Jharkhand: Not paid for 9 months, 250 forest labourers in Pakur move court
Their hopes now hinge on a Public Interest Litigation filed in the High Court seeking its intervention to get the Rs 10 lakh these labourers are owed. The HC is yet to issue a notice on this issue. December 16, 2020 1:58:31 am
Nijjar was arrested at the Delhi airport on Tuesday in connection with a case filed in 2019. (Representational)
Around 250 labourers who were employed for manual upkeep of a forest in one range of the Pakur Forest Division in Jharkhand say they have not been paid wages for over nine months despite bringing the matter to the attention of authorities several times. Some of these workers held a protest outside the Pakur Division Forest Office Tuesday demanding wages.
The woman has also alleged that one of the accused sexually assaulted her a month ago during an altercation, it is learnt. The police said one accused has been arrested.
Pathalgadi cases: A year on, Jharkhand govt yet to recommend withdrawal of cases
Of 30 FIRs, only 16 have been recommended by district committees for withdrawal Updated: December 11, 2020 5:19:33 pm
The police had filed cases against 200 named accused and 10,000 unnamed on charges including sedition, obstruction to public servants discharging their duty, creation of public nuisance and criminal intimidation. (Twitter/@abhishekangad)
Withdrawal of all cases related to the Pathalgadi movement was the first cabinet decision of the Hemant Soren-led JMM government in Jharkhand. However, a year on, the state government is yet to send a requisition to the court to withdraw the cases, many of which involved sedition charges, according to the findings of a rights body.
Jharkhand: BJP releases one-year report card of JMM-Congress government
On farmers, the document said that the Hemant Soren-led government had announced a loan waiver, but it hasn t seen the light of the day. Updated: December 10, 2020 3:10:13 pm
Jharkhand Chief minister Hemant Soren. BJP said the JMM-Congress government promised to give 5 lakh of jobs but it did not see the light of the day
The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come out with an assessment report on one year of the JMM-Congress-RJD rule in the state. The report was titled ‘
Ye kaisa Badlaav? Ugravadi Khushaal, Sarkaar Malamaal. Haale Jharkhand’ (What Change is this? Militants flourishing, parties in power filling their pockets).
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