A day after Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai held the ruling DMK party responsible for the ongoing stir over alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the State, the police have booked him on charges of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups.
In a bid to allay the fear of migrant labourers, working in Tamil Nadu, triggered after several "fake" videos of attacks on them surfaced on social media, the State Governor RN Ravi on Sunday said that North Indian workers need not panic as the State government is committed to providing them
IAS Jagannathan said, "This false propaganda is being carried out to disrupt the relationship between the two states without citing the intelligence agency."
Officials of Tamil Nadu Police have booked four persons, including journalists and a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in connection with the spreading of "false" news over an attack on Bihar-based migrant labourers, creating statewide panic.
A 4-member team reached Chennai on Saturday and participated in a meeting with Chennai District Collector, Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Labour Department and other government officials in connection with the matter.
In a bid to dial down the panic among migrant labourers, working in Tamil Nadu, the Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) and Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) released a joint statement and said that the videos, showing the attack on Bihar-based migrant workers, are false.
Days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged concerns over alleged attacks on migrant labourers from his state working in Tamil Nadu, K Baskaran, secretary of the Kakkalur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (KIEMA) termed the CM's claim as "fake and false", adding that su
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that a four-member team from the State will visit Tamil Nadu to take stock of the attack on migrant labourers incident.
Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare and Skill Development Minister CV Ganesan said that there is no truth in news on social media that labours from north India are being attacked in parts of Tamil Nadu and assured that appropriate action will be taken against those spreading such news.
There is an urgent need to focus on the welfare of the working class, said Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein during the valedictory session of the 63rd Labour Economics Conference under the Indian Society of Labour Economics at Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, Papum Pare i
Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) JS Gangwar on Friday informed that the Tamil Nadu Police has said that videos circulating on social media showing alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the state were "false" and "misleading".
The Director, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat felicitated aspiring young women entrepreneurs from Pulwama on the completion of their training conducted under Mission Youth's Tejaswini livelihood scheme at the Pampore campus.