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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
Unnatural in Indian culture that father-in-law would rape daughter-in-law: Allahabad HC
Court granted anticipatory bail to rape accused after making an observation based on the culture of the land, but not the allegations of the survivor
Why has VHP’s ‘Srirangapatna Chalo’ call been permitted?
Section 144 CrPC imposed in Srirangapatna in Karnataka fearing an outbreak of violence
Kashmir: Friday sermons in mosques express solidarity with Kashmiri Hindu brethren
Kashmiri Pandits have also said on record that they have got a lot of support from their Muslim brothers
How are religious sentiments hurt when blatant hate speech is exposed by a journalist?
Uttar Pradesh Police booked Mohammed Zubair for a tweet, calling Yati Narasinghanand, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop 'hatemongers’
Now, ‘Swami’ Jitendranand Saraswati calls for lynching of pregnant women
Previously he has gotten away with giving a call for genocide of minorities at the Dharma Sansad in Hardiwar
Fears of communal attacks, turns Mathura’s Taj Hotel into ‘Royal Family Restaurant’
For the first time since 1974 the restaurant, has been renamed, its menu turned vegetarian, Muslim staff sacked, Hindu staff hired
Orissa HC grants family pension to transwoman after parents’ demise
HC directed the competent authority to sanction family pension to the Petitioner in stipulated period of time
Gyanvapi case: Survey report findings leaked despite court’s warning
Within minutes of the court sharing copies of the report with the petitioners on May 30, it was leaked to a section of the press
Now Dharam Sansad in Nashik to discuss the birthplace of Lord Hanuman!
Ascetics from across the country will come together to discuss and settle the controversy
200 Durga Vahini women booked for marching with swords in Kerala
The march was allegedly held as part of arms training programme conducted by the VHP-affiliate in the village near Neyyattinkara as per a complaint by Popular Front India
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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
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