC notice to Environment Ministry on air pollution impacting life expectancy

The rights panel has issued notice to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, seeking a report within four weeks.

The Hindu

NHRC directs DGP to probe Dalit maid’s alleged torture by police

Rights panel responds to complaint by TDP leader

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NHRC issues notice to Haryana govt over landfill site

The Central Pollution Control Board had in 2017 found that the groundwater of three villages near the landfill was contaminated.

The Hindu

NHRC issues notices over reported harassment of cyclist

The commission has asked to respond within four weeks

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Explained | Police encounters in India: cases, convictions and court orders

The debate over India’s police ‘encounters’ has stirred up again as a Supreme Court-appointed Commission concluded that the encounter of Disha gang-rape accused was fake.

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Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC

Displaced from the erstwhile East Pakistan, members of the two communities were settled in the country’s easternmost State in the 1960s

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NHRC flags pollution effect on human rights

In advisory, it urges Centre and States to take action

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Mundka fire | NHRC issues notice to Delhi government, sends probe team to site

The Commission also asked its director-general to immediately send a team for an on-the-spot investigation

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NHRC notice to Telangana govt, DGP in suspected honour killing case

The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 25-year-old man was brutally killed in broad public view in Hyderabad

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Data | Tamil Nadu records most custodial deaths in South India

Despite a large number of custodial deaths being recorded in India, the National Human Rights Commission has not recommended prosecution in even one such case between 2016-17 and 2021-22 (up to Feb. 28)

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NHRC directs police to find missing Kashmiri medical student

Suhail, a Kashmiri student at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, has been missing since Feb. 9.

The Hindu

EU human rights official says he raised communal violence, NGOs ban with Indian government

Official versions of the meetings have made no reference to contentious issues

The Hindu

Govt. needs to do more on social security of truck drivers: NHRC

Truck drivers are not recognised as an organised workforce, says Retd Justice Arun Mishra

The Hindu

NHRC seeks action on deprivation of karatekas

Guwahati-based rights activist said the contact sport athletes have been denied benefits due to non-recognition

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1,902 families to join welfare schemes in Odisha on NHRC’s order

Nearly 2,000 applications cleared in a rare single session by the apex human rights body

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