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Dalit Indian workers in the US forced to build temple for wages as low as $1/ hour
In a shocking incident, a class lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey, against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect, also known as BAPS, for…
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Muslim man’s library set on fire; Over 3000 copies of Bhagavad Gita reduced to ashes
Mysuru: Over 3000 copies of Bhagavad Gita along with other books turned into ashes after a library run by a 62-year-old Muslim man was set on fire by miscreants on Friday in…
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J-K: Labourers from remote Rajouri block get jobs under MGNREGA
Rajouri: The labourers from the far-flung hilly areas of Kalakote block, 65 kilometres from Rajouri, are relieved after getting employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The residents of Barmanadal panchayat…
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Farm bills to adversely affect interests of 62 cr farmers: AICC
Jammu: The Congress on Thursday termed three farm bills as “anti-farmer” and said that it would adversely affect the interest of 62 crores farmers and farm laborers by destroying the agriculture produce market…
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Hyderabad: Double PG teachers turn labourers amid pandemic
HYDERABAD: A double post-graduate teacher for 12 years in private institutions and his wife turn into labourers in Hyderabad, The Times of India has reported. Chiranjeevi K, who, holds three degrees – MA in…
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Stories of labour hanging between hunger, hope and gloom
Shaheen Nazar Santosh is a street vendor who used to sell bananas in Bhangel, a small semi-urban neighbourhood in UP’s Noida. But that was his story until the lockdown was announced on…
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Welfare Party of India condemns rolling back of labour laws
New Delhi: The Welfare Party of India strongly condemned the rolling back of labour laws and undermining workers’ right to attract investors. National President of Welfare Party of India, Dr SQR Ilyas…
- Crime and Accident
Truck carrying labourers overturns in MP, 5 dead
Narsinghpur: Five labourers died and 11 others sustained injuries after the truck they were travelling in overturned in Khap village in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh in the intervening night of Saturday and…
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MP labourer couple quarantined in toilet
Guna: A labourer couple was quarantined and reportedly served their meal in a school toilet on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh’s Raghogarh district. A photograph of the couple went showed the man holding…
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3,000 more labourers brought back from other states: J-K admin
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday brought back its 3,000 labourers stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus lockdown, official said. Over 20,000 migrants of the…
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‘The Great Escape’ by 225 migrants in containers from TS to Raj
MUMBAI: In the current ‘national lockdown’, a group of around 225 migrants – including a lone young woman and her two minor kids – pulled off a daring escape from coronavirus, travelling…
- Crime in Hyderabad
12 killed in truck-auto collision in Telangana
Hyderabad:Twelve labourers were killed and six others injured when a truck hit an overcrowded autorickshaw in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred near Kothapalle village in Midjil ‘mandal’…
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Two killed, 12 hurt in blast at Ludhiana iron furnace unit
Ludhiana: Two labourers were killed and 12 others injured in a blast in an iron furnace unit in Punjab’s Ludhiana town, police said. The injured, most of them migrant workers, were rushed…
