Press Releases

S.No.	Title	Release Date	Action
1	NHRC, India announces the 10 winners of its online Human Rights Quiz-2026 organised ahead of its 33rd Foundation Day in collaboration with MyGov	19-Oct-2026	View
2	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported assault and inhuman treatment of a woman by her husband and family members enraged by her living with another man in Surendranagar district, Gujarat	16-Oct-2026	View
3	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported injuries to three students after a portion of the ceiling plaster of a classroom collapsed on them in a dilapidated government school in Udaipur district, Rajasthan	16-Oct-2026	View
4	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported borewell water contamination due to seepage of chemical-laden factory effluents near Ambad Industrial Area in Nashik district, Maharashtra	16-Oct-2026	View
5	NHRC, India organises a National Conference on the theme ‘Water as the Elixir of Life: Advancing Human Dignity through the Right to Water’ on its 33rd Foundation Day in New Delhi	12-Oct-2026	View
6	NHRC, India celebrates its 33rd Foundation Day in New Delhi	12-Oct-2026	View
7	The National Human Rights Commission, India to celebrate its 33rd Foundation Day on 12th October 2026	09-Oct-2026	View
8	NHRC, India concludes its two-day Bihar Open Hearing and Camp Sitting in Patna	08-Oct-2026	View
9	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported sexual harassment of three journalists by Delhi Police personnel during a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 3rd October 2026	08-Oct-2026	View
10	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported dilapidated Government Primary School roof supported on benches after the collapse of the main pillar holding it in Darbhanga, Bihar	08-Oct-2026	View
11	NHRC, India to hold 'Open Hearing and Camp Sitting' at Patna to hear cases of alleged human rights violations in Bihar on 7th-8th October 2026	05-Oct-2026	View
12	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported incidents of severe chemical burn injuries to workers engaged in 'Bleaching Units' without being provided any protective gear in Panipat district of Haryana	01-Oct-2026	View
13	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of report on 12-member Uttar Pradesh family allegedly kept as bonded labourers for nearly a year at a construction facility in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Telangana	01-Oct-2026	View
14	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported suicide of a woman gang-raped in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh	25-Sep-2026	View
15	NHRC, India’s Online Short-Term Internship Programme for September 2026 concludes, 95 university-level students from diverse academic backgrounds, shortlisted out of 1008 applicants, completed the programme	25-Sep-2026	View
16	NHRC, India holds Statutory Full Commission Meeting in New Delhi	22-Sep-2026	View
17	NHRC, India’s fifth ITEC Executive capacity-building programme on human rights for NHRIs of the Global South concludes in New Delhi	18-Sep-2026	View
18	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a four-year-old girl after falling into an uncovered manhole near her house in Palwal, Haryana	18-Sep-2026	View
19	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two workers in a septic tank in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar	16-Sep-2026	View
20	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported assault and public humiliation of a woman by her husband and other relatives in Banswara, Rajasthan	15-Sep-2026	View
21	NHRC, India’s two-week Online Short-Term Internship Programme in September 2026 begins	14-Sep-2026	View
22	NHRC, India’s fifth ITEC Executive capacity-building programme on human rights in partnership with the MEA for senior functionaries of NHRIs of the Global South, begins in New Delhi	14-Sep-2026	View
23	NHRC, India in partnership with Ministry of External Affairs to organise ITEC Executive Capacity Building Programme on human rights for senior-level functionaries of NHRIs of the Global South	12-Sep-2026	View
24	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported perils of school children forced to cross a river through an unfinished bridge in the Mainpur Block area of Gariyaband district in Chhattisgarh	09-Sep-2026	View
25	NHRC, India concludes its two-day Gujarat Open Hearing and Camp Sitting in Gandhinagar	03-Sep-2026	View
26	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported sexual assault of a minor girl by a bus driver and conductor in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh	01-Sep-2026	View
27	NHRC, India launches online ‘Human Rights Quiz 2026’ on MyGov today ahead of its 33rd Foundation Day	01-Sep-2026	View
28	NHRC, India to hold 'Open Hearing and Camp Sitting' at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 2nd and 3rd September 2026	28-Aug-2026	View
29	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported non-serving of mid-day meals to students of Classes VI to VIII at a government school in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh for two years	28-Aug-2026	View
30	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported deaths of at least 60 newborns during the first three weeks of August 2026 at Malda Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal	28-Aug-2026	View
31	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of three newborns and injuries to four others due to a fire incident at the Sick Newborn Care Unit of the District Women's Hospital at Amravati, Maharashtra	27-Aug-2026	View
32	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a woman raped during a diagnostic test at Civil Hospital of Panipat, Haryana	27-Aug-2026	View
33	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of reported burn injuries to a woman after people allegedly poured boiling water on her, branding her a witch in Bhojpur village, Garhwa district, Jharkhand	27-Aug-2026	View
34	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported deaths of at least 9 people and 39 others in a critical condition after consuming spurious Indian-Made Foreign Liquor in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat	25-Aug-2026	View