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Persons with mental illnesses should not be left at the mercy of family members, NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra has said.

The National Human Rights Commission has ensured that a woman got the family pension which had been "denied" to her for over 30 years since her husband died in 1987, officials said on Monday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of media reports quoting an external survey that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India.

The NHRC has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), days after a woman cyclist accused the chief cycling coach of "inappropriate behaviour"

A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.

On the recommendations of the NHRC, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has paid Rs 36 lakh as relief to the relatives of 12 infants, who had died after consumption of "unchecked spurious cough syrup" in Udhampur, officials said on Friday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on the death of two infants due to overheating of warmers at a government-run hospital in Ajmer district.

The National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and Pune Police Commissioner over the death of four people allegedly while cleaning a septic tank

Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the NHRC are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last year, the state government claimed in an affidavit filed before the Gauhati High Court.

The Union Home Ministry and Arunachal Pradesh government have been asked for a report within six weeks by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the alleged racial profiling of members of Chakma and Hajongs tribes.

Justice Arun Mishra, the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Friday said it would be wrong to generalise that human rights get violated due to imposition of AFSPA in some of the northeastern states.

The centre needs to review the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958 (AFSPA) and its implementation, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief said today in view of the recent killing of civilians by armed forces in Nagaland.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sought an action taken report from the Tripura government within four weeks on complaints of political violence and violence against communities that are a religious minority in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah propelled a "new era in Jammu and Kashmir", the country's human rights body chief Arun Mishra said.

Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of the foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that 'Bapu' is a symbol of human rights and human values across the globe.

Persons with mental illnesses should not be left at the mercy of family members, NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra has said.

The National Human Rights Commission has ensured that a woman got the family pension which had been "denied" to her for over 30 years since her husband died in 1987, officials said on Monday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of media reports quoting an external survey that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India.

The NHRC has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), days after a woman cyclist accused the chief cycling coach of "inappropriate behaviour"

A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.

On the recommendations of the NHRC, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has paid Rs 36 lakh as relief to the relatives of 12 infants, who had died after consumption of "unchecked spurious cough syrup" in Udhampur, officials said on Friday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on the death of two infants due to overheating of warmers at a government-run hospital in Ajmer district.

The National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and Pune Police Commissioner over the death of four people allegedly while cleaning a septic tank

Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the NHRC are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last year, the state government claimed in an affidavit filed before the Gauhati High Court.

The Union Home Ministry and Arunachal Pradesh government have been asked for a report within six weeks by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the alleged racial profiling of members of Chakma and Hajongs tribes.

Justice Arun Mishra, the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Friday said it would be wrong to generalise that human rights get violated due to imposition of AFSPA in some of the northeastern states.

The centre needs to review the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958 (AFSPA) and its implementation, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief said today in view of the recent killing of civilians by armed forces in Nagaland.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sought an action taken report from the Tripura government within four weeks on complaints of political violence and violence against communities that are a religious minority in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah propelled a "new era in Jammu and Kashmir", the country's human rights body chief Arun Mishra said.

Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of the foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that 'Bapu' is a symbol of human rights and human values across the globe.