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  Surat's textile industry faces labour shortage

  News | October 02, 2020 11:38 IST

  Businessmen have claimed that the textile industry in Surat is facing a shortage of workers as they have not returned in the absence of transport services.

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  Delhi farmer buys flight tickets to bring back 20 workers from Bihar to work with him

  India | August 23, 2020 16:13 IST

  Pappan Singh has booked tickets worth over Rs 1 lakh so that the workers, who have toiled for him, some for over 20 years, can join him in farming mushrooms during the August to April season.

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  BJP workers used digital medium to serve crores amid COVID lockdown: JP Nadda

  News | June 23, 2020 20:46 IST

  Addressing Assam's Jan Samvad virtual rally, BJP president JP Nadda praised his party workers for their efforts during coronavirus-induced lockdown.

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  BJYM workers take out rally for alleged police excesses against party workers in Kolkata, several detained

  News | June 15, 2020 21:36 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers took out a rally in West Bengal's Kolkata on June 15.

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  CPI, RJD workers 'purify' Ambedkar's statue after Giriraj Singh garlands idol

  News | February 15, 2020 21:31 IST

  Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Giriraj Singh garlanded the statue of BR Ambedkar in Begusarai on February 14.

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  Over 100 Congress workers detained in Tripura for taking out rally without permission

  India | November 27, 2019 11:56 IST

  "We organised a rally to spread the ideals and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. It was Gandhi Vichar Sandesh Padyatra, not a protest against anyone. But police thrashed the activists with lathis and tortured them," Youth Congress national secretary Dr Smruti Ranjan Lenka told reporters.

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  Around 35 workers rescued after explosion in German mine

  World | November 09, 2019 7:00 IST

  The mine was shut down in 1982 after being used for about 80 years to extract potash salt. During the last 15 years, the mine have been converted into a "stowing mine" in order to protect the surface "by backfilling the subterranean caverns of the former mine", according to the mine's operating company.  

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  Atal Pension Yojana has over 1.9 crore subscribers now

  India | November 04, 2019 17:21 IST

  "In this financial year, the response towards the enrollment of APY was overwhelming and more than 36 lakh APY accounts have been added till October 31, 2019 indicating a growth of 33 per cent in comparison to 26 per cent growth during the corresponding period, last fiscal," the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) said

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  Now workers can generate UAN from EPFO portal directly

  India | November 01, 2019 18:55 IST

  At present, workers are required to apply through their employers to get the universal account number (UAN), which enables them to avoid filing PF transfer claims on changing jobs. The UAN remains the same throughout the life of a worker.

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  UP: 10 workers hospitalised after gas leak at paper mill

  India | October 07, 2019 10:34 IST

  The incident took place on Sunday evening, SHO of New Mandi police station Sanjiv Kumar said.

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  Arvind Kejriwal promises free safety kit to workers cleaning Delhi sewers

  Good News | July 15, 2019 21:51 IST

  At a workshop organised by the Delhi Jal Board at Talkatora Stadium, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he feels dejected when he hears about sanitation workers dying while cleaning sewers. He also administered an "oath of safety and security" to the workers who pledged that they won't enter a sewer without proper safety gear.

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  With eyes on 2022, Priyanka to step up UP tours, meet Cong workers twice a week

  India | June 16, 2019 14:13 IST

  The All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh is ready to hit the ground in the state, following the Congress's debacle in the recent Lok Sabha election, in order to strengthen the party organisation in time for the 2022 Assembly polls.

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  Moradabad: BJP workers beat election official for allegedly asking voters to press symbol of Samajwadi Party |WATCH

  April 23, 2019 11:55 IST

  The general election is currently being held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

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  Watch: Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghathna workers set fire to dairy truck in Maharashtra's Malegaon

  India | July 16, 2018 23:38 IST

  Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana has threatened to block milk supply to prominent cities in Maharashtra from Sunday midnight as a part of their agitation to demand a higher price for cow's milk.

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  Workers to soon get wages through bank accounts, cheques only

  December 03, 2016 23:19 IST

  Union labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya today said that the Payment of Wages Act would be amended soon so that workers get all payments through bank accounts or cheques. "All payments to workers will be given

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  Canadian court denies exception on helmet rules for Sikh workers

  World | September 23, 2016 18:07 IST

  Keeping security above religion, a Canadian court directed three Sikh truck drivers to wear hard hats at work as it would ensure their safety in case of any unfortunate incident. With the denial of any

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  ‘Was offered Rs 5.7 cr to stay silent’: Samsung workers’ families level serious charges against company

  August 10, 2016 12:20 IST

  South Korean authorities allow Samsung Electronics, the leading computer chip and smartphone company with about 10,000 workers, to hold back crucial information on the chemicals workers are exposed to at its computer chip and display factories

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  12 lakh power employees, engineers threaten to go on strike

  India | July 21, 2015 8:38 IST

  Lucknow:  Around 12 lakh power employees and engineers across the country will go on one-day strike on the day Electricity (Amendment) Bill is presented in Parliament during the Monsoon session beginning tomorrow.  Despite the opposition

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  Government will soon connect directly with masses: Amit Shah

  Politics | July 12, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi:   BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said the government would soon begin working on 24 new subjects that would "directly connect" it with the people of the country.Within one year, he said, the

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  Amit Shah to inaugurate two-day workshop of party leaders

  Politics | June 30, 2015 22:06 IST

  New Delhi: As part of its national training programme, BJP President Amit Shah will inaugurate a two-day workshop of party leaders from across the country tomorrow that will help the party develop dedicated workers and put in place