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2 workers killed, 3 injured as soil caves in at Bengaluru underpass site
August 12, 2026 10:52 am
According to the police, the cave-in at the BDA Kanteerava Studio underpass occurred when workers were removing accumulated water before reinforced concrete work was to begin.
In Kashmir for better pay, the 2 migrants who never made it home
August 02, 2026 6:07 am
2 migrant workers from Chhattisgarh who travelled to Jammu and Kashmir in search of work were killed on Saturday, leaving behind grieving families.
2 migrant workers from Chhattisgarh killed in Kashmir terror attack
August 01, 2026 12:19 pm
Two labourers from Chhattisgarh were shot at point-blank range on Friday in the second terror attack witnessed in the Valley in July.
Bihar migrant worker 'ends life' in Surat
June 14, 2026 7:09 pm
Police identified the deceased as Mohammed Kaif (24), who hailed from Siwan in Bihar and was working as an electrician in a multinational company at Hazira for the past month.
Behind month of labour shortage in Kerala: Elections in Bengal and Assam, SIR ‘fears’
April 23, 2026 7:34 am
Some industries, such as plywood, operate almost entirely with migrant workers, most of whom are from West Bengal, where elections are set to take place on April 23 and 29.
Roundtable in Pune pushes coordinated welfare access for migrant sugarcane workers
February 17, 2026 10:27 pm
Awareness among workers remains low, and access to services is often unclear.
Firing on Bihar migrants in Moga: 2 shooters held after encounter; police say ‘conspiracy by foreign handler’
February 16, 2026 4:11 am
The Moga police say they have identified the person who made the Instagram video of the attack on migrants.
5 held for beating Chhattisgarh man to death in Kerala
December 20, 2025 1:15 am
Police say Ramnarayan Baghel, 31, was questioned on camera by a group of men before being assaulted on suspicion of theft
9 Bengali-speaking migrant workers detained by Odisha police ‘to check Bangladeshi links’
November 27, 2025 1:59 pm
‘Though they have voter identity cards and Aadhaar cards with Murshidabad addresses, we have sought their call detail records to ascertain whether they are in touch with people from Bangladesh,’ says the Bhadrak SP.
‘Villagers pool in money’ as political leaders promise help to bring bodies of six migrant labourers who died in fire near Bengaluru
October 12, 2025 10:52 am
A gas leak at a temporary shelter on October 6 left six construction workers dead, one still fighting for life
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'Nativist' labour laws should be struck down, say experts — IE thinc Migration
June 28, 2021 3:59 pm
In the second edition of Thinc Migration, organised by The Indian Express, the panelists examined whether states are able to take care of those who migrate within their own borders.
‘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.
Workers battle economic crisis during Covid restrictions in Kolkata
June 14, 2021 2:54 pm
The restrictions imposed to tackle the spread of the pandemic has added to the woes of the economically weaker sections of the society, with migrant workers being badly hit.
Maharashtra curfew: Night curbs kick in, migrant workers return home
April 06, 2021 11:56 am
Maharashtra Night Curfew rules: Maharashtra after curfew implemented on Monday observed closed shops and migrant workers rushing back to their native places.
Sea of migrants keen to return home gather outside Mumbai’s Bandra station
April 14, 2020 10:34 pm
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3, a large number of migrant labourers came out on road in Mumbai’s Bandra demanding transportation arrangements to go to their native places.
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