Tag: Labourers
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Haryana CM announces compensation in Gurugram building collapse incident
According to a statement released by the district spokesperson, Rs two lakh will be given to the families of labourers who lost their lives and Rs one lakh to those critically injured due to the collapse of a three-storey building on Sunday night.
July 20, 2021 -
Congress launches Speak Up India campaign, Sonia Gandhi asks govt to give cash to migrants, poor
Highlighting her party's efforts to help the poor and the needy, Gandhi mentioned that Congress workers across the country have been persistently making all efforts to provide relief activities adding that the state units of the Congress are taking all necessary measures to send migrants back home without any cost.
May 28, 2020 -
Maharashtra Congress bears travel expenses of 27,865 migrant labourers: Balasaheb Thorat
Thorat said nearly 18,000 workers belonging to Uttar Pradesh have registered themselves with the district level helplines started by the Congress in Maharashtra.
May 12, 2020 -
Six states extend working shifts for labourers to 72-hour per week post-lockdown
The government says it is to ensure that companies can operate with fewer workers and reduce the number of shifts, while meeting deadlines.
May 1, 2020 -
Home Ministry asks states to stop mass exodus of migrant labourers amid lockdown
The states and UTs have also been advised to make vulnerable groups aware of measures taken by the government, including provision of free food grains and other essential items.
March 27, 2020 -
Fire breaks out at same Delhi building where Sunday’s blaze claimed 43 lives, doused
A massive fire in the same four-storey building in the Anaj Mandi area, comprising illegal factories killed 43 and injured 16 workers on Sunday.
December 9, 2019 -
Seven killed, 3 injured in landslide in Rudraprayag
The labourers were engaged in road cutting near Banswada when the tragic incident took place.
December 21, 2018 -
5 dead, 9 injured as car runs over labourers sleeping on Hisar overbridge footpath
The police said the driver allegedly lost control of the car and the vehicle fell down 50 feet after breaking the railings of the overbridge.
November 21, 2018 -
Eviction
The imminent demolition was closing in on the small colony Ashray like a dark storm approaching at a steady pace. Sleep had eluded the hutment dwellers most of whom earned their daily bread by selling vegetables, pulling rickshaws, hawking tea or peanuts in trains and railway platforms or working long hours in fields as labourers. …
April 8, 2018 -
Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi over delay in setting up of Lokpal
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of favouring the “super rich” and questioned why he had still not appointed a Lokpal to fight corruption. Gandhi, who has been targeting Modi in all public rallies in poll-bound Karnataka, also quizzed Modi over his “silence” on issues such as the Punjab National …
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February 26, 2018 -
7 killed, 8 injured in Odisha road accident
Seven labourers were killed and eight injured when a tipper carrying them met with an accident at Luhajhar Ghat in Odisha’s Gajapati district on Tuesday, police said. The truck loaded with bricks was on its way to Paralakhemundi from Gumma block along with the labourers when its driver lost control while negotiating a turn and …
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February 13, 2018 -
Odisha: 7 killed, 8 injured as truck carrying labourers crashes
Seven labourers were killed and eight injured when a tipper carrying them met with an accident at Luhajhar Ghat in Odisha’s Gajapati district on Tuesday, police said. The truck loaded with bricks was on its way to Paralakhemundi from Gumma block along with the labourers when its driver lost control while negotiating a turn and …
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February 13, 2018 -
Two labourers buried in landslide in Samba; rescued
Two labourers were trapped when a landslide took place during digging to lay cables along the Mansar road in the mountainous belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and was rescued later, police said on Wednesday. The labourers, of a private company, were digging a 5- feet deep canal to lay cables, suddenly there was …
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January 31, 2018 -
Two labourers killed and three injured in Rajasthan
Two labourers were crushed to death and three others injured after they got trapped under big boulders in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, the police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred when the labourers were involved in some mining work at a hill in Rasiya village, they said. The deceased were identified as Sher Singh (30) and …
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January 30, 2018 -
Kurseong organizes fair for labourers
The Labour Department in Kurseong today began a ‘shramik-mela’ (fair for labourers) at the Park-Location Community hall in Kurseong to make labourers and other general public aware of of the different programmes and facilities being provided by the government through various government departments. People and labour representatives in large numbers from different sectors, including tea …
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January 17, 2018 -
J-K to regularise services of 60K daily wagers
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the state government will regularise the services of 60,000 casual labourers and daily wagers. In a statement issued on Twitter, Mufti said the move was to provide sustainable livelihood to those who need it the most. “Hard work and dedication must always be recognised and …
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December 13, 2017 -
Six workers killed in Pakistan landslide
At least six labourers were killed and two others injured in a landslide in Pakistan’s Sargodha district on Wednesday, the media reported. The incident happened when the labourers were working on a stone-cutting site at the foot of the mountain, Geo News said. The land sliding took place at the outskirts of Sargodha, a district …
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September 28, 2017