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Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
Sanitation accused their supervisor of coercion, wage manipulation and caste-based abuse, alleging that workers are being pressured to surrender a recently approved ₹2,000 wage increase while being denied entitled leave. The allegations reflect the broader vulnerabilities faced by sanitation workers in Uttar Pradesh, which has recorded the highest number of sewer and septic tank deaths in India since 2017
Madhya Pradesh: Dalit girl’s family beaten up for sending her to school
A group of “upper caste” men thrashed the family for refusing to follow the diktat against sending girls to school in the village
Hyderabad: Teenager assaulted for refusing to chant “Jai Shri Ram”
Incident occurred during Bonalu procession in the Old City's Charmahal area; 14 arrested so far
Allahabad HC demands report from Mathura court about delay in hearings about mosque survey
Mathura court had decided to first hear matter pertaining to maintainability of suit itself
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Daily hearings on maintainability to begin from July 25
Petitioners have demanded that the Shahi Idgah mosque be removed and the entire mosque complex land be returned to the temple trust
India ranks 135 out of 146 countries in WEF Gender Gap Index
Ranks below Saudi Arabia, but ahead of Pakistan and Afghanistan that are the bottom of the pile
Lucknow: Four men arrested for Lulu Mall namaz video
Police clarify that previous arrest of Hindu men was for disrupting public order while trying to enter mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa
Gyanvapi case: SC admits petition seeking permission to worship “Shivling”
Case to b heard on July 21, the same day as mosque committee’s plea against a survey of the premises will be heard by another SC bench
Babri Masjid demolition case: Allahabad High Court to hear plea against acquittal of 32 people
Leaders such as LK Advani, Uma Bharati and Murli Manohar Joshi had been acquitted in the criminal case surrounding the demolition
Female students forced to take off undergarments in Kerala?
The girls were appearing for NEET exams and one of them has now lodged a police complaint; various authorities shirk responsibility
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Allahabad HC directs Mathura court to expeditiously decide on plea seeking scientific investigation of Shahi Idgah
Court directs Mathura court to decide matter preferably within three months
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