NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Fatal Food Poisoning at Patna Shelter

21 Nov 2024

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding a suspected food poisoning incident at a shelter home for mentally ill and destitute women in the Patel Nagar area of Patna, Bihar. The incident occurred between November 7 and 11, 2024, when 13...

NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Student’s Suicide at Private School in Guntur

25 Oct 2024

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged suicide of a 13-year-old girl, a Class VIII student, on the premises of a private school in Guntur district. The tragic incident reportedly took place on October 23, 2024, in the school’s hostel campus at Reddypalem...

NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of RG Kar Medical College Assault Case

13 Aug 2024

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a second-year postgraduate student at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. The Commission noted that if the media reports are accurate, they raise serious concerns about the violation of the victim's human...

Bihar Hooch Tragedy: 9-member NHRC team arrives in Patna

20 Dec 2022

In the hooch tragedy to probe the incident, a team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday arrived in Bihar's Patna. The tragic incident will be investigated by nine members of the NHRC team. Meanwhile, as many as 60 people died due to consuming spurious liquor at a...

Son commits suicide after father beaten by police, NHRC takes cognisance

02 Dec 2022

The Chhattisgarh police chief received a notice from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India on Thursday regarding the incident in which a 23-year-old man committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train after his father was detained and allegedly beaten by police. "The police illegally arrested...

NHRC holds 3rd hearing, asked report on air pollution in Delhi-NCR

19 Nov 2022

The Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh participated in a third round of video conferencing meetings with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday. They were asked to provide a thorough report on how to reduce air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region. Under the direction of...

NHRC seeks report from punjab government on stubble burning

11 Nov 2022

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed report regarding the increasing air pollution and sought a detailed report on the stubble burning in the state. NHRC held a high-level review meeting via video conferencing with Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua and state government officials. NHRC expressed its...

After delivering a stillborn child, a Class 7 girl in Odisha tribal hostel dies

08 Oct 2022

Officials of Odisha's Kandhamal district told that a Class 7 girl studying in a tribal residential school in Odisha’s Kandhamal district died on Thursday, a day after she delivered a stillborn baby. The girl, who studied in an ashram school of Kandhamal run by the SC/ST department, was kept in...