The West Bengal legislative assembly today passed a resolution demanding that the Central Government should immediately withdraw the three farm bills, against which farmers in the country have been protesting since the laws were passed.
The chakka bandh agitation by the private transport workers of Assam went of successfully yesterday, with most of the private transport coming to a halt for 24 hours, starting January 27.
The call for the strike was given by prominent trade unions in Assam, in support of various demands, the primary demand being the implementation of welfare scheme for private transport workers. The scheme has been proposed by the Assam Government, but has remained on paper.
The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench order which said that a person groping a girl child’s breast without skin-to-skin contact cannot be held guilty of sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. The Bombay High Court’s verdict by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala has been challenged by Youth Bar Association of India.
After denying entry to a Dalit family, two upper-caste Hindus issued an apology after the police intervention. A complaint was registered earlier in Coimbatore’s Thudiyalur police station by R Kamatchi of NGGO Colony alleging caste discrimination.
The woman stated that she was not allowed to enter the temple in Balaji Nagar along with her son and his family on January 25. As per the complaint, she was refused entry by a man and woman because she was a Dalit. Kamatchi informed that her family had to offer prayer while standing outside the temple.
Eighteen lakh enterprises, run by 12 class passed can be created in the country to service 60 million micro and small enterprises (MSEs), according to a report submitted to the Central Government jointly by Azim Premji University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
A coastal highway project linking Gopalpur in Odhisha and Digha in West Bengal will boost Odisha’s economy, according to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The construction of 452-km long highway is to cost Rs 7,500 crore.
Two 18-year-old Dalit teenagers were bound to a tree and beaten with lathis, in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, by four men belonging to an upper-caste community for more than 12 hours, accusing them of stealing hens.
The Supreme Court has stated that the press (print and electronic media) has to follow the provisions of Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which prohibits the media from revealing the identity of victims of certain crimes.
Ten trade unions in the country have decided to lodge a joint complaint with the International Labour Organisation (IO) over the new labour laws introduced in Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states in the country, which are going against the interests of the working class.
GENEVA: UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age.