Pakistan on Tuesday executed nine convicts, including four brothers, in the latest hangings since it lifted a moratorium on death penalty last year following the Peshawar carnage.
They have told the government that all bargirls in the state be rehabilitated before shutting down the bars.
Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, noted Bengali litterateur Mahashweta Devi and ad guru Alyque Padamsee have sought an independent inquiry into the Gujarat riots.
More than 50 inmates of Tihar Jail have gone on a hunger strike against a recent guideline by prison authorities which allows them to meet their relatives only once a week instead of the two times which was the norm before.
A distinguished jurist and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, 75-year-old Venkatachaliah was presented the prestigious Padma Vibhushan by President Kalam.
Balpreet Singh was ordered off for wearing a kirpan
The RSS leader said he had not violated any customs and claimed that he ascended the 18 steps carrying the sacred offerings.
Sandeep Sharma, who worked for a local news channel, had told the district administration he feared he could be killed by the sand mafia, his nephew, Vikas Purohit, said in a complaint to the police.
It asked the Haryana government to submit a report on the case of a village panchayat there allegedly asking a married couple to treat each other as brother and sister.
The NHRC counsel told this to a SC bench, which was hearing amicus curiae Harish Salve's plea for transfer of trials of cases to 14 serious cases of massacre outside Gujarat.
Detailed reports have been sought from the state's chief secretary and from the chairman of the Railway Board in four weeks, an NHRC spokesperson said.
A Pakistani teenage girl was drugged, strangled and her body set on fire for allegedly helping her friend to elope
Thirty-five-year old Vimla Hari Umap, who was arrested last week on charges of pick-pocketing, died in the custody of Mumbai police.
The state government had informed the High Court that it had already paid Rs three lakh on September 23 to the victim.
India's argument is that the commission has become a body in which those who themselves are worst violators try to shield one another and thus has outlived its purpose
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Anka Toppo had been selected for admission in the MBBS course at AIIMS in 1989 and was to take his final examinations in 1993 when he developed problems in his eyes and became blind.
Usha Kiran Vajpayees leg had to be amputated after she was shot, while trying to get away from inebriated police sepoys manhandling her.
Manorama was reportedly picked up from her house on July 10 by Assam Rifles jawans and her body was found hours later with bullet wounds.
Key Best Bakery witness Zaheera Sheikh had moved the apex Court seeking retrial of the case at any place outside Gujarat.
The rights panel has taking suo-moto cognizance of a news item in a national daily on increasing number of suicides.
A trial court has acquitted twenty-one accused in the Bakery case earlier.
National Human Rights Commission chairman Justice A S Anand on Monday declined to comment on the Bharatiya Janata Party's criticism of the NHRC's move to seek a retrial in the Best Bakery and four other Gujarat riots case.
The state government is believed to be upset with the NHRC for moving the SC for a retrial outside Gujarat.
The bench noted that "conflicting versions about the incident demands an inquiry to uncover the true facts".
The National Human Rights Commission took cognisance of the violence and issued notices to chief secretary and the director general of police, calling for detailed reports in two weeks.
The government said the court could not have done it as it was not an issue before it.
The Commission decided to consult eminent lawyers for their advice.
The West Bengal will appeal to the larger bench of the SC against an order of the court scrapping admission of 69 NRI students.
The commissioner said the police suspected the four accused may be involved in similar such offences.
They have been asked to verify the list of 346 families handed over by the local MP who have allegedly migrated, he said.
The lawyer of Zakia Jafri on Thursday alleged before the magistrate's court here that Special Investigation Team probing the 2002 Gujarat riots cases "ignored and manipulated" conclusions of National Human Rights Commission and Chief Election Commissioner.
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