New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging that the Punjab Police used excessive force and resorted to an unwarranted lathi-charge on sanitation workers, including women, who were protesting in Barnala over service regularisation, wage enhancement and job security.A Bench presided over by Member Priyank Kanoongo has issued notices to the Punjab Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), directing them to inqui…
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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta provided the long-pending Rs 1 crore assistance each to the families of frontline workers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. The contribution of frontline workers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty will always be remembered, and the Delhi government’s commitment to their families will forever remain paramount, she said in a message on social media…
Gandhinagar/Surat, July 15 (IANS) The Gujarat government has announced a wide-ranging relief package for residents, traders and businesses affected by the record rainfall that inundated Surat earlier this month, with Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi saying the measures are expected to cost the state around Rs 550 crore over the next three years. The package was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday, a week after torrential rain from July 6 trigg…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar will lead a mega event in Kolkata on July 14 to honour sanitation workers and commemorate the 3rd National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Day, an official said on Saturday. The main event, along with the Divya Kala Mela, will be held at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata, West Bengal, while parallel programmes will take place across Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) nationwide, said the official in a stat…
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) A Christian man was stabbed to death by a Muslim co-worker in Pakistan after objecting to his drinking water from a cooler used by other labourers as he was from the minority community, a report has detailed. Local pastor and rights activist Saleem Ghouri said Siddique Masih (40) worked as a daily wage brick loader along with his brother, Rafique Masih, at different brick kilns in Kasur district of Pakistan’s Punjab province.Ghouri said that the two brothers were at Ayy…
Chennai, June 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has urged the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw its reported decision to privatise sanitation and solid waste management services in municipal corporations across the state, arguing that such a move would adversely affect thousands of sanitation workers and undermine the principles of social justice. In a statement, CPI State Secretary M. Veerapandian expressed concern over reports that the government was moving ahead with plans to hand …
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) Minority rights organisations have requested Pakistan’s federal government to introduce constitutional reforms with a goal to strengthen protection for religious minorities, women and children as part of the proposed 28th Constitutional Amendment Bill, a report has stated. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, leaders of the Minorities Alliance Pakistan (MAP) and allied groups presented a reform package that calls for introducing changes to constitutional provision…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Thursday announced that sanitation workers across various Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), municipal councils, municipal committees, and nagar panchayats in the state have decided to withdraw their ongoing strike after talks with the government. Cheema told the media here that a five-member delegation from the workers’ 35-member committee held detailed discussions with Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains, senior government officials,…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The NHRC has sought a report within two weeks from the Jharkhand government and the district police chief over the death of a 19-year-old woman inmate of a remand home in the Charki Pahadi area of the Deoghar district earlier this month, an official said. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of a media report about the death of a 19-year-old female inmate on May 2, allegedly under suspicious circumstances. The cause of her death is yet to b…
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) Two sanitation workers died on Friday in Jaipur’s Jhotwara area after entering a sewer tank during a cleaning operation, in an incident that has once again raised concerns over the safety of contractual workers engaged in hazardous work.The incident took place near the 200-Feet Road locality under the Jhotwara zone. Both deceased were contract labourers who had reportedly been asked to enter the sewage tank for cleaning work.According to initial information, the workers l…