Migrant workers
- India
Chhattisgarh announces Rs 20 L ex gratia for Kulgam attack
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Saturday, August 1, announced an ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh each for the families of two migrant workers from the state killed in a terrorist attack…
- Hyderabad
Workshop calls for safer migration of Indians to Saudi Arabia
Hyderabad: A stakeholder workshop on Wednesday, July 29, called for stronger measures to ensure safe and fair migration of Indian workers to Saudi Arabia, highlighting concerns over recruitment fraud, wage exploitation and…
- Middle East
Video: Hyderabad woman seeks rescue after abuse in Oman
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old Hyderabad woman has appealed to the Indian government to rescue her and bring her home after claiming she was abused while working in Oman. Shabnam Begum, a resident of…
- Bangalore
17 migrant workers injured as Bolero overturns near Shivamogga
Shivamogga: Seventeen migrant workers, including children, were injured after a Bolero vehicle carrying them overturned near Mandagadde in Shivamogga district on Monday, July 13. The accident occurred while the workers were travelling…
- India
Wayanad landslide: Search continues for five missing
Wayanad: A day after a landslide at the tunnel road construction site in this hill district claimed three lives, extensive search operations are ongoing to find five people who are still missing…
- Hyderabad
Mobile Anganwadi vans launched to reach migrant workers’ children
Hyderabad: Telangana Minister for Women and Child Welfare Danasuya Seethakka on Tuesday, July 7, said no child should be deprived of Anganwadi services, as she launched a Mobile Anganwadi vehicle aimed at reaching…
- Middle East
Indian Embassy in Qatar repatriates 12 Ras Laffan victims
New Delhi: The Embassy of India in Doha on Friday, June 26, said that the mortal remains of all 12 Indian nationals who lost their lives in the tragic industrial accident at…
- India
Starved, trapped: 12 bonded labourers recall Muzaffarnagar horror
Muzaffarnagar: Twelve bonded labourers, including minors, bearing visible torture marks and injuries on their bodies were rescued from a paper plate manufacturing factory in Muzaffarnagar district following a raid conducted by the…
- Bangalore
Six migrant workers killed in container-auto collision on NH 44
Chikkaballapur: Six migrant workers were killed in a tragic road accident near Bagepalli town in Chikkaballapur district on Sunday, May 31. The mishap occurred on NH 44 near the Gangotri petrol bunk…
- India
Video: Mysuru woman calls Assam migrant workers ‘illegal Bangladeshis’
Mysuru: A video from Mysuru, Karnataka, has surfaced on social media platforms where a woman is allegedly branding migrant workers from Assam as ‘illegal Bangladeshis,’ much to their anger. The woman, identified…
- Telangana
5 migrant workers die as crane collapses at manufacturing unit in Telangana
Hyderabad: Five migrant labourers were killed and 12 others injured when a crane collapsed at a prefabricated structure manufacturing unit in Shankarpally near Hyderabad on Monday evening, April 27, the police said.…
- Hyderabad
Migrant workers brave the summer heat in Hyderabad in pursuit of livelihood
Hyderabad: Ramesh Mishra was among the first generation of migrant workers who had come in search of a livelihood to Hyderabad 40 years ago. He worked at a factory in Ramanthapur, which…
- India
For Murshidabad’s migrant workers, it’s not roti, kapda, makaan – it’s about existence
Murshidabad: For years, elections for Minarul Sheikh were about the familiar litany of roads, jobs, ration and the hope that something might change. This time, standing outside his mud-walled house at Beldanga…
- Delhi
Centre doubles free LPG allocation for migrant workers across states, UTs
Hyderabad: The Union government has doubled the daily allocation of five-kg free LPG cylinders for migrant workers, directing all state governments and Union Territories (UT) to ensure the enhanced supply reaches those…
- India
Over 50 migrant workers trafficked, illegally confined in Telangana
Peddapalli: Over 50 migrant workers, including women and children, were allegedly trafficked from Odisha villages and subjected to forced labour at a Telangana brick kiln. In a written complaint, Sushant Panigrahi, Director…
