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Mid-day meal tragedy: Bihar govt gets NHRC notice

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 20:11

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to the Bihar government over the issue of 22 children losing their lives after consuming mid-day meal at a state-run school in Saran district.

NHRC directs Kerala to compensate tortured prisone

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 19:18

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Kerala government to pay Rs.50,000 as compensation to a prisoner who was tortured by a jail warden, a statement said Monday.

Pay Rs 50, 000 to tortured prison inmate: NHRC to Kerala govt

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 18:26

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday asked the Kerala government to pay Rs 50,000 as monetary relief to a prison inmate who was allegedly tortured by a jail warder in a Central Jail of Thrissur.

Fake encounters: A blot on Indian democracy

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 01:02

The NHRC has chronicled 555 cases of alleged fake encounters from 2009-10 to 2012-13 (till February 15, 2013) across the country.

Fake encounters: A blot on Indian democracy

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 01:01

The NHRC has chronicled 555 cases of alleged fake encounters from 2009-10 to 2012-13 (till February 15, 2013) across the country.

MBBS student`s death: UP Police gets NHRC notice

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:31

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police over alleged tardy investigation into the mysterious death of an MBBS student.

Lady dies of wrong blood transfusion, Delhi govt asked to pay compensation

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 00:48

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked Delhi government to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the next of kin of a pregnant woman who died due to transfusion of wrong blood group in a city hospital.

NHRC seeks report on encroachment of Kashmiri Pandit`s land

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 19:49

National Human Rights Commission Friday issued notices to authorities in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir over alleged encroachment of land owned by a Kashmiri Pandit family.

Prisoner`s death: NHRC notice to Tihar administration

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 17:47

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Tihar Jail administration over an undertrial`s death while cleaning a sewer in the prison premises.

NHRC seeks explanation over Assam shootout

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 12:43

Questioning the authenticity of a shootout in which two people were killed in Assam, the NHRC has asked the state government why it should not recommend compensation for the victims` kin.

NHRC terms 2010 encounter by Assam Police as fake

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 21:25

Holding a 2010 encounter by Assam Police as "fake," NHRC on Tuesday asked the state government why compensation should not be recommended to the next of kin of two persons who were killed in it.

Compensate wife of train victim, NHRC tells railway

Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 22:18

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Indian Railway to pay a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the wife of man who died after allegedly being thrown out of a moving train by a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE).