Chandigarh, July 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that the Principal of a government school in Punjab’s Moga district sexually harassed several girl students by inappropriately touching them. Reportedly, he used to threaten the students that he would fail them in the examination if they complained against him in this regard. The commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of hum…
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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Thursday approved a sweeping bureaucratic reshuffle, appointing 13 senior IAS and IDAS officers as Secretaries to the Government of India and upgrading four others to the rank of Secretary. According to the Department of Personnel and Training order, Shri Katikithala Srinivas, IAS (GJ:89), currently Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern R…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging that girl students were frisked, beaten and forced to remove their clothes by teachers after one of them allegedly lost Rs 1,000 at a government school in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of the human rights of the victim students, the apex human rights body has issued a notice to the…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging that minor children were endangered during the “Chalo Sansad” protest held in the national capital and that a 12-year-old girl sustained a head injury during the demonstration. A Bench presided over by Member Priyank Kanoongo has issued notices to the Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Delhi government; the Secretary, Union Ministry of Electronics …
Jaipur, July 17 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the reported maternal deaths in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara and Banswara districts and issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the Rajasthan government, seeking a detailed report within two weeks. The Commission acted on media reports highlighting the deaths of women following childbirth at government hospitals in the two districts.According to the reports, eight women, including a minor, died within a…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Telangana School Education Department, the Hyderabad District Magistrate, and the Commissioner of Police over allegations that a private junior college in Hyderabad made Islamic religious lessons and prayers compulsory for students through official school diaries. A Bench presided over by NHRC Member Priyank Kanoongo took cognisance of a complaint alleging that “Success the Junior College” in Hyderaba…
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) Saying that Punjab’s hard-earned peace should not be endangered by uncalled narratives, Rajya Sabha (RS) MP Vikramjit Sahney on Monday said he was deeply pained by the recent “discourse surrounding the film Satluj”. He said in a statement that the film portrays a specific chapter of Punjab’s history relating to disappearances, fake encounters, extra-judicial killings and illegal cremations without informing the kith and kin.He said any film based on historical events s…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the death of a worker and injuries to two others after they allegedly inhaled toxic gases while cleaning a sewer chamber in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of human rights violations, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary and the Ujjain Superinte…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the death of workers and injuries to several others in an explosion at a factory situated in the Urla industrial area of Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district.Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the victims’ human rights, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary and the Director …
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging excessive use of force by the Uttar Pradesh Police during a protest in Meerut demanding justice in the Lalita Gautam murder case. A Bench presided over by NHRC Member Priyank Kanoongo has issued notices to the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, directing them to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) within 15 days.The action has been initiated unde…