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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
Devendra Fadnavis uses foul language as Akbaruddin Owaisi visits Aurangzeb’s tomb, Asaduddin invokes Babri
Owaisi brothers are once again stirring the pot of communal politics; are they playing right into the hands of the Hindutva right… or was that the plan all along?
Udupi to march for secularism on May 14
Various progressive rights and religious groups will come together to unequivocally protest the growing communal divide in India
Over 500 activists and intellectuals stand with Prof. Ravi Kant
Expressing solidarity with Lucknow University’s Ravi Kant, more than 500 activists and intellectuals demand justice for the professor
Gyanvapi case: Two more advocate commissioners added to Shringar Gauri survey team
Videographic survey to be completed by May 17; Advocate Commissioner Ajai Kumar not replaced
Gyanvapi case: Court to pronounce order in Shringar Gauri temple survey matter today
Mosque authorities had accused the Advocate Commissioner conducting the survey of bias and demanded his replacement
Khambat: Muslim women take to the streets to protest continued oppression of the community
Muslim women have been leading the way via peaceful protests, first in Shaheen Bagh and most recently in Khargone
Dalit professor booked for comments on Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi dispute
Prof. Ravi Kant had made the statements that a section of Hindu students led by ABVP found offensive
Is Taj Mahal not a part of Indian Culture?
One can say the totality of plural expressions of people is Indian culture; it is inclusive and has syncretism in all the aspects of social life
Khargone’s Muslims rise against police atrocities
Khargone’s Muslim women marched, demanded their rights and decried the communal tactics of the regime
Jahangirpuri violence: Delhi Court refuses bail to eight accused
Court observes that Police accompanied the illegal processions, hence the liability on the part of the concerned officials needs to be fixed
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