Labourers
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Actor Sonu Sood honoured with life-size statue at Durga pandal in Kolkata
Entertainment | Oct 22, 2020, 11:42 AM ISTA Durga puja committee has chosen the hardships faced by migrant labourers during COVID-induced lockdown as the theme for its puja pandal in Kolkata.
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How this app is leading a revival of real estate sector by deploying labourers
Business | Oct 21, 2020, 04:27 PM ISTCaptech Technologies said that its 'eFORCE' app has developed a capacity to deploy over two lakh labours in the first four months of launch.
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Arrange to send back 686 labourers stranded at Azadpur Mandi: HC to AAP govt
India | Jun 17, 2020, 01:27 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to work with the state legal services authority to make arrangements for sending 686 migrant labourers, stranded at Azadpur Mandi here since the COVID-19 lockdown, to their native places.
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Madhya Pradesh govt to organise job fairs for labourers
India | Jun 13, 2020, 10:55 AM ISTThe Madhya Pradesh government has decided to organise employment fairs across the state for labourers, including the migrant workers who returned home from different states after losing their jobs during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, an official said.
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Construction industry bears brunt of modern day exodus amid lockdown
Business | Jun 11, 2020, 11:50 AM ISTThe lockdown-triggered joblessness has forced a reverse migration of thousands of guest workers from Tamil Nadu resulting in the workforce across various sectors in the state dwindling, with the construction industry in bearing the brunt.
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Send migrant workers to their native places in 15 days, withdraw cases: Supreme Court
India | Jun 09, 2020, 11:31 AM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday set a deadline for Centre, State to facilitate returning of migrant workers to their native places within 15 days. The apex court has also directed Centre to provide additional trains for transportation of migrant workers within 24 hours of states making a demand.
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Yogi govt completes skill mapping of 14.75 lakh migrants who returned back to state
India | May 25, 2020, 03:06 PM ISTThe Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has completed the task of skill mapping of 14.75 lakh migrant workers who have returned to the state during lockdown. According to the official spokesman, the skill mapping of migrant workers will help in providing employment for them.
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Congress more responsible for migrants' plight: Mayawati
National | May 24, 2020, 03:41 PM ISTBSP supremo Mayawati has lashed out at the Congress party saying it is more responsible for the plight of migrants labourers and their terrible condition then the Centre.
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First Sharamik train for Nagaland ferries over 1,400 people from Chennai
India | May 23, 2020, 10:30 AM ISTThe first Nagaland-bound Shramik Special train from Chennai with 1,477 stranded people has reached the Dimapur railway station, an official said.
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Mumbai: Thousands of migrants gather at Bandra railway station after rumours of special trains
India | May 19, 2020, 03:13 PM ISTUnprecedented scenes have been witnessed at Mumbai's Bandra Railway station after thousands of migrant labourers gathered at the station. As per initial reports, the migrants were informed that special trains will be running from the Bandra railway station for labourers.
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Buses for migrants: Yogi govt asks Priyanka Gandhi to provide 500 buses in Noida, Ghaziabad
India | May 19, 2020, 03:06 PM ISTYogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to provide 500 buses to facilitate migrants' travel from Noida and Ghaziabad.
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Cottage industries resume operations in Ludhiana
News | May 16, 2020, 06:49 PM ISTPunjab government gave green flag to cottage industries in non-containment mixed use areas.
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Truck carrying migrants overturns in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur; 5 dead, dozens injured
India | May 16, 2020, 02:46 PM ISTAt least 5 migrants have died while over 2 dozens injured after a truck carrying migrants overturned near Simra flyover on Sagar-Kanpur highway, in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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24 labourers killed, several injured after 2 trucks collide in UP's Auraiya
News | May 16, 2020, 10:20 AM ISTAt least 24 labourers were killed and several injured after the truck they were travelling in, collided with another truck in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya on May 16. The injured have been shifted to hospital.
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Trade union demands Rs 3 lakh cr relief package for informal workers, MSMEs
India | May 09, 2020, 11:16 PM ISTCentral trade union TUCC has demanded a Rs 3 lakh crore package from the government to provide relief to informal sector workers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the county.
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Two arrested in Noida for illegally offering bus service to migrants
India | May 08, 2020, 04:59 PM ISTNoida Police has arrested two persons who were trying to lure migrants and collecting money from them in disguise for free bus service to their native towns. The two were asking hefty amounts from migrants, labourers who wanted to travel to Bihar.
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Uttar Pradesh govt brings back over 12,000 stranded labourers from Haryana
India | Apr 27, 2020, 07:19 PM ISTMore than 12,000 labourers from Uttar Pradesh who were stranded in Haryana due to the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus have been brought back to the state, a senior official said on Monday.
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Delhi govt gives strict orders for landlords to not demand rent for one month
News | Apr 23, 2020, 03:33 PM ISTDelhi govt orders for strict compliance of its earlier order for landlords to not demand rent from labourers & students for one month. "District Magistrates shall undertake awareness campaign on the issues in areas having high density of labourers/students
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NGT suggests allowance for labourers affected by construction ban in Delhi
India | Nov 05, 2019, 03:06 PM ISTThe tribunal had, however, said, "Under Industrial Disputes Act and labour laws you have wide powers. Why can't you order builders to pay money to labourers in spite of stoppage of work?
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50 people arrested for trafficking labourers in 3 Odisha districts
India | Oct 18, 2019, 02:49 PM ISTLast week, at least 41 middlemen were arrested in Balangir and Nuapada districts for allegedly trafficking labourers to other states.