-The Indian Express Under Article 6 of the Constitution, anyone who migrated to India before July 19, 1948, from territory that had become part of Pakistan, automatically became a citizen if either of their parents or grandparents was born in India. But those who entered India after this date needed to register themselves. A petition pending before the Supreme Court, and expected to come up before a five-judge Bench, could potentially affect...
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Kerala floods: No jobs, relief camps closing, scores of migrant workers leave for home -Shaju Philip
-The Indian Express Kerala floods: The labour department accommodated stranded migrants in relief camps in many parts of Kerala along with local residents. As local residents are shifting back to their houses and camps are being shut, some migrant workers are leaving for their home states. Kochi (Kerala): Scores of migrant workers from the north and northeastern India have left Kerala since the devastating floods. Two special trains have ferried migrants to...
More »In Gujarat, custodial death of Dalit man shines light on cases closed before court remands -Abhishek Dey
-Scroll.in Between 2007 and 2016, in 80.9% of reported cases, individuals in police custody in the state died before being produced in court, according to government data. On Sunday, a Dalit man died while in police custody on the outskirts of Dhanera town in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district. Lubaram Uttamaram, 25, a migrant labourer from Rajasthan’s Barmer district, was picked up by the police from a check post on the border of...
More »How the other half lives in Delhi: 4 stories of poverty, crushed dreams -Manoj Sharma
-Hindustan Times Most of the city’s poor are migrants — they constitute about 33% of the population of Delhi — who come to the city attracted by the promise of a secure livelihood and better life. But their hopes and dreams are, more often than not, belied. A peek into how they get by New Delhi: Last month, Delhi, the second wealthiest city in the country — with a total wealth of...
More »Bengali Dalits feel the NRC is targeting their community. Will this hurt the BJP in West Bengal? -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in Of late, the BJP had done well to attract Dalit Bengali refugees with its promise of citizenship for Hindu Bangladeshis. But the NRC might harm that narrative. On Wednesday, the All India Matua Mahasangha held protests in West Bengal against the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens in Assam to identify undocumented migrants from Bangladesh. Its supporters organised rail blockades at various points in the North 24 Parganas...
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