Garment workers in Bangladesh continue to face a climate of fear and repression as corporate impunity for business-related human rights abuses remains unchecked amid state sanctioned crackdown on workers’ rights, said Amnesty International on International Workers’ Day. Last month marked the 11th anniversary of the collapse of Rana Plaza, which left more than 1,100 garment workers dead and thousands injured. The collapse was preceded by a deadly fire in Tazreen Fashions Factory five months earlier resulting in the death of at least 112 workers trapped by blocked fire exits and padlocked factory premises. Both disasters in Dhaka region, caused by wholly negligent workplace…
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At least 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR area received bomb threats through emails on Wednesday leading to chaos and widespread alarm but “nothing objectionable” was found, officials said, requesting people not to panic. The schools were evacuated after local police were informed about the threat emails.According to Delhi Fire Service (DFS), at least 97 calls from different schools have been received till noon on Wednesday. All the calls are being attended diligently, an officer said. Multiple private schools in Noida and Greater Noida also received the bomb threat. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs said there is no need to panic as…
Alleging that the Congress party has never respected Indian constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that now it is trying to use the constitution to meet its narrow political interests. Addressing an election rally at Alla Durgam in Medak District on Tuesday evening, he attacked the Congress — who said the BJP would abrogate the Constitution — saying that as long as he was alive he wouldn’t allow reservations for Muslims based on religion. “Since the beginning, Congress had never respected the Constitution. It was the Congress which had brought in an emergency, and it was Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira…
An FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party leader and Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s niece, Maria Alam Khan on Tuesday, for her controversial speech in which she appealed for ‘vote Jihad’ terming it as necessary in the current situation for the minority community to defeat the BJP government. The FIR also mentions Salman Khurshid’s name. Earlier in the day, Maria Alam Khan stirred a major controversy as she appealed and exhorted people at a public rally in Farrukhabad to take to ‘vote jihad’ to dislodge the Modi Government. Addressing a public gathering, Salman Khurshid’s niece and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Maria Alam…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wrote to the BJP candidates ahead of the third phase of voting and urged them to spread the word against the regressive politics of the Congress and I.N.D.I. alliance. He also asked them to speak against their agenda to give reservations to Muslims by snatching it from SC/ST and OBC. “They (Congress) are hell-bent on snatching away people’s hard-earned money and giving it to their vote bank. Congress has also made it clear that they will support dangerous ideas like ‘inheritance tax’. The country will have to unite to stop them, the PM’s letter…
Team India squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 has been announced. Rohit Sharma will lead the side while Hardik Pandya has been named the vice-captain amidst the reports of Rishabh Pant replacing him for the role. The latter. however, is set to make his comeback in international cricket in the World Cup after not only proving his fitness as a wicketkeeper-batter but also showing impeccable form with the bat. Surprisingly, Rinku Singh has been left out of the squad and is part of the travelling reserves despite showcasing immense finishing skills ever since making his international debut in the shortest…
As many as 16 leaders, including Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, in seven states have been summoned by Delhi Police in connection with the investigation over a doctored video of Union home minister Amit Shah that was shared on social media. The special cell has also sent police teams to Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh as a part of an ongoing probe into the matter. Earlier, on Monday, Reddy along with four Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) members — Shiva Kumar Ambala, Asma Tasleem, Satish Manne, and Naveen Pettem were summoned to appear before police on May…
Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, suspended from Janata Dal (Secular) over sex scandal. JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda said, “We welcome SIT against Prajwal Revanna. We’ve taken a decision to recommend our party’s national president to suspend him from the party till the SIT investigation is completed.” “His (Prajwal Revanna) suspension is till the investigation is completed,” said former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy.He further said: “The reason for this decision is that JD(S) will not allow any woman or family to be meted injustice in such an issue. There is a conspiracy to…
Delhi High Court on Monday observed that chief minister is not a “ceremonial post” and the office holder has to be present all the time to deal with emergencies and cannot be absent for long. The court’s observations come days after it made sharp remarks over Arvind Kejriwal continuing in the office despite his arrest in the alleged liquor scam, observing that Aam Aadmi Party was “prioritising its political interests over national interests”. The High Court also said that the decision of Kejriwal to continue as the CM after his arrest is “personal” but that does not mean that the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the people of the country knows that the Congress is on the verge of losing the Lok Sabha elections, therefore, their prominent leaders are circulating his doctored statements. Speaking exclusively to India TV, the Home Minister said that they cannot win over the hearts of the citizens through such fake videos. “I have been told that someone from Tamil Nadu has shared my morphed video. My original video has also surfaced on social media in which I talked about scrapping Muslim reservation but they (those who morphed the video) made it…