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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
Hate Watch: Ayodhya ascetic calls for hanging of Udaipur murderers
Speaking about the Udaipur beheading, Ayodhya’s Tapasvi Acharya threatens to take law in his own hands if accused not sentenced to death
Nupur Sharma single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country: SC
SC remarks on how Nupur Sharma’s remarks set the country on fire
Hate Watch: Indians reject communally polarising call to #BoycottMuslims
Right-wing groups and trolls had made communal hashtags viral, but citizens have rejected the absurd call to socially boycott an entire community
End governance of fear: Collectives in support of Teesta Setalvad
From international alliances to indigenous groups, citizens stand with Teesta Setalvad and others
Release Teesta Setalvad: Adivasi women demand justice for their sister activist
Adivasi women come together at a protest organised by AIUFWP to demand the human rights defender's immediate release
Shocking! Man beheaded in Udaipur for social media post supporting Nupur Sharma
Hardline Islamists killed the man in cold blood; area remains tense
Muslim groups organise drinking water in flood ravaged Silchar
The Assam town's residents found government's flood relief efforts insufficient
Over 500 forest villages in Assam: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
The paper stresses the longstanding grievances of tribals regarding encroachment, voiced by the CCTOA on Tuesday
Evict people encroaching upon tribal land: Assam’s CCTOA
Tribal groups surrounded Circle office in Guwahati to stress on need to protect tribal rights
Jharkand HC to hear PIL demanding NIA probe into Ranchi violence on June 24
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Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
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