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  Labourer lynched over child-lifting rumour in Amethi

  Crime | September 02, 2019 11:08 IST

  Amethi, Superintendent of Police, Khyati Garg, said: "The labourers thrashed the man till he died. They were trying to shove the body into their vehicle when a villager saw them from a distance and assumed they were kidnapping a child."

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  Wages account for 1/3rd of country's total income: Report

  India | June 26, 2019 23:16 IST

  "Return on labour (12 per cent CAGR) grew faster than return on capital (10.9 per cent CAGR) during FY12-FY17. 

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  Women's agricultural labour cause of malnutrition in rural India

  World | June 26, 2019 11:20 IST

  In most of rural India, women work as agricultural and family farm labourers, in addition to performing nearly all the childcare and household duties.

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  Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report

  Business | June 20, 2019 16:32 IST

  The Centre and state governments need to pursue labour law reforms as these are necessary for improving investment and generating employment, said SBI in its research report 'Ecowrap' Thursday.

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  Laws being sidestepped in name of contract labour, says Sharad Yadav

  India | August 01, 2016 17:08 IST

  Pointing out at a rather overlooked issue, Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav today spoke of how the system of hiring contract labour was bypassing the laws, leaving number of workers without any protection. Referring to

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  Trade unions' strike to cause Rs 25,000 crore loss: Assocham

  September 03, 2015 7:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has estimated a loss of Rs 25,000 crore to the economy due to the all-India strike on Wednesday."Financial impact of the disruption of

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  Government to carefully examine 'hire and fire' clause in new law

  India | August 05, 2015 7:58 IST

  New Delhi: The government today said it will carefully examine the “hire and fire” clause under the draft Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015, that seeks to make retrenchment easier for employers. The decision on

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  Britain has 'duty' to confront IS threat: Cameron

  World | September 26, 2014 18:02 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday said that the Islamic State (IS) was a threat to the "streets of Britain" and it was the "duty" of the government to confront the Sunni radical group,

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  Labour unrest hits Toyota India car production

  April 04, 2014 23:05 IST

  Bangalore: Labour unrest in Toyota India is having an effect on car production, as most of the striking employees are refusing to return to work even 12 days after management lifted the lockout March 24.“Our

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  Labourer killed in fire in factory in Delhi

  India | August 31, 2013 20:49 IST

  New Delhi: A labourer was killed and four sustained severe burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a factory producing motorcycle parts in Bawana area of North Delhi, Delhi Fire Service said today.According

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  Britain's Kate Middleton in labour: Buckingham Palace

  World | July 22, 2013 13:56 IST

  London, Jul 22:  Prince William's wife Kate Middleton was today admitted to a hospital and is in the early stages of labour, a palace official said.The 31-year-old Duchess of Cambridge travelled by car from the

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  One Killed, 14 Injured In Assam Building Collapse

  India | December 25, 2011 11:34 IST

  Tezpur, Assam, Dec 25:  A labourer from Boko in Kamrup district was killed and 14 others  were injured when  the porch of an under-construction hotel building collapsed on Saturday evening near this town in Assam's

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  Mitra Gets Finance, Former Naxal Leader Gets Labour

  India | May 21, 2011 16:37 IST

  Kolkata, May 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms.Her other departments are Information and