National Human Rights Commission press releases — pibtracker
Every PIB press release from National Human Rights Commission, indexed and editorially noted.
May 2026 · 13 releases
- PRID 2258756NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a female inmate of a Remand Home in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand under suspicious circumstances
- PRID 2258757NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two sanitation workers while cleaning a sewer without protective gear in Greater Faridabad, Haryana
- PRID 2258758NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the media report about nineteen female students contracting Tuberculosis in the hostel of the MGMSC Nursing College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- PRID 2260515NHRC, India organises its core group meeting on ‘Protecting Migrant Workers' Rights: Shared Responsibility of Government and the Private Sector’
- PRID 2262697NHRC, India holds a day-long Conference of SHRCs along with its Special Rapporteurs and Special Monitors in 'virtual mode' in New Delhi
- PRID 2262820NHRC issues Advisory 2.0 to Ministries and the Chief Secretaries of all the states and UTs to ensure the welfare of transgender persons
- PRID 2262908NHRC, India’s Online Short Term Internship Programme for May 2026 begins
- PRID 2263432NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of an activist and injuries to an MRO in an attack by a group of people associated with stone quarry owners in Palghar district, Maharashtra
- PRID 2263437NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported arbitrary arrest of five environmental activists protesting against the tree-felling near the KBR National Park in Hyderabad, Telangana
- PRID 2265621NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the media report about 60 students falling ill after consuming mid-day meal in the Nalanda district, Bihar
- PRID 2265622NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of three workers and injuries to others in an explosion at a chemical factory inside an industrial area in the Rewari district, Haryana
- PRID 2265624NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a patient after a fire in a private hospital in the Dehradun district, Uttarakhand
- PRID 2266024NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a worker and injury to another while cleaning a sewage tank at a residential accommodation in New Ashok Nagar, East Delhi
April 2026 · 18 releases
- PRID 2249651NHRC, India organised a meeting of the Core Group on Right to Food and Nutrition on the theme 'Tackling Food Adulteration in India: Understanding the Scale, Challenges and Reforms'
- PRID 2249858NHRC, India presents awards to the seven winners of its human rights Short Film Competition 2025
- PRID 2250137NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported illegal detention and torture of a journalist by the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat
- PRID 2250528NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of one and injuries to seven others in an explosion at a private steel plant in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand
- PRID 2250530NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported consumption of illicit liquor by a student mistaking it as soft drink stored in a huge quantity at the dilapidated toilet of his school in Siswa area of Begusarai district, Bihar
- PRID 2250531NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the media report about 18 girls falling ill after consuming food from a hostel in the Mem nagar area of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat
- PRID 2250819NHRC invites entries for its 12th annual competition for short films on human rights
- PRID 2251571NHRC, India to hear online 216 cases of alleged bonded labour in the brick kilns across various districts of Uttar Pradesh on 16th April 2026
- PRID 2252730NHRC, India hears online 216 cases of alleged bonded labour cases in Uttar Pradesh brick kilns
- PRID 2255205NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported parading of a woman by the villagers with her husband on shoulders on allegations of elopement in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh
- PRID 2255206NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two girl students after an iron gate of a government primary school collapsed upon them in the Gajapati district of Odisha
- PRID 2255208NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 18 workers and injuries to six others in an explosion at a private firecracker manufacturing unit in Kattanarpatti area of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu
- PRID 2255223NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 13 workers and injuries to 20 others due to a boiler tube explosion at a thermal power plant in the Sakti district of Chhattisgarh
- PRID 2255239NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a 12-year-old student and over 100 falling ill after consuming stale food at the hostel of Kakabandh Ashram School of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha
- PRID 2255249NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of four children due to drowning in a deep pit near a drain work site in the Islampura area of Nanded district in Maharashtra
- PRID 2255251NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two sanitation workers and injuries to another after inhaling poisonous gases while cleaning a sewer line at Ambedkar Chowk of the Firozpur Jhirka area in the Nuh district, Haryana
- PRID 2256123NHRC, India asks 21 states and NCT-Delhi to take advance action to protect the lives of the vulnerable population from heat waves
- PRID 2256278NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported explosion causing fire at a chemical factory leaving 16 workers injured in Bharuch district, Gujarat
March 2026 · 21 releases
- PRID 2235196NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance over the botched cataract surgery resulting in removal of 9 patients' infected eye and vision loss of 9 others at a private hospital in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh
- PRID 2235198NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a boy after falling into an uncovered drain in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh
- PRID 2235689NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 18 workers and severe burn injuries to 24 others in an explosion at an explosives manufacturing unit at Raulgaon in Katoltaluka area in Nagpur, Maharashtra
- PRID 2235691NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported evacuation of over 2,600 people due to hazardous gas leakage at a chemical unit in Palghar district of Maharashtra
- PRID 2235692NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two municipal sanitation workers in a sewer chamber in Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- PRID 2236263NHRC suo motu intervention results in the MEA swiftly getting rescued six Indian workers facing torture in captivity by their employer in Thailand since last several months
- PRID 2237147NHRC, India begins its Online Short Term Internship Programme for March 2026
- PRID 2239078NHRC announces 7 winners of its 11th annual competition for short films on Human Rights
- PRID 2239422NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a newborn due to negligence by the staff of Chakradharpur Sub-Divisional Hospital in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand
- PRID 2239442NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of seven workers and injuries to three others in a wall collapse at an under-construction site near the Bilaspur area of Gurugram, Haryana
- PRID 2239445NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported increasing number of missing people and the poor record in tracing them
- PRID 2239534NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported physical assault of a woman from Manipur by a group of boys after she objected to their lewd and racial abuse in Malviya Nagar area of South Delhi
- PRID 2241967NHRC, India organises Open House Discussion on ‘Access to Social Media by Children’
- PRID 2243025NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported serious injuries to two students when a ceiling fan fell down in the class at the government higher primary school in Barmer, Rajasthan
- PRID 2243038NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a man bitten by dog due to medical negligence in Sonipat, Haryana
- PRID 2243046NHRC, India’s 2-week Online Short-Term Internship (OSTI) Programme, March – 2026 concludes today
- PRID 2244405NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of three sanitation workers while cleaning a septic tank in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh
- PRID 2244407NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of nine members of a family and injuries to three others in a fire at Palam area of South-West Delhi
- PRID 2245530NHRC, India takes suomotu cognizance of the reported death of a woman and injuries to 16 others in a ropeway accident in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh
- PRID 2245531NHRC, India takes suomotu cognizance of the reported death of 285 inmates in different jails in Chhattisgarh over the past four years
- PRID 2245532NHRC, India takes suomotu cognizance of the reported death of 16 people due to consumption of adulterated milk in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh since mid-February