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Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Mumbai’s prominent union leader Datta Iswalkar passes away

Union members and journalists paid their respects to the respected leader on social media.

Maharashtra: How are small businesses surviving new lockdown restrictions?

Retail traders and street vendors alike swear by their safety precautions, yet both struggle to keep afloat following stricter Covid-19 guidelines

Activists request meeting with CM Thackeray to discuss new Covid-19 guidelines

Focussing on food security, medical care and basic infrastructure, concerned civil society organisations and activists listed methods of avoiding last year’s mistakes with respect to pandemic rules.

Delhi HC raps govt for delay in paying salaries of employees

The court said that it will not pass any order that will continue to infringe the fundamental right of the employees to get their salaries and pensions

Punjab: Contract workers put ‘No Entry’ signs for Ministers who failed employment promises

Sick of waiting for the state government to realise its election policies, they consider a gherao protest

Captain Sarkar employing evasion policy same as SAD-BJP gov’t: Farmers

Leaders expressed disappointment on Tuesday when the Chief Minister failed to attend the much-awaited meeting with union representatives

K’taka HC questions State on steps taken to use modern technology to replace manual scavenging

The court has asked the state to file an affidavit, and observed that the government had barely complied with the provisions of the Act

Will Assam tea party sink the BJP’s ship?

Tea tribes have been demanding higher wages, and though the BJP government cleared a marginal hike in daily wages, it was put on hold due to a court case

PIL filed for implementation of Manual Scavengers Act, Allahabad HC seeks State’s reply

The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers

Pay five-months salary or we stop work: JNU sanitation workers 

Members of the AICCTU condemned the college authorities for failing to pay employee dues as well as failing to provide them basic necessities such as identity cards 

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