migrant worker
- Middle East
Sick, stranded and broke: Crisis hits Gulf’s migrant workers
DUBAI: When all nine men in his dormitory caught coronavirus, 27-year-old Nurudhin was bused to a remote quarantine camp — becoming one of many migrant workers Gulf states are struggling to accomodate…
- News
Quarantined migrant workers give makeover to schools in Sikar
Sikar: Quarantined in two schools in Rajasthan’s Sikar district – a group of migrant labourers have added colour to their temporary abode by painting the chipped walls of the institutions. About 54 workers…
- News
TS: Labour Dept. launch helpline for migrant workers
Hyderabad: The Telangana Labour Department has set up a state-level help desk on Monday to address issues related to wages and migrant workers. The department has also launched a Helpline number: 9492555379.…
- News
Govt distribute 3260 kg rice, Rs 13.5 lakh among migrant workers till now
Hyderabad: In view of our break of Covid-19 virus and announcement of lock down 2 to contain the spread of virus, most of the migrant and daily wage workers were left without…
- Top Stories
Fact Check: Is Vinay Dubey’s father Muslim?
A photograph of Navi Mumbai-based self-proclaimed labour leader and activist Vinay Dubey, along with a man and a woman, was posted by one Shiv Yadav on Twitter. Yadav claimed that Dubey’s mother had married…
- India
Rajat Sharma gives communal color to Bandra gathering
NEW DELHI: India TV founder Rajat Sharma has once again come under target of social media users due to his communal tweet. On Tuesday, Mumbai’s Bandra West railway station was flooded with…
- Top Stories
Bandra gathering: 30 social media accounts ‘spread rumours’
Mumbai: The Cyber wing of the Maharashtra Police on Wednesday identified more than 30 social media accounts, which allegedly spread rumours about train services that possibly prompted the gathering of migrants in Mumbai’s…
- News
Congress crticises use of force on migrants in Mumbai
New Delhi: After scores of migrant labourers on Tuesday assembled near the Bandra railway station in Mumbai and raised demand for transportation to go to their native places, the police had to use…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Bihar migrant worker commits suicide in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Depressed over his inability to go home, a migrant worker from Bihar committed suicide in Hyderabad, police said. Mohammed Amir (24) ended his life by hanging in his rented room in Uppal…
- India
Surat: Migrant workers go on rampage fearing lockdown extension
Surat: Migrant workers in Surat resorted to violence on the streets on Friday allegedly fearing extension of lockdown. “Workers here have blocked the roads and even pelted stones. Police were able to…
- Top Stories
One at home doing yoga, other fighting for survival: Sibal
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a dig at the government, saying there were two Indians with one at home doing yoga, watching Ramayan and playing antakshari, and…
- Telangana
Harish distributes 12 kg rice, Rs 500 cash to migrant workers
Siddipet: In the first phase of a camp set up by the State government, Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday distributed 12 kg rice and Rs 500 in cash to…
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Police tear-gas migrant workers in Surat
Ahmedabad: Surat police lobbed 30 tear gas shells to disperse a mob of migrant workers who were pelting stones to defy a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds of…
- Top Stories
Labour migration bigger issue than COVID-19: SC to Center
New Delhi: With thousands of migrant workers walking back to their natives places after being rendered jobless due to the coronavirus lockdown, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that the panic and fear is becoming a…
- Hyderabad
500 migrant workers stuck in Mallepally without food and water
Hyderabad: Life could not be more testing for migrant workers from UP, Bihar, Orissa and Bengal in light of this lockdown. With the state coming to a standstill, they have been hit the…
