Thousands displaced as homes are bulldozed in India’s Assam state
Hundreds of homes have been bulldozed in the Dhubri district of Assam state in northeastern India as part of a government campaign to evict families it says do not legally live there. Local media says most of the 4,000 people displaced were Bengali-speaking Muslims.
Millions of Indians will mark the festival of lights with glowing lamps, fireworks and traditional sweets
The amendment applies to members of six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who, fearing “religious persecution”, entered India without valid travel documents, or whose documents have since expired
Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the minimum wage and higher salaries for all workers, among other reforms.
UN says settlers reportedly used live ammunition and beat Palestinians, forcing families to flee for their safety.
In Panipat, 1m tons of used clothing a year are turned into products for global brands, but dangerous machinery and few safeguards mean life-changing injuries are common For three months, Suraj Kumar’s job was to feed discarded clothes into shredding machines in Panipat, an industrial city in the north Indian state of Haryana. Suraj, 19, had travelled from West Bengal state to work in Panipat’s factories, following his cousins and friends who had already found jobs there.
Emergency services found the body of a woman in her 30s at a home in Palmview on Thursday morning.