Tag: Ohrc

Bhubaneswar: A day after the shocking incident of a minor Dalit girl being brutally thrashed by the relatives of a muscleman as her shadow fell on the upper caste man occurred in a Madhya Pradesh village, a woman here has lodged a complaint with Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) accusing a lawyer of hurling caste […]

Bhubaneswar: In a development that may rekindle the debate over top bureaucrats taking up corporate assignments after retirement, former Odisha chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik today joined Vedanta group as the president of its university project. Recently, Patnaik had resigned as a member of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). According to sources, he will lead […]

Bijay Patnaik, member of Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has resigned from his post citing personal reasons

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today ordered the State government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the widow of Basant Pradhan, who was allegedly tortured and killed while in police custody in Bolangir last year. Meanwhile, the OHRC also ordered to pay Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 25, 000 to […]

Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the State government to provide a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of ANM student Sunita Raita who committed suicide on August 13 last year

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the health department to submit an inquiry report into the death of infants in Sishu Bhawan at Cuttack. The commission has asked the Health Secretary and Superintendent of Sishu Bhawan to submit their respective reports within four weeks. Rights activist Akhand in his petition alleged that […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today ordered a probe over a report that a patient with sores on his body was forced to languish on the floor of Cuttack’s SCB Medical College without treatment. Taking a sou-motu cognisance of the report, OHRC Acting Chairperson Justice B K Mishra asked the Revenue Divisional Commissioner […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today sought reports from Inspector General of Police (Railways) and collector of Puri district on the incident of a woman tourist transporting her husband’s body on a trolley rickshaw for cremation in the holy town. The commission’s acting chairperson B K Mishra took suo motu cognizance of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought report from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar in the matter of the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, a B. Tech Student. OHRC’s acting chairperson B K Mishra called for a report from the DCP within three weeks about the progress of the investigation […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today asked the state government to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kins of Dubeswar Naik and his wife Budi Naik, who were killed allegedly by security personnel during an anti-Maoist operation on July 26, 2015 in Mgaduda reserve forest in Kandhamal district. […]

Cuttack: Taking note of two custodial deaths within a span of five days in the district, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today issued notices to the In-charge SP of Cuttack rural police asking him to enquire into the matters and submit reports within four weeks. Acting chairman of OHRC Justice (Retd) B K Mishra […]

The Odisha Human Rights Commission today asked the district collector of Balasore and Inspector General of Railway Police to enquire into alleged carrying of a corpse by tying it to a bamboo pole

Cuttack, Mar 25 (PTI) The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) expressing displeasure over non-compliance of its earlier orders to furnish the present status of night-shelters in various urban local bodies, it has asked the state government to comply with the order before the next hearing. Over a petition filed in this regard by Orissa High […]

Bhubaneswar: Justice Raghubir Dash, former judge of Orissa High Court, has been appointed as the member of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal today approved Justice Dash’ name for the post. “In exercise to the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of the Section 22 of the Protection of Human Rights Act (Act […]

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed Cuttack Collector and the Commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to take immediate measures to rehabilitate and resettle the people of Balisahi slum near Nuapada area