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A link road connecting a remote village in Spiti Valley, where local daily-wage workers were employed for road maintenance. (File Photo)

After keeping Spiti’s roads alive, daily-wage workers win in court but remain without work

July 29, 2026 6:29 am

For years they repaired roads linking some of India’s most remote villages. Three years after being orally disengaged, PWD muster roll workers have secured favourable Labour Court awards, but the department plans to challenge the verdict.

Anurag Thakur, Anurag Thakur Cabinet briefing

Focus on tribal, LWE-hit areas as Cabinet extends plans to boost rural connectivity

November 17, 2021 10:52 pm

As per one of the decisions, 7,287 villages from 44 aspirational districts in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Odisha will get mobile connectivity with new telecom towers.

Pak jets pound militant hideouts, kill at least 37

June 17, 2014 1:17 am

The air strikes are part of a long-awaited operation against foreign and local militants in North Waziristan, an essentially lawless tribal region.

Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills 28

November 26, 2011 1:07 pm

Pak blames NATO for attack,says helicopters 'carried out unprovoked and indiscriminate firing.'

10 militants killed in US drone strike in northwest Pak

September 08, 2010 12:25 pm

The area is a stronghold of Hafiz Gul Bahadur,blamed for attacks on NATO,US forces in Afghanistan.

Four militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal region

March 31, 2010 10:06 am

Four suspected militants were killed in a US drone attack in the troubled north Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Wednesday,official sources said.

Son of Jalaluddin Haqqani killed in US drone attack

February 19, 2010 3:03 pm

A son of senior Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani was killed in a US drone strike in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan.