Labourers
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Telangana tunnel collapse: 11 days on, rescue opperations continue to locate trapped workers
Hyderabad | Mar 04, 2025, 12:20 PM ISTRescue efforts at the collapsed SLBC tunnel in Telangana continue on the 11th day, with teams struggling to locate eight trapped workers. Authorities are considering robotic assistance, while repairing the damaged conveyor belt is expected to speed up debris removal.
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Terrorists shot two migrant workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district
Jammu and Kashmir | Nov 01, 2024, 10:26 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir: Upon receiving the information, security forces reached the spot and a search operation for the terrorists was launched.
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Punjab: Five labourers buried under debris after two-storey house collapses in Rupnagar, rescue on
India | Apr 18, 2024, 11:40 PM ISTPunjab news: District officials and fire brigade officers were at the spot for rescue work. Later, ITBP police, NDRF and SDRF teams were also called for relief work.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Day 5: Food being supplied through pipes to trapped workers | DETAILS
India | Nov 16, 2023, 12:06 PM ISTThe 40 trapped workers include 15 from Jharkhand, eight from Uttar Pradesh, five from Odisha, four from Bihar, three from West Bengal, two each from Uttarakhand and Assam and one from Himachal Pradesh.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Protest breaks out by workers at accident site, rescue ops enter Day 4
India | Nov 17, 2023, 09:22 AM ISTUttarakhand tunnel collapse Day 4: A portion of the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district collapsed due to a landslide early on Sunday (November 12).
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Gujarat: Four labourers from Bihar die of suffocation after entering septic tank in Surat
Gujarat | Nov 15, 2023, 12:30 PM ISTGujarat news: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bardoli Division, HL Rathore, told media that four workers had gone to clean the septic tank and died due to suffocation. We are questioning seniors of the factory and all the four deceased are the residents of Bihar.
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Maharashtra: Police rescue 11 labourers chained up in Osmanabad; 4 arrested
Maharashtra | Jun 22, 2023, 05:54 PM ISTOne of the labourers reportedly escaped the village and his family members narrated his entire ordeal to the police. It was difficult for the police to believe the story initially but later confirmed the shocking case of inhuman treatment when they reached the location.
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5 decomposed bodies of missing labourers from Assam found amid dense forest in Arunachal Pradesh
India | Jul 30, 2022, 09:03 AM ISTAssam missing labourers: The IAF chopper, which undertook a search operation on July 23, suspended it due to inclement weather and is waiting for good weather to resume.
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Karnataka: 9 laborers killed after goods vehicle falls into stream; CM announces compensation
India | Jun 26, 2022, 07:26 PM ISTAccording to police, the labourers hailing from Akkatangiyara Hala village in Gokak taluk were going to Belagavi when the vehicle fell into the 'Ballari Nala' at Kanabaragi village in Belagavi.
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Government committed to welfare of 'unorganised labour': PM Modi
India | Apr 16, 2022, 11:50 AM ISTPM Modi further said that the participation of the unorganised labour was very important in the development of the country.
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Over 4 crore unorganised workers registered on e-Shram portal
Business | Oct 17, 2021, 01:39 PM ISTAll workers in the unorganised sector, including migrant ones, can now take the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes through registration on the e-Shram portal.
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Mumbai: 14 labourers injured after portion of under-construction flyover collapses
India | Sep 17, 2021, 01:31 PM ISTMumbai Flyover Collapses: Fourteen people got injured when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex.
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Search on for 5 missing labourers in Kalimpong, NH-10 blocked by multiple landslides
India | Jul 31, 2021, 11:43 AM ISTAround 10 houses were damaged in Melli Bazaar along with a secondary school, a State Bank of Sikkim branch and a road that connects NH-10 with Melli Bazaar on the Sikkim side.
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Pakistan's ISI planning to target Bihar, UP-bound trains carrying labourers; alert sounded
India | Jul 13, 2021, 08:28 PM ISTIntelligence agencies reportedly have intercepted information regarding ISI's operative directing a trained terrorist to target trains with labourers. Concerned agencies have also issued an alert in this regard.
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CM Yogi Adityanath announces two insurance schemes for UP laborers
India | May 02, 2021, 12:36 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced two insurance schemes for laborers of UP.
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13 bonded labourers rescued in Tamil Nadu's Erode
India | Apr 23, 2021, 04:18 PM ISTThe labourers were forced to work after one of their relatives could not repay Rs 27,000 she had borrowed from a person, the police said.
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Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions
India | Apr 09, 2021, 01:11 PM ISTCovid-19 restrictions in Mumbai have forced migrant workers to return home. Long-distance trains departing from Mumbai railway stations are heavily packed with migrant workers.
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Four labourers electrocuted at construction site in Bengaluru, probe underway
India | Apr 08, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTThe incident took place at Indlabele in Anekal Taluk on Wednesday where the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-storey residential building was held.
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Labourers losing jobs amid resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic
India | Apr 08, 2021, 07:51 AM ISTA labourer said, "Once we lost our jobs, there was no reason for us to stay there. Hence, we decided to return."
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Watch: Drones being used as replacement of labourers to spray fertilisers in Kerala
News | Nov 21, 2020, 06:01 PM ISTThe farmers at various places in Kottayam are using drones for spraying fertilisers due to shortage of labourers in the wake of COVID-19.