The union government had frozen the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central government employees and pensioners during Covid-19. The employees have been demanding the government to release the amount ever since. Government employees and pensioners ask why the government is dilly-dallying on this critical issue even as they are spending thousands of crores on development projects, including writing off loans of big corporate houses.

A few days ago, we reported how the Karnataka government had paid 88 lakhs to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj to argue the hijab case in the Supreme Court. In yet another case, we have learnt that the state government has paid Rs. 59.90 lakhs per day to a team of lawyers, including former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi, for representing the government in the Belagavi case, reports G. Mahantesh.

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj were paid hefty sums by the Karnataka government for arguing the hijab case, reveals G. Mahantesh in this exclusive report.

In February last year, Anisa Nissar became a victim of a cold-blooded acid attack in Downtown Srinagar. Following the incident, the government in Kashmir assured complete assistance to the victim in bringing the perpetrators to justice and aiding the victim in getting medical relief. A year on, the victim’s family has been moving from pillar to post for treatment, begging and pleading with the authorities for aid.

Rights activists voice their concerns and say that acts of re-emphasising stereotypes and discrimination must be called out and challenged before a court of law.

For years, sugarcane cultivators have blamed mill owners for underweighting their produce. But in the absence of government intervention, the cultivators claim the practice is growing unabated this crushing season. 

The first warning regarding the Joshimath zone’s vulnerability came as far back as the late 1930s. Since then, subsequent governments have chosen to ignore the red flags. Bhaswati Sengupta reports for The Probe.

The economies of scale might reduce the fares one day. But a long wait lies ahead, writes Rasheed Kappan

While many Edtech companies like Unacademy, Byju’s and Vedantu have been issuing pink slips to their employees as part of mass layoffs in the sector, The Probe catches up with a recently laid-off employee of Unacademy who reveals glaring details about the way the company has gone about laying off its employees.