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…
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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…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has achieved its highest-ever expenditure of Rs 11,810.82 crore during the financial year 2025-26.This represents a nearly 14 per cent increase over the expenditure of Rs 10,409.00 crore incurred in FY 2024-25, reflecting the Department’s strong focus on timely utilisation of funds for welfare-oriented schemes, according to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.“During FY 2025-26, the Department has also reco…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the death of three sanitation workers in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district while cleaning a septic tank at a private hospital.Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the Raipur District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police (S…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Pakistan’s sanitation workers endure hardship driven by entrenched caste hierarchies, discriminatory hiring, absence of legal protections, institutional neglect, social stigma, gendered exploitation, and economic injustice. Their suffering is deeply embedded in the fabric of the state and society, rendering it largely invisible, a report said on Tuesday. According to a report in the European Times, with their labour sustaining cities, preventing disease, and upholdin…
Indore, March 3 (IANS) A day after two sanitation workers died due to asphyxiation caused by toxic gas while cleaning a sewerage chamber in Indore, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced a compensation of Rs 30 lakh each for their families.Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav on Tuesday informed that Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has approved financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh to the next of kin of both deceased workers.“In response to the tragic incident near Choithram Hospital gate, Chief Mini…