As many as four labourers were killed while working at the Kudargadhi Aluminium Plant in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, after the plant's coal bunker fell down after got overfilled, officials said on Sunday.
The Indian Army has rescued two labourers trapped while carrying out clearance of a choked stream in Khongsang while the search operation is still underway to find a missing labourer, said the Indian Army in an official statement.
The Ministry has issued a letter to all State Governments, urging them to include migrant workers, construction workers, beedi workers, cine workers, non-coal mine workers, contract labourers, and other unorganised workers in the housing scheme.
The incident occurred in Choral locality under the jurisdiction of Simrol police station in the district. Among the five dead people, four were labourers and a contractor.
In a tragic incident, five persons- four labourers and a contractor, died after the roof of an under construction resort collapsed in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Friday, an official said.
In a major rescue operation, in coordination with Seelampur SDM, Department Of Labour, Revenue Department and 'NGO Sahyog- Care For You', 18 children between the age group of 11-17 years have been rescued. They were employed in a jute bag manufacturing factory and printing work in the area o
West Bengal Labour Minister Moloy Ghatak informed the assembly that 242 migrant labourers from the state have been stranded in landslide-hit Wayanad district in Kerala.
The consumer price inflation (CPI) for agricultural labourers (AL) and rural labourers (RL) has surged to 7.02 per cent and 7.04 per cent year-on-year in June 2024, highlights the latest data from the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Congress on Thursday said that multiple data sources, including government's own official statistics, show that "workers can buy less today than they could 10 years ago" and the Union Budget offers a chance to provide "justice to labourers" by guaranting a nationwide minimum wage of Rs 400 p
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday attended the 'Khatamuhurt' (foundation stone laying) programme under the 'Shramik Basera Yojana' at Jagatpur in Ahmedabad.
"Today in India, everyone from daily wage labourers to government employees are in dire straits - some due to inflation, unemployment, and some due to government negligence," Rahul Gandhi said.