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Jashpur, March 28 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai transferred ₹27.15 crore into the bank accounts of 79,340 construction workers and their families under various government schemes on Saturday, officials said.The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) was carried out during a district-level...

Rayavaram (Andhra Pradesh), March 26 At least 14 passengers, including a five-month-old infant, were killed on Thursday after a private bus collided with a truck carrying gravel, triggering a massive fire in Markapuram district, officials said.Among the victims were five women. Most of the...

Shimla, March 26 The 62nd birthday of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervor at his official residence, Oak Over, on Thursday.During the celebrations, he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to make progressive and impactful...

Gandhinagar, March 16 – Gujarat Cabinet Minister for Labour, Skill Development and Employment, and Rural Development, Kunvarji Bavaliya, celebrated his 71st birthday in a unique way on Monday.Instead of hosting a grand event, he visited the 'Shramik Annapurna Yojana' (Workers' Annapurna...

Tirupattur, March 14 – Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin will inaugurate a series of public welfare projects in the Tirupattur district on Saturday, including a dedicated lounge for construction workers, a Village Knowledge Centre, and an integrated service center for persons...

Shillong, March 13 A pro-ILP organization in Meghalaya has launched an operation to detect and remove undocumented migrant workers from construction sites, removing approximately 15 laborers allegedly working without valid documents at the NEHU campus here.Members of the Hynniewtrep Youth...

Chandigarh, March 12 Union Minister Sanjay Seth handed over cheques of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of seven workers who died after a pile of soil collapsed on them at a construction site in Gurugram on Thursday.Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar said that each family would also...

Gandhinagar, March 12 – Over 8,000 students enrolled in the Motor Mechanic trade at Gujarat’s Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will now receive practical training in electric vehicles, following the distribution of 40 electric cars to state ITIs by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.The...

Gandhinagar, March 12 Gujarat has the lowest unemployment rate in the country at 1.1 per cent, significantly below the national average of 3.2 per cent, Labour and Employment Development Minister Kunvarji Bavaliya said in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.Citing the Periodic Labour Force...

Gurugram, March 10 – Seven construction workers were killed and four others, including three Nepalese men, were injured when a pile of soil collapsed on them at a construction site here, police said on Tuesday. The project in-charge and site in-charge have been arrested.The district...

Ranchi, March 10 The Jharkhand Assembly passed the budgetary demands of the labour, planning, training, and skill and industry departments by voice vote on Tuesday, with minister Sanjay Prasad Yadav asserting that the funds are essential for the welfare of workers and industrial development in...

New Delhi, March 10 – At least seven workers died after a major soil mound collapse at a construction site in Gurugram, while four injured workers were rescued and rushed to the hospital. Rescue operations by the police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), along with civil defence teams...

Lucknow, March 1 Uttar Pradesh's Minister for Labour, Employment and Coordination, Anil Rajbhar, has assured people from the state working in Israel and their families that the state government is committed to their safety, and is taking all necessary steps to ensure their well-being.According...

Chennai, February 28 – In a major initiative aimed at both welfare and skill development, the Tamil Nadu government, led by Chief Minister Stalin, has launched a large-scale program to provide structured online training to 50,000 students from the families of construction workers.The...

Jaipur, February 27 Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused the BJP-led state government of insensitivity towards patients suffering from silicosis and demanded immediate steps to ensure relief for the affected.Gehlot said that silicosis is an incurable and...

Kozhikode, February 23 – Three construction workers were killed and five others were injured on Monday after a concrete slab from an old building collapsed in Valiyangadi, one of Kozhikode’s busiest commercial areas in Kerala.The deceased have been identified as Jabbar, from Kinasheri, Ashraf...

The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena, and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, inaugurated 25 new Atal Canteens in the national capital today. The canteens were launched digitally from Krishna Nagar, Delhi. Addressing the event, Mr. Saxena said that the launch of these Atal Canteens marks...

JAMMU, February 17: Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary held a high-level review meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu on Monday, and called for a comprehensive overhaul of the Jammu and Kashmir Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (JKBOCWWB) to expand and strengthen...

The Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Kumar Choudhary, today called for a comprehensive revamp of the J&K Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (JKBOCWWB) to strengthen and expand welfare benefits for construction workers and their families across Jammu & Kashmir.Srinagar, February...

New Delhi, February 16 Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan expressed his concern over the recent collapse of a Metro slab in Mumbai and said the incident is "heartbreaking and traumatic" and urged for strict action by the authorities.Roshan re-shared a video on his Instagram story on Sunday, which...