Press Releases

S.No.	Title	Release Date	Action
1	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two and injuries to ten others onboard a private bus which caught fire after touching an overhead high-tension wire in Rajasthan's Manoharpur village	17-Nov-2025	View
2	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported negligence of Jammu-based Super Specialty hospital authorities in not maintaining the lift which led to the death of a woman	17-Nov-2025	View
3	NHRC, India’s two-week online short-term internship programme - November 2025 begins	11-Nov-2025	View
4	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported paying of bribe to ambulance driver, police, crematorium staff and civic officials by a father after his daughter’s death in Bengaluru, Karnataka	04-Nov-2025	View
5	NHRC, India urges 19 states and 4 UT Administrations to take preventive measures to protect homeless and vulnerable people from cold waves during the winter	23-Oct-2025	View
6	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported attacks on three journalists in Kerala, Manipur and Tripura	22-Oct-2025	View
7	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported finding of the dead body of a differently-abled RTI activist after being abducted in Tharad district, Gujarat	22-Oct-2025	View
8	NHRC, India’s National Conference on the ‘Human Rights of Prison Inmates’ comes up with several suggestions for improvements	17-Oct-2025	View
9	Former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addresses the NHRC’s 32nd Foundation Day function in New Delhi	16-Oct-2025	View
10	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported torture of a boy in police custody at the Gandhigram Police Station in Rajkot district of Gujarat	15-Oct-2025	View
11	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two men due to alleged police brutality in Madhya Pradesh	15-Oct-2025	View
12	Curtain raiser: The Former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind to be the Chief Guest on the 32nd Foundation Day of the National Human Rights Commission, India	14-Oct-2025	View
13	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of eight patients and critical injuries to three others in a fire at the trauma centre ICU of the Government run Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan	14-Oct-2025	View
14	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of seven workers and injuries to four others in an explosion at a fire cracker manufacturing unit in Ambedkar Konaseema district, Andhra Pradesh	14-Oct-2025	View
15	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two workers and the critical injuries to another due to collapse of an advertising hoarding in Ahmedabad, Gujarat	13-Oct-2025	View
16	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a 5-year-old student due to alleged beating by a teacher at a residential school, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand	06-Oct-2025	View
17	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a sanitation worker and hospitalisation of two others due to inhalation of toxic gases while cleaning a sewer in Satna, Madhya Pradesh	06-Oct-2025	View
18	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a worker at the IGI Airport Delhi after falling from 10 feet height	06-Oct-2025	View
19	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported branding of three children by a faith healer in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh	06-Oct-2025	View
20	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported deaths of two children due to electrocution at a Durga Puja pandal in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	06-Oct-2025	View
21	NHRC, India’s Online Short Term Internship Programme- September 2025 concludes	04-Oct-2025	View
22	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported struggle of the victims of an LPG tanker blast in rebuilding their houses and shops even after a month of the incident in Mandiala village, Hoshiarpur, Punjab	29-Sep-2025	View
23	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two sanitation workers due to asphyxiation while working in an underground drainage pipeline in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu	29-Sep-2025	View
24	NHRC, India’s fourth ITEC Executive capacity-building programme on human rights for NHRIs of the Global South concludes in New Delhi	26-Sep-2025	View
25	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a newborn due to lack of facilities at IHBAS, Delhi	23-Sep-2025	View
26	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of one worker and serious injuries to three others while cleaning sewer in Ashok Vihar area of North West Delhi	22-Sep-2025	View
27	NHRC, India’s 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	22-Sep-2025	View
28	NHRC, India’s two week Online Short Term Internship Programme for September-2025 begins	22-Sep-2025	View