Migrant
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Saudi Arabia Ends Kafala System: How Does This System Work, What's Next for Migrant Workers?
Originals | Oct 22, 2025, 06:23 PM ISTSaudi Arabia has abolished the Kafala system, granting migrant workers more freedom and legal protections. This historic reform will impact millions, allowing them to change jobs and leave the country without employer approval. Watch to learn how this change will transform migrant workers' lives.
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TMC launches helpline, activates task forces to support migrants after reports of harassment
West Bengal | Jul 27, 2025, 01:42 PM ISTThis came in the wake of recent incidents in Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh, where Bengali workers allegedly faced profiling, detention or even forced deportation.
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How Donald Trump plans to crack down on immigration during his second term | EXPLAINED
Explainers | Nov 15, 2024, 01:22 PM ISTWhile Trump and his advisers have offered outlines, many questions remain about how they would deport anywhere close to the 11 million people estimated to be in the country illegally.
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'Satnam was thrown out like a dog': Death of Indian worker sparks protest against slavery in Italy
World | Jun 26, 2024, 04:33 PM ISTIn Latina, a city in a rural area south of Rome where tens of thousands of Indian migrant workers reside, children displayed vibrant signs demanding "Justice for Satnam Singh" during the procession.
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Punjab man, who paid Rs 12 lakh to agent to enter Europe, found himself on 'donkey route', deported
World | Mar 28, 2024, 08:24 PM ISTSandeep Kumar, a resident of Punjab, was arrested for duping desperate people seeking a better life in Europe. The accused revealed that he arranged a tourist visa for Singh and instructed him to destroy his documents upon arrival to claim refugee status under false pretences.
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Election Commission develops prototype of 'remote voting machine' for migrant voters | DETAILS
India | Dec 29, 2022, 12:33 PM ISTRemote voting machine by Election Commission: The poll panel has also floated a concept note on remote voting and sought the views of political parties on the legal, administrative and technical challenges in implementing it, according to a statement.
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Rifle-carrying Ukrainian woman holds onto kid's hand, netizens call her 'wonder woman'
Trending | Mar 08, 2022, 12:59 PM ISTNetzines are calling 'horrific' an image of a woman holding onto a child's hand with a gun slinging on her back. As per UN, more than 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine for safer grounds as Russia continues its attack.
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Joe Biden administration to deport migrant crowds in Texas border city
World | Sep 19, 2021, 08:23 AM ISTBiden administration has 3 flights planned for Sunday, and more could be scheduled for the coming days, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a leading US daily report.
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Nail Polish trailer out: Arjun Rampal, Manav Kaul promise powerful courtroom drama
Celebrities | Dec 08, 2020, 07:34 PM ISTThe trailer of Nail Polish, starring Arjun Rampal and Manav Kaul's was out on Tuesday. A courtroom drama, it revolves around the murder of migrant children with Manav Kaul’s Veer as the prime accused.
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12-yr-old girl uses 'gullak' money to send migrant family home by air
India | Jun 02, 2020, 11:37 PM ISTA teenage girl from Noida who sent a labourer family from Jharkhand home by air using her money from her 'gullak' (money box).
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Bihar government closes migrants' registration for quarantine
India | Jun 02, 2020, 03:10 PM ISTMigrant workers returning to Bihar will not have to undergo the mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine any more, as the movement of people has opened across the country, a state government official said on Tuesday, a move that can lead to further spurt in COVID-19 cases
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Chartered flight arranged by law grads ferries home Jharkhand migrants from Mumbai
India | May 28, 2020, 07:20 PM ISTThe Air Asia flight carrying 169 migrant workers and five children left the western metropolis at 6.25 am and reached Ranchi, the Jharkhand capital, around 8.25 am, an airline spokesperson said.
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3,543 Shramik Specials ferried 48 lakh migrant workers in 26 days
India | May 27, 2020, 10:16 PM ISTThe Indian Railways transported over 48 lakh stranded migrant workers in 26 days in 3,543 Shramik Special trains that started operating since May 1
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36 Shramik Special trains ran between Maharashtra and West Bengal without our knowledge: Mamata
National | May 27, 2020, 06:21 PM ISTCM Mamata Banerjee has accused the Indian Railways of plying 36 Shramik Special trains from Maharashtra to West Bengal without the knowledge of the Trinamool Congress-led state government
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Heartbreaking video of toddler trying to wake dead mother brings out hardships of migrant workers
India | May 27, 2020, 09:52 PM ISTA mother of a child is his entire world. A loss of such a bond can be a great blow. The toddler in this tragic incident may not even know what is death, and its unfortunate that his first brush came in form of death of his own mother.
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Noida police distribute food, water to people amid lockdown | Video
India | May 16, 2020, 01:37 PM ISTAs people in Gautambudhha Nagar remain under coronavirus lockdown inflicted by the government and labourers walk for hundreds of miles to get back to their hometowns, a heartwarming video of a Noida police distributing food and water to people has won over many hearts.
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Away from her child, migrant worker bursts into tears
News | May 15, 2020, 12:54 PM ISTAs uncertainty looms over their work due to coronavirus lockdown and no signs of hope in the near future, migrant labourers decided to head back to their native places on foot. However, they were stopped by police at Delhi-UP Border.
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Video: Migrant worker wheels 8-months pregnant wife, child on makeshift cart for 700 kms
India | May 14, 2020, 12:55 PM ISTAs coronavirus lockdown hampers movement of migrants across the nation, some bravehearts walk hundreds of kilometres to reach their villages. In one such incident, migrant worker wheels 8-months pregnant wife, child on makeshift cart for 700 km from Hyderabad to a village in MP.
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Man paddles 1,350 km on rickshaw to reach home
India | May 13, 2020, 03:25 PM ISTHere's another tale of herculean endeavour by yet another migrant -- this time it is middle-aged Govind Mandal who carried his wife and son on his rickshaw from Delhi to Deoghar paddling for nearly 1,350 km for a fortnight, proving the adage "where there is will there is way".
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Asymptomatic persons coming to Delhi by trains will be allowed to go home: Delhi's SOP
India | May 12, 2020, 05:19 PM ISTAllowing people having no or mild COVID symptoms to go home, the Delhi government on Tuesday issued an SOP for the passengers arriving in the city by train, saying all would be requested to download the Aarogya Setu App on their mobiles, if possible