New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday warned of action against imposters and NGOs that have got themselves registered under names deceptively similar to it and directed all states to crack down on them, an official said.The NHRC sought action-taken reports from all states within two weeks, the official said in a statement.Recently, the Commission came across an NGO registered as ‘National Human Rights Council (NHRC)’, reportedly registered with the Gove…
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) NHRC Secretary General Bharat Lal called upon young interns to develop sensitivity and evolve as model citizens who are aware of their rights and duties. Speaking to 71 interns at the conclusion of their two-week Online Short-Term Internship Programme, he asked them to internalise what they had learnt during the internship to develop their responsiveness.He emphasised the importance of self-introspection and reflection on one’s own actions to become a catalyst f…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report citing Delhi Police data, which revealed that 807 people went missing in the national capital during the first two weeks of January this year.According to the data, the missing persons include 191 minors and 616 adults. While 235 individuals have been traced so far, 572 remain untraced. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, “raise serious issues of violation of…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of all states and UTs (union territories), the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) over allegations that gyms and fitness centres are being misused to exploit young women, including for forced religious conversion. A Bench presided by NHRC Member Priyank Kanoongo took cognisance of a complaint alleging that an organised racket was operati…
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) The case of the suspicious death of a NEET aspirant in Patna further escalated on Monday, with the Congress staging a protest against the Bihar government.Congress leaders and workers gathered at Income Tax Chowk in the state capital, raising slogans against the Nitish Kumar government and the police administration.The protest was led by Bihar Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru and State Congress President Rajesh Ram.During the demonstration, Congress workers also burnt an …
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 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…
Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti has strongly condemned the state government over the contaminated water crisis in Indore, describing the deaths as a profound shame for the administration and calling it a critical test for Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.In a series of posts on social media platform X on Friday, Bharti expressed deep anguish over the incident in the Bhagirathpura area, where sewage mixed with drinking water pipelines led to a …
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…
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take suo motu cognisance of the brutal assault on a 20-year-old youth from Odisha in Tiruttani, describing the incident as a serious violation of human rights and a disturbing reflection of growing lawlessness in the state.The victim, K. Suraj from Kalahandi district in Odisha, was allegedly attacked on December 27 near the Tiruttani railway station by four juve…