Journalist death: NHRC orders Andhra Pradesh DGP for fresh probe

New Delhi: Rejecting police investigation report submitted by Cyberabad police commissioner on suspicious death of a Journalist in Hyderabad last year, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered fresh probe to the case. 27-year-old Sabyasachi Pattnaik, a native...

Indian Rights body opposes Chemical castration

New Delhi:Despite women’s organizations and protesters putting pressure on the Government for introducing chemical castration for rapists, an Odisha-based rights organization  has opposed this suggestion and said it is a human rights violation. The India Media Centre...

Italian tourist death case: NHRC seeks report

Taking serious note of the Italian tourist who died due to medical negligence in SCB Medical College in Odisha, the National Human Rights Commission has sought a action taken report from the state Health Department. A 63-year-old Italian tourist, Sebastian Rosario...

Arrest of Zee News Editor: NHRC registers case

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the case of illegal arrest of Head of Zee News Sudhir Chaudhary and head of Zee Business Samir Ahluwalia on 27 November night in an alleged extortion case filed by Congress member of Parliament Naveen Jindal...

India: NHRC DG(I) to investigate custodial death in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission has taken serious note of an under-trail prisoner death in Alipingal jail of Jagatsinghpur District in Indian eastern State Odisha. The Commission Order it’s Director General (Invetstigation) to inquiry into the matter and...