June 3, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging the trafficking, sale, and repeated sexual assault of a 17-year-old tribal girl from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Read more…
June 2, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report highlighting the deaths of 53 pregnant and postpartum women in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district between April 2025 and March 2026. The Read more…
June 1, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India on Monday inaugurated its four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2026 at its headquarters in New Delhi, bringing together 100 postgraduate students selected from 1,668 applicants across 21 States Read more…
May 20, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports concerning the killing of a political activist and the assault on a Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) during an inspection of an Read more…
May 29, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding the death of six persons and injury to another after inhaling toxic gases inside an under-construction septic tank in Read more…
May 20, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports alleging the arbitrary arrest and detention of five environmental activists who were protesting against tree-felling activities around Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park Read more…
May 19, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has called for stronger coordination among State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs), greater digital integration, and enhanced institutional capacity to improve the protection of human rights across the country. Read more…
May 7, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning nineteen female students who allegedly contracted tuberculosis while residing at the hostel of Mahatma Gandhi Medical Services Complex Nursing Read more…
May 7, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a 19-year-old female inmate at a Remand Home located in the Charki Pahadi area of Deoghar under suspicious circumstances. In a Read more…
April 7, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission held a prestigious award ceremony today at its New Delhi headquarters to honor the seven winners of the Short Film Competition 2025. This event celebrated the intersection of creative storytelling and Read more…