Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports concerning the mob assault, molestation, and public stripping of a 22-year-old woman intern in Rayagada district of Odisha on June 16, following false rumours of “child kidnappers”, the commission informed on Monday. Taking to its X handle, the commission strongly condemned the incident and sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Director General of Police, Odisha, within s…
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New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A representation has been submitted before the Supreme Court seeking it take suo motu cognisance of the alleged encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and directions for the registration of an FIR, an independent investigation, and strict compliance with the apex court’s guidelines governing police encounter deaths. Addressed to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant, the representation was filed by advocate Narendra Mishra, who …
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the police encounter of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district has taken another significant turn, with the matter now reaching both the National and State Human Rights Commissions. Human rights lawyer S.K. Jha has filed separate petitions before the National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi and the State Human Rights Commission in Patna, seeking an independent investigation into the incident.In his petitions, Jha sought several …
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report alleging that a 16-year-old boy was illegally confined as an adult inmate in Kasna jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar district for more than two months before being shifted to a juvenile home. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of human rights violation, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Director …
Bhubaneswar, June 19 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has suspended senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar, who is currently serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the state Home Department, according to the Chief Minister’s Office. Although the state government on Thursday has not yet disclosed the reason behind the disciplinary action against the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)-rank officer, it is suspected that the move is linked to Gangwar’s alleged involvement in …
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the death of eight workers and severe burn injuries suffered by six others in an explosion at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) in Andhra Pradesh. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights, the apex human rights body has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh Chief S…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for filling vacant posts in the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission and framing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for timely appointments in human rights bodies across the country. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and V. Mahadevan questioned the maintainability of the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution and asked the petitioner to pursue remedies before the A…
Patna, June 4 (IANS) The tragic fire at Prasad Hospital in Muzaffarpur has now reached both the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Bihar State Human Rights Commission. Petitions have been filed seeking an independent investigation into the incident.Five patients have so far died, and over 15 others were injured and shifted to government and private hospitals, as per official information, after the blaze erupted at around 3 a.m. on Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hos…
Bhopal/Sidhi, June 3 (IANS) A day after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over 53 maternal deaths in Sidhi district, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly, Umang Singhar, said on Wednesday that the Commission’s intervention confirms the “extreme gravity” of the healthcare crisis and warrants an impartial probe. The NHRC took ‘suo motu’ cognisance on Tuesday of media reports that 53 pregnant women died during antenatal and …
Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested another prime accused in connection with the brutal mob lynching of Government Railway Police (GRP) constable Soumya Ranjan Swain in the Balianta area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on May 7, allegedly over accusations of sexual harassment of a woman.The accused was identified as Pradeep Mangaraj alias Dipu, 46, of Benupur village under Balianta Police limits in Bhubaneswar. He was arrested by the Crime Branch sleuths lat…