Bail for dalit, labour activist Nodeep Kaur
Labour activist Nodeep Kaur has been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12, while protesting with labourers at the Kundli border of Delhi.
Unemployed Take to Twitter To Seek Jobs, send over 60 lakh tweets
The unemployed in the country have taken to Twitter to appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create jobs. Hashtags like #modi_job_do, #मोदी_रोजगार_दो and #Mama_Rojgar_Do are trending on Twitter with #modi_job_do nearly touching 60 lakh tweets.
Peaceful processions, raising slogans not offence under Constitution: Himachal Pradesh HC
Debarment on grounds of visual impairment violative of Disability Act: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court in a landmark judgement, has set aside an order removing professor from the post of Head of Bengali Department by the Haringhata Mahavidyalaya, situated in Nadia district of West Bengal, on grounds of visual impairment.
Protesting farmers are violent maniacs: DAV Boys School Chennai
DAV Boys School of Chennai has termed the protesting farmers as “violent maniacs, who worked under external instigation”.
ESIC beneficiaries to get medical facilities closer to their residences
Dishaless police arrest Disha
No single use plastic ban in 5 states, partial in 5, including Gujarat
There is no ban on single use plastic in Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Telangana while there is only a partial ban in Gujarat, Goa, Ladakh, Odisha and West Bengal, according to a reply given in the Lok Sabha by Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar.
Assam Government has transferred Rs 3000 each to the bank accounts of 7.46,667 tea works under the Cha Bagichhar Dhan Puraskar Mela. This was done on Saturday.
The tea workers have received two instalments of RS 2,500 each, with the government spending Rs 584 crore on doling out the money to the tea workers.
It is to be noted that elections to the state assembly are round the corner and several parties have come together to form an ant-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in the state.
Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), the tea workers union in Assam, has demanded a minimum wage of Rs 351 per day for the tea workers in small tea gardens.