NEW DELHI: The national human rights commission (NHRC) on Monday directed social media platform X to remove a post by Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, and Delhi CM Atishi that featured children participating in political campaign activities. In a letter, the NHRC said that it had taken suo motu cognisance of the matter, expressing…
NEW DELHI: V Ramasubramanian, former Supreme Court judge, was appointed ninth chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Monday. The NHRC chairperson post was lying vacant since former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra completed his tenure on June 1.Ramasubramanian, who served as top court judge from 2019 to…
CHENNAI: We believe that police firing against anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018, wherein 13 persons were killed, was a predetermined act carried out at the behest of an industrialist,” the Madras HC said Monday, adding “one particular industrialist… wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it.”HC directed Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance…
GUWAHATI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Manipur government, seeking a report within two weeks on the killing of 13 people in Tengnoupal district on December 4. The commission said it has taken “suo motu cognizance of a media report that at least 13 people were killed in…
