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A 31-year-old migrant worker from Chhattisgarh was tragically lynched in Kerala's Palakkad district after being falsely suspected of theft while appearing mentally disoriented. (File)

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

Police said a case has been registered under the Arms Act on a complaint from the school headmaster

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

Calcutta High Court Migrant workers pushed into bangladesh

‘Hasty action… bring them back in 4 weeks’: Calcutta HC to Centre on 2 families pushed into Bangladesh

September 27, 2025 3:17 am

The court also rejected the Centre’s request for a stay on the order

Victim Prince Kumar Facebook (Express Photo)

How a laughing emoji on a Facebook story ‘led’ to 20-year-old’s death in Gujarat

September 24, 2025 4:20 pm

The death was an unexpected development in the case, where the accused, who were 20-year-old migrant workers from the same village as the victim, had initially only been served summons notices

‘Pushed back’, pregnant Bengal woman now lands up in jail in Bangladesh; slapped with Foreigners Act

August 23, 2025 10:25 am

This comes close on the heels of detentions of Bengali migrant labourers in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh during the drive to nab illegal Bangladeshis

Thursday’s violence between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) was the fourth such incident this year for which FIRs have been registered at Boileauganj Police Station.

Migrant workers in disasters: Himachal University student’s study uncovers gaps in relief policies in state

July 31, 2025 2:05 pm

The study by a Himachal Pradesh University student explores how systemic responses can be redesigned to include migrant voices and address their realities.

After Mamata posts ‘torture’ of Malda woman by cops, Delhi Police questions her, says no proof of her claims

July 29, 2025 5:15 am

Relatives of the family in Chanchal, in West Bengal’s Malda district, lodged a complaint with the local police on Sunday night

Workers from Bengal detained in Chhattisgarh, Mahua Moitra targets state govt, police

July 15, 2025 7:11 am

While a habeas corpus petition was filed on Monday before the Chhattisgarh High Court, the Kondagaon police told The Indian Express that the labourers had been freed on Monday evening

Calcutta HC seeks report from Home ministry on workers’ ‘detention in Delhi, deportation to Bangladesh’

July 12, 2025 4:11 am

The Court has directed the authorities to submit detailed information regarding Sweety and Danish's families, whether they had been detained or are missing?