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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
Kashmiri Pandits welcome back Hajis with Na’at recital
Previously local Muslims had assisted in the rescue of Amarnath pilgrims during the flash-floods
Lucknow: Were Lulu mall “namazis” part of conspiracy to disrupt communal harmony?
The men didn’t face the correct direction, and finished namaz in 18 seconds!
Gyanvapi case: Plea before SC for carbon dating of “Shivling”
Seven Hindu women including an advocate, a professor and five social workers have moved the petition also calling for a GPR survey
Gauhati High Court issues notice on plea challenging ban on sale of beef in municipal area
Plea filed against complete ban on business of selling beef in Assam’s Sonari Municipal area
Gyanvapi case: Now, plea moved before SC seeking permission to offer prayers to “Shivling” found on mosque premises
Plea has been moved by Rajesh Mani Tripathi, president of Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Dal
Ajmer: Another dargah cleric mocks Hindu deities
Vishva Hindu Parishad demands his immediate arrest; cleric issues apology
Lucknow: Lulu mall authorities put up notices prohibiting religious prayers on mall premises
Video of people offering Namaz inside the mall had gone viral, Hindutva groups had called for boycott of the mall
Gyanvapi case: Fast-track court permits corrections to petition
Fast-track court is hearing a petition pertaining to prohibition of entry of Muslim devotees into the Gyanvapi mosque premises
Gyanvapi case: Hindu petitioners submit that the mosque stands on land owned by Hindu deity
Varanasi district court is hearing matter pertaining to maintainability of the suit under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC
SC dismisses plea filed seeking independent probe into alleged extra-judicial killings of Chhattisgarh tribals by security forces
The Court imposes Rs. 5 Lakh costs on the first petitioner
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