Press Releases

S.No.	Title	Release Date	Action
1	NHRC, India holds Statutory Full Commission Meeting in New Delhi	22-Sep-2026	View
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	NHRC, India’s two-week Online Short-Term Internship Programme in September 2026 begins	14-Sep-2026	View
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	NHRC, India concludes its two-day Gujarat Open Hearing and Camp Sitting in Gandhinagar	03-Sep-2026	View
11	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
12	NHRC, India launches online ‘Human Rights Quiz 2026’ on MyGov today ahead of its 33rd Foundation Day	01-Sep-2026	View
13	NHRC, India to hold 'Open Hearing and Camp Sitting' at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 2nd and 3rd September 2026	28-Aug-2026	View
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported physical assault on two men from Manipur in Munirka area of Delhi	19-Aug-2026	View
21	NHRC, India’s Online Short-Term Internship Programme for August 2026 concludes	14-Aug-2026	View
22	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of reported death of 19 CRPF personnel between January to May 2026, as per the official data compiled by CRPF	14-Aug-2026	View
23	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of one person and injuries to another after inhaling toxic gases while cleaning a manhole at a factory in Faridabad district, Haryana	14-Aug-2026	View
24	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported snake bite of six girls leading to three deaths in a hostel in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra	14-Aug-2026	View
25	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of a media report about school students risking their lives by hopping on check dam pillars to cross the Betwa River to reach school in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district	07-Aug-2026	View
26	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported beating of a Class 4 student, belonging to a Dalit community, by a teacher and being subjected to casteist slurs at a Government Primary School in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh	06-Aug-2026	View
27	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a girl due to jaundice caused by consumption of contaminated drinking water in Shahzadpur, Ambala district, Haryana	06-Aug-2026	View
28	NHRC, India’s two-week Online Short -Term Internship Programme begins	03-Aug-2026	View
29	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 5 persons due to malaria in a span of 13 days in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh	31-Jul-2026	View
30	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported torture and inhuman treatment to a 5-year-old boy by his teacher at a private school in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh	29-Jul-2026	View
31	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of four workers and severe injuries to two others in an explosion at a metal processing factory in Cachar district, Assam	29-Jul-2026	View
32	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two persons after inhaling toxic gases inside a sewage treatment plant at a residential society in NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh	29-Jul-2026	View