National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India

NHRC Chairperson says State Governments need to take effective steps to strengthen Human Rights Commissions

NHRC police official receives President's medal on Independence Day

NHRC decides to depute its investigation team for on-the-spot enquiry in a case of threat to life of an alleged victim of sexual harassment in Jharkhand

A woman delivers child in a queue of a government hospital in Chandigarh; NHRC issues notice to the Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), Union Territory Secretariat, Chandigarh

NHRC recommends 3 lakhs monetary relief in a case of death of an under trial prisoner in UP

CURTAIN RAISER NHRC organizes a day long seminar on the 'Concept of Panchayati Raj and Human Rights' at Kochi, Kerala

NHRC recommends Rs. 25 thousand compensation in a case of delayed payment of retirement benefits by MCD

NHRC seeks Union Home Secretary's response in connection with a complaint alleging killings by the CRPF in Jammu & Kashmir

NHRC notice to DGP, Kerala in connection with a complaint on harassment of Muslim families

NHRC seeks report from Maharashtra Government on allegations of ill treatment of TDP leaders and lathicharge on them

NHRC issues notice to the Rajasthan Government in the wake of media report alleging infected blood transfusion to child Thaelesemia patients

NHRC issues notice to the Registrar of University of Kerala on alleged wrongful confinement of six girl Research Scholars

NHRC sets asides the Jharkhand Government's stand: Asks to pay Rs. 10,000/- each to twenty students, victim of food poisoning

NHRC issues summons to the District Magistrate, Palakkad, Kerala in a case of death in police custody: Another case of death in police custody in the State is under consideration of the Commission

NHRC recommends Rs. 5 lakhs monetary relief in a case of death of a boy in police custody in UP

NHRC recommends Rs. 50 thousand monetary relief in a case of delayed pension in U.P.; Authorities took 11 years to decide the pension only after the death of the employee

NHRC recommends Rs. 50 thousand monetary relief in a case of delayed pension in U.P.; Authorities took 11 years to decide the pension only after the death of the employee

NHRC issues notice to Home Ministry on media reports showing Naxals' bodies carried by security men in an inhuman manner

NHRC calls report from Tamil Nadu Government in an alleged incident involving illegal detention of 113 people as mentally ill in Chennai

NHRC's Summer Internship Programme concludes

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of media reports on striping of a woman at a police post; Issues notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance on poisonous manholes; Issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary and the Commissioner, MCD, Delhi

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of polluted drinking water in Delhi; Issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary and the Chairman, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi

Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan joins NHRC as Chairperson

Home Ministry responds to NHRC saying it has no objection in restoring the dignity to the name of a village in Rajasthan

Out of 1846 cases, NHRC finds 27 encounters by police as fake since its inception in 1993 till the 31st April, 2010

NHRC says bureaucratic rigmarole causing delay in restoring the dignity to the name of a village in Rajasthan

NHRC's statement on the alleged diktats of Khap Panchayats

NHRC notice to the Gujarat Government in an incident wherein school children were forced to walk on burning coal and broken glass pieces

NHRC recommends rupees three lakh monetary relief in a case of death in judicial custody in Uttar Pradesh

NHRC finds Ghaziabad a hub of brick kilns; out of 423 kilns more than 100 found not paying proper wages to the labourers

NHRC condemns killing of more than 70 CRPF personnel by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh

NHRC holds Haryana Government liable for paying monetary relief of Rs. 3 lakhs to a lady victim of gang rape by the State Police Personnel

NHRC recommends Rs. 10 lakhs monetary relief in a case of fake encounter by Delhi Police

NHRC indicts Maharashtra Government over its failure in protecting people from violence by MNS; Recommends Rs. 10 lakhs monetary relief to the victims of violence

CURTAIN RAISER NHRC's review meeting on Mental Health Care in Southern Region

NHRC asks Railway Board to pay Rs. 5 lakhs as monetary relief to a severely injured boy, pushed from a train

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