AMIT BHARDWAJ
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Building ban leaves labour stranded
Daily wagers lose their source of livelihood when construction comes to a halt, and the entire real estate sector faces disruption. A look at their plight For the next week or more, Mohammad Najar-ul will be on leave. Forced leave. Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has banned constructions activities in Delhi NCR region. […]
Fatal fracas
A thorough investigation of South Delhi boy Mohammad Azeem’s death derails the ‘mob lynching’ narrative. The truth is that a scuffle between minors took a nasty turn As recorded on the CCTV camera installed in the Jamia Faridiya Madrasa compound and related by three of Azeem’s friends, a scuffle broke out between two groups of […]
DTC workers feel betrayed
DTC contract workers have called for a strike on October 29 to protest wage cuts of almost 25 per cent. It will be the first major strike in 30 years Ranjit Singh (name changed) is 40 years old, and the past month and a half has been stressful for him. A driver on contract with […]
A timely action
After a Muslim man accidentally killed a calf on Bakr Eid, elders of Rohtak’s Titoli village came together to restore peace in the village The news was out. According to various reports, the panchayat of Rohtak’s Titoli village had supposedly issued a diktat banning the fundamental rights of its minority community residents. Muslims were asked […]
Outrage in the sewer pits
What will it take for the government to effect a complete ban on manual scavenging? “They offered him Rs 500 and made him enter the sewer,” recalls Suraj Kala. Her 22-year-old son Armaan entered the sewer and never returned. “He was given no safety gear,” she says. A resident of Ludhiana, Suraj Kala along with […]
Not a win-win situation
For the last three years, the national capital has stood witness to an unending slugfest between the Lieutenant Governor’s office and the Secretariat. The Arvind Kejriwal-led government has repeatedly accused the LG of working like a puppet of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government. The Centre, to help matters along, kept curtailing the powers of […]
Her father seeks answers
Dr Smriti Laharpure committed suicide in Indore on June 11. Even three weeks after her suicide, police is yet to file an FIR against those named in her suicide letter She wanted to study. She once said, ‘Papa, don’t think about my marriage. I want to focus on my career’,” KK Laharpure, 60-year-old retired bank […]
Activist Kejriwal returns
Drama returns to Delhi for statehood and striking IAS officials First the Chief Minister’s residence, then the Delhi Assembly, and eventually the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s office stood witness to return of “activist” Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi chief minister first tore apart the LG in the morning (June 11) presser and in his speech in […]