Human Rights

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 conditions abroad...

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 alarming rate, said former...

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 expression...

Bhubaneswar: Justice Bijoy Krishna Patel on Tuesday took charge as Chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). A former High Court judge, Justice Patel was appointed OHRC Chairperson on November 27, after Governor...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha ranks third in harassment and attack on human rights activists in the country between 2017 and August 2020. This was informed by Union Minister of State for Home...

New Delhi: After BJP's IT Cell chief Amit Malviya revealed the identity of the 19-year-old alleged gang-rape victim from Hathras, the National Commission for Women (NCW) warned all those who...

Bhubaneswar: As violent and gory details of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, went viral, it brought back memories of the brutal 2012...

Hathras/Lucknow: A day after a 19-year-old Dalit rape victim died at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT)...

New Delhi: Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has suspended its operations in India due to alleged reprisals from the government. The global NGO has accused the government of being part...