Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the rumours started spreading a day after he spoke about the need for a united national-level alliance against the BJP.
Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday arrested a migrant worker from Jharkhand for allegedly making and sharing a fake video which claimed that locals thrashed workers.
Karur District Collector Dr T Prabhushankar IAS and SP E Sundaravathanam on Monday made the announcement while releasing a video to create awareness among migrant workers to ensure their safety.
Members of Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam on Tuesday filed a complaint against Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan, a day after he met Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi over "rumoured" attacks on migrant labourers, in Coimbatore district of the southern state.
Avadi Police have registered an FIR against News Portal 'Opindia.com' for spreading false news and creating a sense of fear among migrant workers in Tamil Nadu.
Stepping up the investigation into the rumours of the alleged 'attack' on the Bihar migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, the police of both states have swung into action with the Bihar Police issuing the preservation notice to social media platforms while the Tamil Nadu Police is conducting the
Amid the row over alleged attacks on the state's migrant workers from Bihar, Tamil Nadu's minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development, CV Ganesan, on Monday said the DMK government was in the process of conducting a census of its migrant workforce.
Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over 'rumoured attacks' on migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Sunday said that this was done through a manufactured agenda and that this fake news factory should be shut.
Migrant labourers are leaving Tamil Nadu because of the Holi festival and also the rumours of attacks on migrant labourers, said S Vineeth, Trippur District Collector on Sunday.
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