Union Minister Nityanand Rai hailed the reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and said that the poor people, farmers, labourers, and the middle class will benefit from the tax cuts.
The Vegetable Association Union President, Budhi Prakash Sharma, said that the loss is estimated to be in crores of rupees. Many labourers have lost their jobs, exacerbating the economic strain on these vendors.
Rudraprayag has experienced heavy rainfall, causing the Mandakini River's water level to rise and a cloudburst in Vasu Kedar. While the village remains mostly safe, damage has been reported in the Chenagarh market area. Eight labourers, including Nepalis, are missing under debris. Damaged ro
Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights has exposed systematic exploitation, human rights abuses, and gender-based violence in the country's brick kilns, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
Through the portal, real-time monitoring of the activities of 18 Atal residential schools in the state will be conducted. The CM said that this initiative is a historic step towards providing modern, quality, and disciplined education to the children of labourers.
"Your vote is your right. Ambani and Adani do not need votes, but the youth, farmers, labourers, the poor, and the backwards class of Bihar need the right to vote. They want to snatch everything from you. First, they are snatching your votes, then they will snatch your ration card, land,
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports concerning the death of three labourers in a building collapse in Delhi's Daryaganj area on August 20, 2025.
According to the report, Balochistan witnessed a sharp escalation of state violence in the first half of the year. HRCB documented 814 cases of enforced disappearances, nearly equalling the total number recorded in all of 2024. The victims included students, activists, labourers, and ordinar
Flooding from the Hunza Shisper Glacier in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan has blocked the Karakoram Highway, damaged homes, farmland, and infrastructure, and stranded travellers. Over 50 labourers narrowly escaped rising waters, while residents face shortages of essentials. Officials
"When RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete) for slab was being put in, it collapsed. The labourers who were working suffered minor injuries. They were 15-16 in number."
Following a series of flash floods and a massive mudslide that struck Dharali village and the Indian Army's South Harsil Camp, left eight Army personnel and 30-40 labourers missing as per Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, Army Commander of the Central Command.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, along with other Opposition MPs, joined the protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the "arrest of labourers in BJP-ruled states" outside Parliament.