Migrant workers
- India
‘Killing of migrant workers’: Case filed against BJP leader for spreading rumours
A case has been filed against a BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh for spreading rumours about the ‘death’ of Bihar migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu on social media. Prashant Umrao has been…
- India
‘Nobody should go to sleep empty stomach is our culture’, SC in migrant workers’ case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to ensure that food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reach the last person. A bench comprising justices M.R. Shah…
- Telangana
Telangana: Congress demands compensation for migrant workers who died in Qatar
Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) NRI cell has demanded compensation for migrant workers who died in Qatar. The NRI cell has demanded the Central government set up consulates of all…
- Telangana
Telangana: How migrating to Gulf countries has helped rural folk
In Beerpur village of Jagtial district, D Narsiah, 61, works in agriculture fields. He owns around two acres of farm land acquired at a cost of Rs 3 lakh that he managed…
- Middle East
Qatar: 60 migrant workers held for protesting over unpaid salaries
Doha: Qatar has arrested around 60 workers who staged a rare protest over unpaid salaries, and has begun deporting them, according to an NGO working for migrant workers’ rights. Employees of Al…
- Telangana
Telangana: Families of deceased gulf workers seek Rs 5 lakh compensation
Hyderabad: In yet another case of Telangana migrant workers passing away in the Gulf countries, a man belonging to the Jagtial district died of a heart attack in Abu Dhabi. The deceased…
- India
3 rescued, 10 missing in J&K highway tunnel collapse
Jammu: Ten labourers were still missing while three were rescued on Friday in the tunnel collapse accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Ramban district. Police sources said around ten…
- Hyderabad
Watch: Lone survivor of Hyderabad fire tragedy escapes to safety
Hyderabad: Days after the Bhoiguda scrap godown tragedy of March 23, that claimed 11 lives, CCTV footage of the lone survivor surfaced on social media. In the footage, Prem can be seen…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad fire mishap: PM Modi announces 2 lakh ex gratia to fire victims
Hyderabad: Eleven migrant workers from Bihar were charred to death due to a major fire mishap in Secunderabad. As per the details of the incident, the fire broke out at a scrap…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 11 migrant workers killed in major fire accident
Hyderabad: Eleven migrant workers were charred to death in a major fire accident at a scrap godown here in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased workers, all hailing from Bihar, were…
- Middle East
1.68 lakh expats left Kuwait labour market in 2021, Indians top list
Kuwait: More than 168,000 expatriates have left the Kuwait labour market in the first nine months of 2021 with Indians topping the list, local media reported on Wednesday. Among 168,000 expatriates, those…
- India
SC to consider hearing plea seeking food, welfare measures for migrant workers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, said it would consider listing for hearing the fresh plea of activists seeking implementation of an earlier order on ensuring food security and other welfare measures…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Migrant worker dies of torture, 2 cops suspended
A migrant worker in Tamil Nadu’s Chithirai Chavadi due to alleged negligence of the Alamdurai police. The incident took place late in the intervening night of January 11 and 12, wherein a…
