Human Rights

Girls in their hijabs turned up to their university campuses on Wednesday only to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 42,004 daily wage earners and 23,179 housewives committed suicide last year.

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network’s Rohingya Working Group said the group had been adrift for more than two weeks.

Bhawanipatna: The family of a 17-year-old boy, who is suffering from 60 to 70 per cent burns after getting electrocuted from a loosely hanging live wire, has appealed for compensation from…

Bhubaneswar: The state government is likely to come out with a policy soon for providing pension to journalists in Odisha. Three committees have been formed by the government for the…

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of Human Rights Day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appealed to all to raise awareness about the rights of people and eliminate inequalities and…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Bikash Parishad on Monday moved the Odisha Human Rights  Commission against the open drains in Bhubaneswar Smart city which had caused the death of at least seven persons…

Bahrain: Hundreds of migrant workers from Odisha, who are stranded in Bahrain, urged the state government to help them return home. The labourers have complained of hazardous working…

Bhubaneswar: Free and fair elections, fundamental freedom and an independent judiciary, which form the "basic structure" of India’s Constitution, are being attacked in an unprecedented and…

Geneva: UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet was on Friday critical of action taken by Indian authorities against journalists covering the farmers’ protests and efforts to curb freedom of…