Jim Sarbh, Boman Irani join ‘paisa vasool’ chat to raise funds for Covid-affected
Actor Viraf Patell has initiated an interactive project to raise funds for people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and he has roped in industry friends...
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K’taka distributes 15 lakh food packets to migrant labourers
Bengaluru, April 22 (IANS) With the help of Civil Defene Corps (CDC), the Karnataka government distributed a whopping 15 lakh food packets to thousands of...
K’taka assures wages, ration to migrant labourers
Bengaluru, April 20 (IANS) Stranded due to lockdown extension and worried over their families back home, about 4,000 migrant workers from 4-5 northern states have...
Yogi govt to provide jobs to migrant labourers
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to provide jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to all those...
Bengal to give Rs 1000 to stranded migrant labourers from the state
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government will pay Rs 1,000 as pocket money to migrant labourers from the state who are stranded in...
Centre asks states to help migrant labourers
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Just days after a sea of migrant workers was seen in Mumbai’s Bandra area, the central government, here on Thursday,...
Making all efforts to shield labourers from distress: Gopal Rai
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) With the lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic affecting most sectors of the economy, Delhi Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai said, here...
Will distribute food to migrant labourers during lockdown: DIAL
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) GMR-led Delhi International Airport will distribute food to migrant labourers till the end of lockdown period, its CEO said on...
Construction firms in Cyberabad warned over migrant labourers
Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) The Cyberabad police on Wednesday warned construction companies and labour supervisors of legal action if they fail to counsel migrant labourers...
Trying my best to help daily wage labourers in my area: Shami
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) India pacer Mohammed Shami is doing everything he can to help daily wage workers in his home town in Amroha, Uttar...
In Kerala they are ‘guests’ and not migrant labourers
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) It was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who coined the name ‘guest labourers’ and since then in government parlance, the migrant labourers...
Bengal captain Easwaran comes out to help migrant labourers
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Bengal skipper and India ‘A’ opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has donated Rs 2.5 lakh to the police in his hometown in Dehradun...
Farmers, labourers reeling under lockdown woes: Deve Gowda
Bengaluru, April 11 (IANS) Terming the sudden 21-day lockdown hasty and unplanned, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Saturday...
Smriti’s help brings succour to Amethi labourers stuck in Wayanad (Ld)
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Thirty-five migrant workers, including many from Amethi, left stranded in Karuvarakundu in Malappuram district of Kerala amid the nationwide lockdown got...
Smriti’s help brings succour to Amethi labourers stuck in Wayanad
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Thirty-five migrant workers, including many from Amethi, left stranded in Karuvarakundu in Malappuram district of Kerala amid the nationwide lockdown were...
Address the grievances of migrant labourers: Govt to states
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed all states and union territories to take appropriate action to...
K’taka shelters labourers in relief camps to halt migration (IANS Special)
Bengaluru, April 1 (IANS) Enforcing the 21-day lockdown strictly for containing coronavirus spread, Karnataka sheltered hundreds of workers, including daily wagers and construction labourers in...
Fake news triggered labourers’ migration, can’t be ignored: SC
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its satisfaction with the measures taken by the Centre to contain the spread of...
Treat labourers with dignity, they build India: Congress
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) A day after the migrant workers were sprayed with chemical in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, the Congress on Tuesday slammed the...
Migrating labourers disrupt production; retailers fear shortage of essential items (IANS Exclusive)
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) As grocery stores, across the country, are grappling with panic buying and dwindling supplies of fresh stocks, the exodus of...