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2 children die in Bengaluru shed fire; police point to materials stored inside
May 12, 2026 4:32 pm
The kids—migrant labourers’ children aged 3 and 5—died after a fire broke out in a shed in Bengaluru’s K Narayanapura on Monday afternoon.
7 kids, pregnant woman among 11 injured in LPG blast in Haryana’s Yamunanagar
April 09, 2026 3:49 pm
The LPG cylinder blast occurred inside a house that comprises multiple rooms occupied by migrant labourers in Haryana's Salempur village.
As 13 Jharkhand migrant labourers reach home, Morbi tiles factory issued notice over non-payment of wages
October 04, 2025 11:35 pm
The labourers were hired by the Morbi-based firm Agilis Vitrified Pvt Ltd located in Rangpar village, through a contractor from Odisha and had started working from August 30
‘What do I tell our children?’: 5 from Jharkhand abducted by armed men in West Africa's Niger, a desperate wait for families back home
May 04, 2025 8:41 am
The migrant workers, all belonging to Jharkhand’s Giridih district, are employed with Kalpataru Projects International Limited, a company focused on power transmission and distribution and urban infrastructure projects.
Police crack down on landlords not sharing info on migrant jewellery artisans, 55 cases filed this month
August 23, 2024 7:17 am
On Wednesday, seven cases were registered at Rajkot’s B Division police station after a team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) raided multiple premises on Sant Kabir Road.
Look into complaints over payment from NGO providing food at shelters: Delhi L-G to Chief Secy
April 29, 2023 9:37 pm
After the pandemic hit, NGO Akshay Patra Foundation was providing food at homeless shelters.
World Cup fans could bring political tensions to quiet Qatar
October 21, 2022 10:01 pm
Qatar, the first Arab or Muslim nation to host a World Cup, is a wealthy and politically stable outlier in the volatile Middle East. Citizens enjoy generous cradle-to-grave welfare paid for by its gas riches
In Himachal, a drive on to register all migrant labourers
August 25, 2022 10:30 pm
As per the officials, an analysis of complaints showed that several migrants were found to have committed crimes and then fleeing to their respective home states.
Job promises 'fake', 'anywhere but here' for UP migrant hub
February 27, 2022 6:31 pm
With migration from UP highest in its poorly developed eastern regions, the issue of jobs has been coming up in speeches. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that his government has created more than 4 lakh jobs.
‘Only the rich can work from home’: At Gurgaon’s labour chowk, Covid disruptions push daily-wagers to the brink
January 25, 2022 8:44 am
Dispelling rumours of another lockdown amid a spike in Covid cases, the deputy commissioner had on January 12 issued a statement saying that the situation was under control and a lockdown was not required. The DC had appealed to migrant workers not to panic and not pay heed to rumours.
MIGRANT LABOURERS PHOTOS
‘You cannot build a skilled society on low-cost labour’ — IE thinc Migration
June 28, 2021 3:59 pm
At the inaugural Indian Express Thinc Migration series, panelists discussed the migrant labourers crisis in India, spurred on by the pandemic-induced nation-wide lockdown.
Migrant workers return to national capital as lockdown restrictions ease
August 08, 2020 12:44 pm
A large number of migrant workers left for their home states after a nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25 in view of the rising cases of novel coronavirus infection in the country.
Migrants continue to walk thousands of miles to reach home
May 26, 2021 8:13 am
In a bid to ferry more migrants, the Railways on Monday decided to carry around 1,700 passengers on board its ‘Shramik Special’ trains instead of the current 1,200.
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