New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sought a response from Haryana's director general of police and Kaithal police chief following media reports that a Dalit boy was assaulted by a man who was part of a group which had attacked Dalits earlier as well. The apex human rights panel has sought reports from the two officials on the issue within a month.
The NHRC's direction came after it took note of the media reports that one of the 17 absconding accused, wanted for assaulting Dalits in Haryana's Kaithal in April, had carried out a similar attack on another Dalit boy May 14, 2013.
The commission has already issued notice to Kaithal's district magistrate and police chief after media reports that over 100 Dalits were forced to flee a village in Kaithal after they were attacked by a group of upper caste men April 13.
The group was upset because a Dalit boy had married an upper caste girl....
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05:40 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday sought explanation from the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh over beating of a three-year-old girl by police officials in a court premises. "A notice has been issued to the SSP Bulandshahar, seeking explanation from him on disciplinary action, if any, taken against the delinquent police officials. He has been given four weeks' time to respond,"...
04:46 AM, May 16, 2013
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE. This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the...
05:45 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: The NHRC said on Tuesday that it has sought reports from the Uttar Pradesh government over its role in the alleged beating and detention of two rape victims in the state. "Notices have been issued to the state chief secretary and DGP (director general of police) calling for reports in both the incidents," an official of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said. In Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district,...
05:49 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday "strongly" recommended to the government to allow close relatives of Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on the death row, to meet him. Bhullar, whose plea for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1993 bomb blast outside Youth Congress office in New Delhi was rejected by the Supreme Court, is presently under treatment...
06:22 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Raipur: The NHRC has directed the Chhattisgarh government to submit a report within a month over the allegations that 7,000 'unnecessary' hysterectomy surgeries were conducted in the state by some doctors, just to claim money under a health insurance scheme. "There are allegations that 7,000 hysterectomies - uterus removal surgeries - had been conducted by unscrupulous doctors in 169 hospitals of Chhattisgarh, to claim money under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima...
08:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly "torturing" a five-year-old boy by subjecting him to electric shocks. "The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that in an alleged case of theft, a five-year-old boy was severely tortured by police in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh," said a statement from the NHRC. It added that "the boy,...
07:17 PM, Apr 10, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Bihar Police chief to appear before it for failing to submit a report on a minor girl missing since September 18, 2012. The NHRC has asked Director General of Police Abhyanand to appear before it personally at its office in New Delhi on May 3. ...
06:35 PM, Mar 31, 2013
BJP has opposed the government's reported move to appoint NIA chief SC Sinha as a member of NHRC, saying the party disfavours any retired bureaucrat or senior police official in any post of the national human rights body. ...
09:59 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The United States has worked with India throughout the process on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Obama administration's point man on South Asia has said. ...
08:10 AM, Mar 27, 2013
MDMK chief Vaiko on Saturday requested Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to adopt a resolution in the state Assembly on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, similar to the one adopted two years ago. ...
03:57 PM, Mar 23, 2013
With less than 10 days to go before the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins, politics is making an impact on the cricket tournament. Sources say that IPL franchisees have told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to drop Chennai as a venue for matches, if the current political situation over Sri Lankan Tamils remains. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Hello and welcome to worldview with me Suhasini Haider, tonight India's vote on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human rights council is our top focus. Joining us Sri Lanka's envoy to India Prasad Kariyawasam, In Jaffna, Padma Rao Sunderji, joining us over skype, In Geneva, there is Peter Splinter of the Amnesty International organization and in Delhi MK Bhadrakumar, former diplomat. All eyes were on the UN's human rights ...
02:48 PM, Mar 22, 2013
A day after India voted in favour of the UN resolution on war crimes in Sri Lanka, sources said diplomatic ties between the two neighbouring countries are beginning to crackdown. On Thursday, Sri Lanka announced plans to partially take over an oil storage depot from the Indian Oil Company's Sri Lankan arm. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 22, 2013
India's amendments to make the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka tougher at the UNHRC could not be incorporated due to lack of consensus, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday. ...
02:32 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Expressing disappointment over India voting in favour of the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights, Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam on Thursday said India's decision was due to its compulsions. ...
10:05 PM, Mar 21, 2013
India on Thursday denied reports that Sri Lanka had decided to reposses a part of a strategic oil depot Indian Oil as was announced by Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. An official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said that India has been assured that such reports were not correct. ...
08:58 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The US resolution against Sri Lanka over alleged human rights violations has been passed at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. While 25 countries including India voted in favour of the resolution, 13 countries voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting. ...
04:14 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Indian envoy Dilip Sinha, while speaking at the UNHRC debate, urged Sri Lanka to undertake measures and ensure accountability. The Indian envoy called upon Sri Lanka to implement lasting political settlement. ...
03:54 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) debate has begun on the US resolution on Sri Lanka in Geneva. It was the first item listed for discussion at the UNHRC. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that India will vote in favour of the resolution against Sri Lanka. ...
03:18 PM, Mar 21, 2013
