While the state government said the move would benefit efficiency, unions have argued it will lead to mass layoffs and higher electricity rates.

There is scepticism among minorities.

For many of these workers, who come from economically weaker sections, the potential to improve their families' living standards outweighs the risks of working in a conflict zone.

These incidents have fuelled a strong response from media organisations and journalists who are demanding urgent action to ensure their safety.

Two recent custodial deaths – one of a businessman and another of a young man belonging to a Dalit community – have raised concerns on the free pass to police brutality in the state.

'As winter is approaching and the temperature starts dropping, the victims of the Bahraich riots, particularly those whose homes were destroyed, remain in dire need of assistance; but my small efforts to distribute blankets and relief were thwarted.'

Following the protest, the police registered a case against 11 named individuals and approximately 40 unidentified participants under multiple charges.

The police have registered a case under sections of the IPC dealing with driving negligently and endangering human lives, and causing death by rash or negligent acts not amounting to culpable homicide, as well as a section of the Motor Vehicles Act.

Police visited a house connected to SP candidate Lalji Verma and purportedly prevented the candidate from leaving.

Dalits in Uttar Pradesh have witnessed two humiliating incidents in the recent past while commemorating Ambedkar's birth anniversary: at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow and in Hardoi's Kesripur village.

The party has nominated nine Muslim candidates, in a move that has not exactly gone down well with the voter base it seeks to woo.

However, the Uttar Pradesh police said nobody has been put under house arrest but confirmed that police officials had visited some of the houses of protestors.

Farmers' unions allege that Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni' and his son Ashish Mishra are co-conspirators in the October 3, 2021 violence, which killed eight people and injured 10.

The central hall and the assembly hall – where lawmakers sit for house proceedings – are both located on the second floor of the state assembly building. This is why it has long been a favoured haunt for journalists.

"There is no bigger risk than poverty," one of the aspiring workers said.

The Yogi Adityanath government's decision, based on a Union government's order, will rob the livelihood of nearly 21,000 teachers who teach modern subjects in 7,742 madrasas across the state.

Experts believe that the BJP government is focusing more on Valmiki temples to engage the Dalit community with Ayodhya’s grand ceremony and its Hindutva agenda.

The Chief Medical Officer has said that no medical negligence has yet been found in the matter.

It is widely believed that the WFI chairman is perturbed as the protesting wrestlers are getting large support from opposition parties and civil society. Through the rally, Singh intends to mobilise people with the help of the Hindu religious leaders.

The hoardings put up by BJP leader Abhijat Mishra one day ahead of urban local body elections in the state accuse opposition leaders Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi and Asaduddin Owasi of taking orders from terrorists.