Nov 15, 1991 | Working Class
On 3 June 1977, barely three months after the emergency was lifted, the struggle of Dalli-Rajhara miners and the name of Shankar Guha Niyogi became known to the world outside Chattisgarh. The previous night Niyogi had been arrested provoking thousands of workers to...
Oct 21, 1991 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
On 2 June 1991, the workers of a cement factory at Dalla, (District Sonbhadra) in Uttar Pradesh were fired upon when they were staging rasta rook and dharna in protest against the privatization of their factory, owned by UP state Cement Corporation. Eight bodies were...
Jun 20, 1991 | Working Class
Since Sep 1990 there had been disturbing reports of industrial tension from the industrial township of Bhilai in Madhya Pradesh. Allegation of victimisation and repression of workers and trade unions on one hand, and counter allegation of “terror tactics of the...
Oct 15, 1990 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
Appu Ghar whose name and mascot originates from Asiad ’82 which bequeathed to our city magnificent stadia and fly overs. No one knows what happened to all those 2.5 lakh workers who built them. Nor do any of the thousand that flock Appu Ghar know the sordid tale...
Oct 4, 1989 | Custodial Death, Working Class
Everyday, 1900 new people come to Delhi to become its citizens, most of them on a permanent basis. Many of them are migrants from Eastern Uttar Pradesh (purabias), from distant Bihar and from the deserts of Rajasthan. They offer themselves as unskilled labour,...
Jul 15, 1989 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
In July 1989 the news of torture of young chidren was carried out by many newspapers and a Hindi newspaper also demanded a judicial enquiry. The police while ordering an enquiry also denied all allegation. What followed was a massive cover-up operation and...
