Friday 12 March 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead

Human Rights

NHRC notice to Orissa on hunger deaths

It has asked the Orissa government to furnish a report on the hunger deaths in Balanagir district within four weeks

NHRC pulls up UP govt for atrocities on scribe

The victim journalist was falsely implicated in a case and was arrested for reporting against a senior police official of the state

'Make offices, websites accessible to disabled'

India has asked all the states and Ministers to make all buildings and websites of their offices accessible for disabled by 2011

First Indian head for Amnesty International

Salil Shetty will take over as Secretary General of the Amnesty International in June 2010, succeeding Irene Khan

NCW gears up to check women trafficking

It has signed an agreement with United Nations Development Fund for Women to reduce
all forms of violence against women

Deaths in juvenile home natural: Delhi govt

Around 75 inmates died between 2004 and 2008 at the complex

NHRC asks govt to compensate BSF torture victim

The 19-year old Masud Rana Sarkar from West Bengal was tortured and killed by the personnel of 72nd BSF at Daudpur village in March 2007

Equal insurance benefits for differently-abled

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology would take a decision shortly with regard to the extra premium paid by the disabled employees

SHRC orders probe into Khagaria police encounter

Eight people were allegedly killed by the police team led by current Patna SSP which also earned a President medal for the SSP

NHRC hauls up Noida police for torturing kids

Noida police allegedly beat two kids, charged falsely for lifting a bag from car, tied their hands with a rope and hung them from the ceiling fan

 
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