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Patient Dies After Oxygen Mask Catches Fire In Rajasthan, Probe Ordered
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the case of a patient who died after his oxygen mask allegedly caught fire during treatment at a government hospital in Kota.
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Kerala Rights Panel Files Case After Volunteer Dies During Flood Relief Drill
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) on Friday registered a case into the tragic death of a man while taking part in a mock drill held in a river in Pathanamthitta.
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Madras High Court Upholds Retired Judge's Appointment As Rights Body Head
The Madras High Court today upheld the appointment of its retired judge as the chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).
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Mumbai Civic Body Chief Summoned By State Rights Panel In Kangana Ranaut's Home Demolition Case
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Wednesday asked the municipal commissioner of Mumbai to appear before it on January 20 during a hearing of a petition filed against demolition of parts of actor Kangana Ranaut's bungalow in Mumbai by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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140 Teenager Suicides In 6 Months In Kerala: State Human Rights Body Seek Report
At least 140 teenagers killed themselves in Kerala for trivial reasons in the last six months, a study said, prompting the state Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to direct the Social Justice Department to examine the effectiveness of its suicide prevention measures.
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Tamil Nadu Right's Body Notice To Coimbatore Top Cop After Police Beat Up Underage Boy
Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has issued a notice to Coimbatore's Police Commissioner after taking note of a video purportedly showing a minor boy being beaten up by police and sought a detailed report within two weeks.
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In Attack Against Migrants, Gujarat Human Rights Commission Issues Notice
The Gujarat State Human Rights Commission issued notices to the state chief secretary and the director general of police in Gujarat's attack against migrants.
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Vacancies In State Human Rights Commissions, SC Serves Notice To Centre, States
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre and several states on a plea against the delay in filling up the vacancies in the state human rights commission (SHRCs).
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Uttar Pradesh Tops Deaths In Judicial And Police Custody: Human Rights Commission
Uttar Pradesh has recorded the highest number of deaths in judicial and police custody in the country, revealed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday.
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Probe Ordered Into Chennai Techie Murder Accused Ram Kumar's Suicide
The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission today ordered a comprehensive probe into the alleged suicide of Ram Kumar, accused in the murder of 24-year-old IT professional Swathi.
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Human Rights Of Students Were Never Violated, Says Hyderabad University
The Hyderabad Central University on Saturday told the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) that human rights of the students were not violated during the developments at the varsity this week.
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Rajnath Singh to Inaugurate Conference of Human Rights Bodies
A conference of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) to discuss the ways and means to make them stronger and effective for the promotion and protection of human rights will be held in New Delhi on Friday.
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Delhi to Get State Human Rights Commission Soon, Process Initiated: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced that government had initiated the process for setting up a State Human Rights Commission.
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Duty of State Governments to Set Up Human Rights Commissions: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Saturday said that it was the statutory duty of the state governments to set up state human rights commissions as their absence makes access to justice by the victims of the human rights violation an "illusion".
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Hema Malini Crash: Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission Issues Notice to Authorities
Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the state police and local authorities seeking a detailed report of the car accident involving actor-politician Hema Malini, which killed a four-year-old girl.
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Patient Dies After Oxygen Mask Catches Fire In Rajasthan, Probe Ordered
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the case of a patient who died after his oxygen mask allegedly caught fire during treatment at a government hospital in Kota.
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Kerala Rights Panel Files Case After Volunteer Dies During Flood Relief Drill
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) on Friday registered a case into the tragic death of a man while taking part in a mock drill held in a river in Pathanamthitta.
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Madras High Court Upholds Retired Judge's Appointment As Rights Body Head
The Madras High Court today upheld the appointment of its retired judge as the chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).
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Mumbai Civic Body Chief Summoned By State Rights Panel In Kangana Ranaut's Home Demolition Case
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Wednesday asked the municipal commissioner of Mumbai to appear before it on January 20 during a hearing of a petition filed against demolition of parts of actor Kangana Ranaut's bungalow in Mumbai by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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140 Teenager Suicides In 6 Months In Kerala: State Human Rights Body Seek Report
At least 140 teenagers killed themselves in Kerala for trivial reasons in the last six months, a study said, prompting the state Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to direct the Social Justice Department to examine the effectiveness of its suicide prevention measures.
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Tamil Nadu Right's Body Notice To Coimbatore Top Cop After Police Beat Up Underage Boy
Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has issued a notice to Coimbatore's Police Commissioner after taking note of a video purportedly showing a minor boy being beaten up by police and sought a detailed report within two weeks.
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In Attack Against Migrants, Gujarat Human Rights Commission Issues Notice
The Gujarat State Human Rights Commission issued notices to the state chief secretary and the director general of police in Gujarat's attack against migrants.
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Vacancies In State Human Rights Commissions, SC Serves Notice To Centre, States
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre and several states on a plea against the delay in filling up the vacancies in the state human rights commission (SHRCs).
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Uttar Pradesh Tops Deaths In Judicial And Police Custody: Human Rights Commission
Uttar Pradesh has recorded the highest number of deaths in judicial and police custody in the country, revealed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday.
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Probe Ordered Into Chennai Techie Murder Accused Ram Kumar's Suicide
The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission today ordered a comprehensive probe into the alleged suicide of Ram Kumar, accused in the murder of 24-year-old IT professional Swathi.
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Human Rights Of Students Were Never Violated, Says Hyderabad University
The Hyderabad Central University on Saturday told the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) that human rights of the students were not violated during the developments at the varsity this week.
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Rajnath Singh to Inaugurate Conference of Human Rights Bodies
A conference of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) to discuss the ways and means to make them stronger and effective for the promotion and protection of human rights will be held in New Delhi on Friday.
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Delhi to Get State Human Rights Commission Soon, Process Initiated: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced that government had initiated the process for setting up a State Human Rights Commission.
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Duty of State Governments to Set Up Human Rights Commissions: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Saturday said that it was the statutory duty of the state governments to set up state human rights commissions as their absence makes access to justice by the victims of the human rights violation an "illusion".
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Hema Malini Crash: Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission Issues Notice to Authorities
Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the state police and local authorities seeking a detailed report of the car accident involving actor-politician Hema Malini, which killed a four-year-old girl.
