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Rich Heritage but Poor Plight of Bishnupur’s Baluchari Silk Artisans

Most cooperatives set up during Left rule have closed. At present, about 15,000 people are involved in Baluchari saree-making, a majority whom work as daily wage labourers, as they do not own looms.

Hate Watch: violence against Dalits fails to get attention

As the election frenzy gets over, news of violence against Dalit has continued. Three incidents were reported in the month of June in the first ten days alone from Uttar Pradesh.

Gujarat HC slams Rajkot officials for deadly gaming zone fire

Court questions lapses in safety measures, negligence by Municipal Corporation

Remove illegal and unstable hoardings, signboards & electric signages immediately: Mumbaikars to BMC

In an open letter to petition to the Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai, over 540 Mumbaikars have demanded the immediate removal of all illegal and unstable hoardings, signboards and electric signages in Mumbai district and strict action against offenders following the disastrous incident of the collapse of illegal hoarding at Ghatkopar on the evening of May 13, 2024, leading to the loss of 17 lives and causing serious injuries to several innocent people

Manipur: Violence surges as do displacements, CM Biren Singh finally admits that Centre & State are not meeting public expectations

In an unusually candid, interview, post-election results (June 4) to the Indian Express on June 9, CM Manipur N Biren Singh, accepting responsibility for the 12 month long targeted conflict in the state, admitted that both the Centre and State had not met public expectations; this admission came is after ten days of fresh bouts of violence, more displacements, loss of property, curfew, and an attack on his own, the CM’s advance convoy

Two dead, one injured after truck carrying cattle chased and attacked in Chhattisgarh

Two men have died after a mob of “cow vigilantes” reportedly attacked a truck transporting cattle in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur

Prabir Purkayastha Case: Mandate of providing grounds of arrest to PMLA/UAPA accused, some safeguards

Through some recent judgements of Senthil Balaji, Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha, the Supreme Court has cemented the crucial right of an accused to be provided with grounds of arrest in writing, a constitutional right under Article 22, the failure to do so, vitiates the arrest itself

M’tra: Shiv Sena UBT’s Amol Kirtikar from Mumbai NW alleges election manipulation, files complaint with CEC, SEC

In a strongly worded complaint to the Central Election Commissioner (CEC) and State Election Commissioner (SEC), Maharashtra, Amol Gajanand Kirtikar, Shiv Sena candidate (Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has alleged tampering with EVMs as also a failure to follow due standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down for storage of the microprocessor and Software Loading Unit (SLU) as per the SC guidelines in its April 26, 2024 order; Kirtikar will also be challenging the election itself in Court

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