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  LPG shortage triggers exodus of migrant workers from Kerala to their native places

  India | March 14, 2026 11:34 IST

  Restaurant and hotel operators are trying to retain their staff from other states, fearing that if migrant workers leave now, they may not return until after the election.

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  Congress leader Adhir Ranjan meets PM Modi, flags violence against West Bengal migrant workers

  India | December 30, 2025 12:32 IST

  Notably, Chowdhury lost the Lok Sabha election from his stronghold Baharampur at the hands of Trinammol Congress candidate Yusuf Pathan. He has also not been given any responsibility in the party since he lost the election.

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  Saudi Arabia Ends Kafala System: How Does This System Work, What's Next for Migrant Workers?

  Originals | October 22, 2025 18:23 IST

  Saudi 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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  Kafala System abolished by Saudi Arabia: What was the law and how the move benefits migrant workers

  World | October 22, 2025 9:35 IST

  The term Kafala, meaning "sponsorship" in Arabic, came to represent a system across the Gulf under which employers exercised almost complete control over migrant workers.

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  Three migrant workers killed in building collapse near Thrissur, probe ordered

  India | June 27, 2025 11:55 IST

  Three migrant labourers from West Bengal died after a 40-year-old building collapsed in Kodakara, Thrissur district, early Friday morning. The building housed 17 workers, of whom 14 escaped unharmed.

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  Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop who made plea to Trump to have mercy on LGBTQ, immigrants?

  World | January 22, 2025 12:39 IST

  The Trump administration has already issued executive orders rolling back transgender rights and toughening immigration policies. When he returned to the White House, Trump was asked about the sermon.

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  Shipwreck off Tunisia's coast claims 20 migrant workers' lives, 5 rescued

  World | December 19, 2024 20:59 IST

  A shipwreck in Tunisia has claimed the lives of 20 migrant workers, while 5 are reported to have been rescued. The incidents of drownings have occurred regularly in Tunisia.

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  Himachal Pradesh: Three migrant workers die after inhaling carbon monoxide

  India | December 14, 2024 23:32 IST

  Himachal Pradesh: As per details, police found that the three had gone to sleep with an angithi burning in a closed room.

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  Terrorists shot two migrant workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district

  Jammu and Kashmir | November 01, 2024 22:26 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir: Upon receiving the information, security forces reached the spot and a search operation for the terrorists was launched.

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  Bihar labourers fake videos case: SC dismisses Manish Kashyap's plea to club FIRs, quashing of NSA

  India | May 08, 2023 17:40 IST

  Bihar labourers fake videos case: The bench of judges headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud refused to entertain Kashyap's plea seeking clubbing of FIRs against him.

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  Tunisia: Boat carrying sub-Saharan Africa migrant workers sinks; 29 killed, 11 rescued

  World | March 26, 2023 23:46 IST

  It wasn’t immediately clear how many more people might also have been aboard boats that sank.

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  Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap arrested for fake videos of attack on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu

  Bihar | March 18, 2023 12:31 IST

  The EOU had on March 6 registered its first FIR in connection with the case and booked four persons, including Kashyap.

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  Migrants attack row: 2 held for attacking workers in Tamil Nadu amid political slugfest in Bihar

  Chennai | March 14, 2023 15:51 IST

  Migrants attack row: The incident of attacks on migrant workers throws weight behind claims made by certain people that workers from north India were attacked in Tamil Nadu.

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  Bihar migrant workers attack: Tejashwi Yadav asks Centre to intervene in matter

  India | March 05, 2023 20:15 IST

  The RJD leader also said he was awaiting a report on the situation in Tamil Nadu by a team that went there the day before, though he also warned against generalised assumptions on the basis of isolated incidents.

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  Bihar migrant workers attack: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai booked for inciting violence | DEETS

  India | March 05, 2023 13:40 IST

  Bihar migrant workers attack; Hitting out at the state government, he said, "DMK's MPs' vile comments on North Indians, DMK minister calling them Panipuri Wala, and their alliance partners demanding their exodus has triggered what we see today.

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  More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt

  India | February 14, 2023 17:59 IST

  The shocking details revealed that the number of suicides among the daily earner group had witnessed a sharp increase-- nearly 10,000-- during the COVID-19 period as it left millions of people unemployed.

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  Migrant workers start returning as unlock process begins in Delhi

  News | June 03, 2021 17:00 IST

  As there is a decrease in the COVID cases in Delhi, the Delhi Government has started the process of unlocking.

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  Kerala govt provides over 70,000 free kits to migrant workers

  India | May 21, 2021 13:02 IST

  Amidst the increasing COVID-19 cases and the lockdown imposed to check its spread, the Kerala government has extended a helping hand to migrant laborers in the state by distributing over 70,000 free food kits to them.

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  Youth Congress workers distribute food to migrant workers at Delhi railway station

  News | April 20, 2021 23:20 IST

  Workers of Delhi Youth Congress wing on April 20 distributed food and water to migrant workers at New Delhi Railway Station. They were seen carrying their belongings as they started their journey from the national capital towards their hometown.

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  Put money into migrants accounts as they are returning: Rahul Gandhi

  India | April 20, 2021 11:50 IST

  Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tweeted, "Migrants are again moving back, so this is the responsibility of the union government to transfer money to their accounts. Will the government, which is blaming the public for the spread of the Covid, take such a public welfare work."