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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
Education in India being ‘edited’ to suit a right-wing syllabus… one chapter at a time
Communalising classrooms is no longer a mere threat; the process began a while ago, and once printed in textbooks, threatens to stay
Gyanvapi case: Video survey report to be submitted before Varanasi court today
Mosque’s Wazu Khana had been sealed after a “Shivling” was discovered there; matter against Allahabad HC order permitting the survey in the first place, also comes up for hearing in SC
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Mathura court to decide if suit against Shahi Idgah is maintainable
The petitioners have demanded that the mosque authorities return land to the temple trust
Gyanvapi case: “Shivling” controversy continues
Ousted Advocate Commissioner blames colleague and cameraman, BJP leader tweets about worshipping the “Shivling”
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Advocates move to seal Shahi Idgah
Application moved after a Varanasi court sealed part of the Gyanvapi mosque after a lawyer claimed that a “Shivling” was found there
Demand for live streaming of same sex marriage case just an attempt to create unnecessary hype: Centre
HC refuses to accept the affidavit, applicant points to ‘objectionable comments’
SC orders “Shivling” to be protected without denying Muslims access to the mosque
Court refuses to stay proceedings before the trial court, which in turn has granted a two-day extension for submission of survey report
Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court removes controversial Advocate Commissioner
Two-day extension granted to remaining Advocate Commissioners to submit report on survey findings
Chhattisgarh police arrest tribal rights defender, allegedly on fabricated charges
Police claim there are arrest warrants against Oyam in 8 out of 11 cases against him
Will kill those who worshipped at Gyanvapi mosque: Kanpur man’s video threat
The man identified using his Facebook profile as one Pandit Ravi Sonkar, is reportedly a Bajrang Dal member
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