-Newslaundry.com Lokanath Dalei was allegedly assaulted by police for reporting on alleged corruption within the Nilagiri police. The Odisha Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a case where an Odisha journalist was chained in handcuffs to a bed in a hospital in Balasore, after allegedly being assaulted by the police, the Indian Express reported. On Friday, the commission also directed the inspector general of Balasore to submit a report on...
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TMC Leaders Concede Rampurhat Incident Has Put Party on the Backfoot -Rabindra Nath Sinha
-Newsclick.in Perhaps for the first time, TMC leaders concede in private discussions that after Bogtui the party finds itself on the backfoot and the carnage has been proving hugely embarrassing for the party chief and chief minister. Kolkata: Perhaps for the first time in the 11 year-regime of Trinamool Congress, a section of Imams who function under the banner of Bengal Imams Association and Welfare Trust (BIA) have Targeted TMC supremo and...
More »‘Unified MGNREGS wages needed’: Panel flags pay disparity in Centre's flagship rural employment scheme
-The New Indian Express Having a uniform rate will also be convenient in terms of calculations and indexation in one go for the entire country rather than different States/UTs bringing in their own dynamics, the report said NEW DELHI: A parliamentary standing committee has flagged the disparity in wage rates in various states under the rural employment scheme MGNREGS, calling it baffling and unjustified. While in states like Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand, the...
More »Budget 2022: Lowest sections of our society who suffered most are not yet part of recovery story -Ashwini Kulkarni
-The Free Press Journal Today’s budget speech of the Finance Minister was more about Government’s intentions, intentions for a long term horizon like 25 years and little on this years’ specific plans. There is an oft-spoken phrase – where there is a will there's a way. If the policies of a Government is its Will then the Budget is meant to give the Way by providing the means with funds. Today’s budget...
More »Explained: Labour Codes, its Phased Introduction, and Upcoming General Strike -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in The latest discussion over the Codes, if true, clearly indicates a crucial shift in the position of the Central government. What does this shift mean for trade unions, which have given a call for two-day nationwide strike on February 23 and 24. New Delhi: On Wednesday, a major Indian business newspaper reported that the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment was considering introducing the four controversial Labour Codes in a staggered...
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