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Meet Manju Devi, the first woman porter of North-West Railways in Jaipur

May 28, 2018 1:17 pm

Encouraged by her mother, Manju Devi acquired her deceased husband Mahadev's porter license no. 15 and took to the demanding task of hauling luggage of passengers at the Jaipur Railway Station in 2013.

Porters get lessons in English to connect with foreigners

October 27, 2014 10:41 am

Porters have welcomed the initiative and said they were enthusiastic about learning the language.

At tribunal door,70 who opted to be gangmen but want to be porters again

July 22, 2010 2:38 am

The Pune wing of the Indian Railway Licensed Porters’ Association has decided to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for the reinstatement of 70 porters-turned-gangmen as porters.

Only two women qualify as porters,one to join today

June 25, 2010 3:52 am

Not far from where young girls are murdered for daring to fall in love outside their caste,another male bastion will crumble on Friday....

Tracking the change

November 02, 2009 4:36 am

The audience sure was a mixed one comprising tourists,porters,rickshaw-wallahs,beggars,passer byes and almost the entire cross section of the society.

Mamata allows gangmen to become porters again

July 15, 2009 6:20 pm

Railways have agreed to allow porters who have become gangmen to return to their old profession.

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