migrant workers

Patna, February 28 – The Bihar Police have announced a zero-tolerance policy against hooliganism during Holi, deploying additional forces across all major cities and sensitive locations in the state.According to an official statement, strict action will be taken against biker gangs, street...

New Delhi, February 25 The Central Information Commission has criticized the Delhi Development Authority for failing to provide complete and specific information in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking details of alleged demolition activities at the Bhoomiheen Camp in...

Chandigarh, February 23 – Launching a broad attack on the Centre, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday questioned the government’s handling of a recent protest by the Youth Congress, alleged large-scale manipulation of voter lists, and asserted that the opposition INDIA bloc remains...

Dhanbad, February 22 The Dhanbad district administration of Jharkhand has intervened to assist the family of a migrant worker who died in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in bringing back his body, a senior official said.Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Aditya Ranjan said the family of 40-year-old Chandeshwar...

New Delhi, February 19 Over 14.58 lakh people, including those living in slums, migrant workers, and those in need, have availed meals at nominal prices served at Atal canteens across the capital in the past two months, Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood said on Thursday.Meanwhile, while...

Kolkata, February 19 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sent an email to the police in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Thursday, requesting the case diary related to the violence in Beldanga last month, NIA sources said on Thursday.It is alleged that no action has been taken to...

Bhubaneswar, February 19 – The Odisha government has formally written to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), requesting its immediate intervention to ensure the urgent and safe rescue and repatriation of migrant workers from Odisha who are currently stranded in Thailand.In a letter...

Bhubaneswar, February 19 The Odisha government has written to the Centre, urging the relevant authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the safe return of six Odia workers stranded in Thailand.The six labourers, reportedly working at a plywood company in Thailand, are "facing severe...

Kolkata, February 19 – The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), founded by Asaduddin Owaisi and planning to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, is focusing on the issue of a large number of minority migrant workers from the state as its main attack against the...

Patna, February 16 – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed deep sorrow on Monday over the tragic fire at a factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, which claimed the lives of seven workers, including five from Bihar.Describing the incident as extremely painful, the Chief Minister conveyed his...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Trinamool Congress issued a directive through WhatsApp on Monday, instructing its councillors in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to exclusively speak in Bengali during the ongoing budget session of the civic body.The TMC move aims to intensify the party's...

Salem, February 14 – The family of a 37-year-old migrant worker who collapsed and died during a meeting of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Salem has refused to accept his body, demanding financial assistance from the party's founder, Vijay.The deceased, Suraj, originally from...

New Delhi, February 14 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called for reducing the time and cost of domestic remittances on Saturday, stating that they help the economies of several eastern and northern states, including Uttar Pradesh.In a post on X, he noted that while remittances from abroad to...

Today, the BJP accused the Trinamool Congress of spreading misinformation regarding the deaths of migrant workers from West Bengal in other states. At a press conference in Kolkata, BJP state spokesperson Debjit Sarkar alleged that the ruling party was attempting to create a divide between...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 Odisha Police has arrested two individuals, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from the Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said on Friday.The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in...

Kolkata, February 13 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met the family members of a migrant worker from West Bengal, who was killed in Pune district of Maharashtra, and demanded that the police in the western state ensure justice for the deceased.The BJP accused the ruling Trinamool Congress...

Kolkata, February 13 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met the family members of a migrant worker from West Bengal, who was recently killed in Pune, Maharashtra, and demanded that the police in the western state ensure justice for the deceased.He also said that the Maharashtra Police must...

Shillong, February 13 The Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi on Friday urged its citizens to exercise caution when seeking overseas employment, following the death of nine workers from the Himalayan nation, who were among the 31 people killed in an explosion at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya last...

London, February 12 The British government must rule out applying new settlement rules retroactively to migrant families already in the UK, cross-party MPs and workers' rights campaigners have told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan initiated the latest appeal to...

New Delhi, February 12 Congress member Rajeev Shukla on Thursday demanded the creation of a national content monitoring agency along with stringent laws to check the misuse of technologies, flagging concerns over the rampant circulation of AI-generated fake videos.During the Zero Hour in the...