Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) As the death toll in the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata reached 25 on Friday morning, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of the matter and directed the District Magistrate concerned to submit an action taken report at the earliest.The NHRC acted in the matter following a complaint alleging gross human rights violations at the Wow Momo factory at Anandapur.In a communique sent from the NHRC to the District Mag…
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report stating that a 15-year-old boy from Bihar’s Kishanganj district suffered months of bonded labour after being separated from his father at Haryana’s Bahadurgarh Railway Station. According to the press report, the minor had stepped off the train to fetch water but could not reboard due to heavy crowding, following which he missed the train and was left alone at the station.The b…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday said that the report submitted by the Indian Railways on the issue of serving halal-certified food in trains is “incomplete” and also “lacks transparency”.The NHRC had issued a notice to the Railway Board following a complaint alleging that Indian Railways serves only halal-processed meat in non-vegetarian meals, which, according to the complainant, creates unfair discrimination and results in violations of hu…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Gujarat government within two weeks over media reports alleging a spurt in typhoid cases in Gandhinagar due to contaminated drinking water, an official said on Thursday.The Commission observed that the contents of the media report, if found to be true, raise serious issues of violation of the human rights of the affected persons.Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report carried on January 4, the N…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) A bench of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Railway Board to investigate a complaint alleging that in 2010, when the incumbent West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was the Railways Minister, a tender policy was amended to provide reservation under the guise of minority preference, reducing the statutory reservation for SC/ST/OBC categories to benefit the Muslim community, which is not provided for under the Constitution of India.As per th…
Indore/New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government over the contaminated water crisis in Indore, accusing the administration of distributing “poison” instead of water while remaining in “deep slumber.”In a strongly-worded post on social media platform X, LoP Gandhi described the incident as a grave violation of the right to life, holding the “double-engine government” fully responsi…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The NHRC has sought a report within two weeks from the Madhya Pradesh government over a media report alleging seven deaths and 40 cases of hospitalisation after consuming contaminated water in Indore district, an official said on Thursday. Taking suo motu cognisance of Wednesday’s media report about the alleged water contamination deaths in the Bhagirathpura area of Indore district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Chief Secretary calli…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the killing of a student from Tripura in Dehradun and has asked the authorities to ensure the safety of the students from North Eastern states residing in Uttarakhand. The victim, 24-year-old Angel Chakma, a resident of Unakoti district in Tripura, had an argument along with his younger brother Michael with Suraj Khawas (22), a resident of Manipur currently living in Dehradun, and five of his friends at …
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) A deadly water contamination incident in Karlambakkam village near Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu, has triggered a fierce political backlash, with BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad accusing the DMK government of “criminal negligence” and administrative collapse. The incident, which claimed the lives of two residents and left several others hospitalised, has once again brought Tamil Nadu’s drinking water safety and governance standards under scrutiny.The victims — Ezhumalai (65)…