Haryana sits on NHRC reminder
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Despite a reminder from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Haryana government has failed to provide monetary relief to 288 students who took ill ... Read more...
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Rights panel notice to Delhi over ailing workers
July 9th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday issued show cause notice to the Delhi government for not recommending 21 silicosis-affected workers for monetary relief.Silicosis, a ... Read more...
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Kerala partly complies with NHRC order on endosulphan victims
June 11th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Kerala informed the country's apex human rights panel Monday that it has partially complied with its recommendations on giving compensation to victims of toxic pesticide ... Read more...
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NHRC pulls up Assam over witch hunting, custodial deaths
May 28th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday pulled up the Assam government for the delay in dispensing justice to victims of human rights violations in the ... Read more...
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Delhi rape victims to get Rs.3 lakh as compensation
May 14th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Victims of rape and acid attacks in the capital will be given a compensation of Rs.3-5 lakh, the Delhi government announced Monday.The relief will come ... 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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After 33 years, Australian tourist awarded compensation
March 4th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Mar 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday awarded compensation of Rs.1.82 crore (Rs.18.2 million/$406,000), along with interest, to an Australian tourist who became fully paralysed after slipping ... Read more...
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US SEC may file civil fraud charges against Satyam
October 3rd, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 3(ANI): The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly close to filing civil fraud charges against Indian software maker Satyam Computer Services in connection with a billion dollar ... Read more...
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NHRC holds two-day regional meet of southern States in Bangalore
September 16th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep. 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) discussed 92 cases from four southern States during a two-day regional meet held in Bangalore, and recommended monetary relief to the ... Read more...
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‘Domestic violence law gives no right to seek maintenance’
August 31st, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not give a woman any additional right to claim maintenance ... Read more...
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ACHR seeks more compensation from NHRC for Mizo juvenile detainee’s death
August 23rd, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 23 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has described the compensation amount of Rs.300,000 awarded by the National Human Rights Commission to the next of kin of ... Read more...
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Equal monetary relief for accident victims, rules court
July 16th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal granting excessive monetary relief to a foreign woman, ruling the victim's social ... Read more...
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Aircraft pilots were experienced, well-rested: AI chief (Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) Air India Sunday asserted that the pilot and co-pilot of its Boeing 737 aircraft which crashed and killed 158 people, including the two pilots and four crew ... Read more...
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Air India to give Rs.10 lakh interim relief to crash victims
May 23rd, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) Air India Sunday said it would give Rs.10 lakh each to the families of those aged 12 years and above killed in the Mangalore crash and Rs.5 ... Read more...
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Nearly 3,000 cases on police gunfights filed with NHRC
May 21st, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has since its inception registered nearly 3,000 cases of police gun battles, some allegedly fake, until April this year, an official ... Read more...
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Gandhi effect: Full on help for Haryana’s Dalit victims
May 9th, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma
Hisar (Haryana), May 9 (IANS) Call it the effect of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit or a reported reprimand from party president Sonia Gandhi to the ... Read more...
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To press her plaint, woman stops Omar’s motorcade
April 16th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 16 ( IANS) A migrant Kashmiri Pandit woman, who had not been getting the monthly monetary relief due to her for some months, intercepted the motorcade of Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Pay Rs.300,000 for rape, Haryana told
March 26th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday directed the Haryana government to pay Rs.300,000 to a 40-year-old woman who was raped by two Haryana policemen two years ... Read more...
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Pay Rs.5 lakh each to fake shoot-out victims’ kin: NHRC
March 22nd, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Monday asked the Delhi government to pay up Rs.500,000 each to the families of the two men killed by the city police ... Read more...
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Mayawati finally declares relief for stampede victims
March 10th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) Six days after 63 people died in a stampede in an Uttar Pradesh ashram, Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs.2.5 lakh to the families of ... Read more...
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Railways asked to compensate boy who was disabled
March 9th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The national human rights watchdog has asked the Railway Board to compensate a 12-year-old boy who was thrown off a train by a ticket examiner, leading to ... Read more...
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Bank of America, former CEO charged with fraud
February 5th, 2010 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 5 (DPA) Bank of America and its former chief executive Kenneth Lewis have been charged with fraud over the controversial takeover of rival Merrill Lynch at the height of ... Read more...
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Congress happy hockey dispute resolved
January 13th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The ruling Congress Wednesday expressed happiness that the dispute relating to the Indian hockey team had been resolved, saying the sports ministry and the federations should take ... Read more...
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Hockey crisis blows over, national camp to resume Thursday(Lead)
January 13th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Pune/New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) India's hockey crisis was over Wednesday and the players will be back in the World Cup camp Thursday. The players ended their boycott after Indian Olympic Association ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh told to compensate factory blast victims’ kin
January 8th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has been asked to compensate the families of eight workers who died in an explosion inside a firecracker factory in the state's Saharanpur ... Read more...
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Six years on, victim compensated for scissors in stomach
August 26th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A pair of scissors was left in a women's abdomen at an Orissa hospital during a surgery. Six years later after a lot of pain and expenses, ... Read more...
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Orissa victim of medical negligence gets monetary relief
August 26th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 26 (ANI): The Government of Orissa has complied with the NHRC's recommendations and paid a monetary relief of five lakh rupees to Mrs. Binapani Khatua of Orissa, a victim ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan’s law on domestic violence will increase divorces’
August 25th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan's just-enacted law against domestic violence will increase family feuds and divorces and could also result in old, weak and indisposed men being made to suffer, says ... Read more...
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Kashmir government asked to pay Rs.500,000 for death in custody
August 22nd, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs.500,000 to the family of a man who was allegedly "tortured" and ... Read more...
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NHRC recommends monetary relief for man killed in UP
August 19th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended a monetary relief of five lakh rupees to the next kin of Sunil Kumar Bharadwaj who was killed in indiscriminate ... Read more...
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Supreme Court asks Gujarat to pay relief to Sohrabuddin’s kin (Lead)
August 11th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to pay Rs.1 million in ex-gratia to the mother and three brothers of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was wrongly ... Read more...
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Sohrabuddin’s kin awarded Rs. 1 mn as ex-gratia
August 11th, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday awarded a sum of Rs.1 million as ex-gratia to the mother and three brothers of Ujjain man Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was killed along ... Read more...
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Fake shoot-out: Uttar Pradesh asked to compensate victims’ families
August 10th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a compensation amount of Rs.300,000 each to the families of two men killed ... Read more...
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NHRC recommends monetary relief in UP fake encounter case
August 10th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has recommended that the Uttar Pradesh Government pay three lakh rupees monetary relief each to the next of kin of Ram Shankar and ... Read more...
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