Labourers
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Uttar Pradesh: 4 labourers beaten up for eating meat near makeshift temple
Jun 01, 2019, 10:49 AM ISTIn a video that has gone viral on social media, the youths can be seen beating the four with belts. The labourers had arrived at Baheri after being hired by a mason.
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Telangana: Cop risks life, descends over 60-foot-deep well to save two labourers
India | May 29, 2019, 07:19 AM ISTThe police official held the labourers, Marepalli Ramu and Mallaiah, and helped them to grab the rope and climb up.
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Gurgaon: Three labourers trapped inside 12-feet deep pit were installing cable wire; rescued
India | Apr 09, 2019, 07:23 AM ISTThe labourers were timely given oxygen by doctors of the hospital until they were pulled out by police personnel by removing debris.
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Thane: 3 labourers choke to death in sewage treatment plant
India | Jan 17, 2019, 04:22 PM ISTOne of the labourers collapsed out of suffocation after he climbed down into the sewage treatment plant to clean it. Two more labourers died after they went inside to check their colleague.
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Odisha government hikes minimum daily wages of labourers after three years
India | Oct 30, 2018, 07:52 PM ISTWages for piece rate work under 15 job categories have also been enhanced for the labourers.
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'Unpaid for months': Fate of FIFA 2022 World Cup workers in Qatar, finds Amnesty International
Football | Sep 26, 2018, 06:07 PM ISTMercury MENA, an engineering and plumbing firm, owes thousands of dollars of wages to workers from countries where many live on less than $2 a day.
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Six labourers buried alive after slipping into six-feet-deep pit in UP
India | Jul 31, 2018, 09:02 AM ISTEight labourers were trapped in the incident. Two were pulled out later in the rescue operation conducted by the district authorities.
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Delhi: Under-construction banquet hall collapses in Gujranwala Town; 10-12 labourers feared trapped
India | May 07, 2018, 07:25 PM ISTIn a tragic incident, an under-construction building collapsed in Delhi’s Gujranwala Town on Monday, where 10-12 labourers are feared trapped.
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Labourers in Haryana to get breakfast for Rs 5, full meal for Rs 10
India | Feb 24, 2017, 10:59 PM ISTConstruction labourers in Haryana can now look forward to getting food at heavily subsidised rates of Rs 5 for breakfast and Rs 10 for full-coarse meal. While they would be provided cheap yet wholesome food
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Jeep-truck collision in Madhya Pradesh leave 10 dead, 19 injured
India | Sep 24, 2016, 11:01 AM ISTIn an unfortunate accident on Dewas-Ujjain road in Madhya Pradesh, at least 10 labourers lost their lives whereas 19 others were injured after a collision between a truck and a jeep, police said. The labourers,
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Nine labourers killed as under-construction building collapses in Pune
India | Jul 29, 2016, 05:51 PM ISTIn a tragic accident, at least nine labourers were killed as a slab of an under-construction 13-storey building collapsed in Balewadi area here today, police said. The victims were working on the 13th floor
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Arrival of First Indian Labourers in South Africa celebrated
World | Nov 17, 2014, 10:52 AM ISTDurban: The arrival of the first shipload of Indians as indentured sugarcane plantation labourers 154 years ago was marked with a dual commemoration today.At the Shri Marieamman Temple in Mount Edgecombe, the heartland of the
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Maoists free 7 abducted labourers in Bihar
India | Mar 23, 2014, 08:23 PM ISTJamui (Bihar): Seven labourers have been freed ten days after they were abducted by Maoists from Navinagar ghat in Bihar's Jamui district, a police officer said today.The Maoists released the labourers at an isolated place
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Arunchal govt initiative to improve living stand of labourers
India | Nov 26, 2013, 02:28 PM ISTItanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Bosiram Siram has said the state government has taken special initiative to improve the living standard of the workers.“Our government is making all efforts to address the problems faced by
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HP announces slew of measures for labourers
India | May 02, 2013, 08:42 AM ISTShimla, May 2: Himachal Pradesh government yesterday announced to construct four hostels for labourers and increased their medical reimbursement allowance from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per year."The hostels would be constructed at a cost
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Noida builder's guards fire at labourers, 2 injured
India | Apr 27, 2013, 01:18 PM ISTNoida, Apr 27: Two labourers were injured when security guards at Lotus builders' construction site fired at a mob trying to ransack the site office at Sector 110 here today.Police detained five security guards and
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Six labourers killed in Kota wall collapse
India | Jun 05, 2012, 10:20 AM ISTKota, Rajasthan, June 5: Six labourers were killed and several others injured when the wall of a building under construction collapsed in Raipura locality here due to strong winds on Monday night.The building belonged to