Battered Bangalore baby dies, father faces murder charge (Second Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 11 (IANS) Afreen, the three-month-old Bangalore girl battered by her father who wanted a son, died Wednesday in a hospital here after battling for life for several days. ... Read more...
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`Hindus in Pakistan angry, helpless’
April 10th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Hindus in Pakistan are feeling "angry and helpless" after being targeted in a spate of incidents, including abductions and forced conversion of girls, says a ... Read more...
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‘Identify graves of four Westerners killed by Al-Faran’
April 6th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A group of Jammu and Kashmir rights activists Friday appealed to the state rights panel to order the identification of the graves of four Western trekkers ... Read more...
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Rights panel plans open hearing in Odisha
April 4th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Wednesday it will hold an open public hearing at Puri April 9 on various issues concerning the scheduled ... Read more...
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UN special rapporteur on human rights arrives in Srinagar
March 26th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) The United Nations' special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary and arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit Monday.Addressing a media conference ... Read more...
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1,000 Pakistani women killed for honour in 2011
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 23 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 women and girls in Pakistan were victims of honour killings during 2011, a human rights group said.At least 943 women were killed last year ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka vote in line with our stand: PM
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said India's support to the US resolution at the UN against alleged Sri Lankan war crimes was in line ... Read more...
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Compensate woman mistreated by police, NHRC tells Delhi
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India's apex human rights panel Thursday asked the Delhi government to pay compensation to an injured woman mistreated by Delhi Police at the Karkardooma court ... Read more...
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Delhi corporal punishment victim to be compensated
March 21st, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday directed the Delhi government to provide monetary relief of Rs.50,000 to a Delhi school boy, a victim of ... Read more...
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Telugu almanac writer booked for insulting women
March 21st, 2012 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) Hyderabad police Tuesday booked a well-known astrologer for allegedly insulting women in his almanac.The Central Crime Station (CCS) booked a case against Srinivas Gargeya under Indian ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks response on unauthorised drug trial
March 19th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has asked the union health ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government to respond within six weeks on its demand for ... Read more...
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India to vote against Sri Lanka: PM
March 19th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the government was "intending" to vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN ... Read more...
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Widow gets Rs.3 lakh for custody death
March 16th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) On the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Puducherry government paid Rs.3 lakh to the wife of a prisoner who died a ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks report on Bihar atrocity
March 16th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 16 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked from Arwal police chief in Bihar a report on a 22-year-old man whose hands were chopped off after ... Read more...
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Three Punjab DGPs transferred
March 16th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) Effecting a major reshuffle in the Punjab police top brass Thursday a day after coming to office, the Punjab government ordered the transfer of three officers ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus in duress, says daily
March 13th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) Hindu families in Sindh province were living in fear and insecurity due to their young women being forcibly converted, said a leading daily that called upon ... Read more...
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Apex court given report on ex-chief justice Balakrishnan (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe by the income tax department into allegations that relatives of former ... Read more...
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Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan
March 12th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The centre Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice K.G. ... Read more...
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Now UN rights rapporteur recommends AFSPA repeal
March 10th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) Margaret Sekaggya, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human rights, has recommended that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and other such laws should ... Read more...
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Pakistani Senate passes human rights bill
March 9th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Pakistani Senate Friday unanimously approved the Human Rights Bill, 2012, which prohibits intelligence agencies from illegally detaining any citizen, the Dawn News reported.The Pakistani parliament's upper ... Read more...
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Hindus fleeing Balochistan: Daily
March 6th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 6 (IANS) There has been a surge in Hindu families fleeing Pakistan's Balochistan province as they feel insecure, a daily said Tuesday, adding that around 100 families have ... Read more...
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‘Compensate youth whose hands were chopped off’
March 4th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 4 (IANS) The Bihar government has been directed to pay compensation to a 22-year-old whose hands were chopped off after he failed to repay a loan of Rs.300, ... Read more...
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Delhi Police pay interim relief for custodial death
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Acting on the apex human rights panel's recommendations, Delhi Police have paid Rs.3 lakh compensation to the mother of a man who died in police ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to Haryana on child’s death
February 29th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Haryana government on the death of a child who was allegedly locked up in ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu police on killings
February 24th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu police in the killing of five men in a gun-battle in Chennai ... Read more...
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Three killed in latest prison riot in northern Mexico
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by BNO News
MONTERREY, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Three inmates were killed on Tuesday when a riot broke out at a prison near the metropolitan area of Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official said on ... Read more...
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Maldives sets up probe commission on power transfer
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 22 (IANS) The Maldives government has appointed a commission to inquire into the controversial transfer of power which former president Mohamed Nasheed has termed a coup orchestrated ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh asked to respond to silicosis death report
February 22nd, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has sought a detailed report on a tribal labourer's death Feb 14 allegedly from silicosis in Panna district of Madhya ... Read more...
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Apex court poser on plea against rights panel chief (Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government what action it has taken on the representation by NGO Common Cause alleging "grave misbehaviour" against National Human ... Read more...
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Rights panel notice to Delhi over injured boy
February 13th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi government and a state-run hospital over a Feb 6 incident in which a ... Read more...
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Supreme Court questions government on Balakrishnan
February 13th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government what action it has taken on the representation by NGO Common Cause alleging misconduct against National Human Rights ... Read more...
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Nurse case: Bishnois allege CBI harassment
February 12th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 12 (IANS) Hundreds of people from the Bishnoi community took out a massive rally here Sunday in protest against the alleged harassment of a Rajasthan Congress legislator's 80-year-old ... Read more...
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Gujarat High Court raps Narendra Modi government
February 8th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Wednesday criticised the Narendra Modi government in the state for "inaction and negligence" during the 2002 post-Godhra riots that led to ... Read more...
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NHRC notice to Jharkhand on Dhanbad coal mafia
February 7th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Monday issued notice to the Jharkhand government on the economic hardships being faced by tribals, and the illegal coal mining ... Read more...
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Delhi told to pay damages for Tihar inmate’s suicide
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Delhi government to pay Rs.1 lakh to the kin of a Tihar Jail inmate who committed ... Read more...
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