Tag: Labourers

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

September 28, 2017

Three labourers die in IIT Kharagpur

Three labourers died in an accident during construction work inside the IIT Kharagpur campus, police said on Wednesday. “Three labourers died during some accident related to construction work inside the campus,” an official of West Midnapore district police said. According to Indian Institute of Technology officials, the men were engaged through contractors.

August 16, 2017

Gunmen kill 10 labourers in Pakistan’s Gwadar

At least 10 labourers were killed and two injured in two separate firing incidents in Pakistan's southwest port city of Gwadar in Balochistan on Saturday. The incidents took place in the Pishgan and Ganth Road areas of Gwadar, Geo News reported. Unidentified assailants on motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on the labourers and fled the scene. ...

May 13, 2017

Sushma directs safe return of Odia labourers from Saudi Arabia

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia to facilitate the return of 24 workers from India, including 12 from Odisha, who have been allegedly held captive by a company there on salary-related issues. The action of the External Affairs ministry came after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought her...

May 11, 2017