Last Updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 21:26
Delhi government has failed to take proper action for rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has submitted before the Delhi High Court.
Last Updated: Friday, December 17, 2010, 20:58
The govt proposes to amend the contract labourer act to ensure that there is no discrimination against employees working on same post and under similar conditions in terms of wages and facilities.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 19:18
An agriculture labourer who refused to cut the standing crop of soybean of a powerful farmer was dragged for nearly two km by the latter by tying him to a motorcycle and later beaten up till he fainted, police said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 13:30
A non-Manipuri labourer was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Imphal West district of Manipur, police said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 23, 2010, 13:06
A labourer was killed and seven others were injured, one of them seriously, when an under-construction house collapsed due to heavy rains in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district, officials said here Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 16, 2010, 21:39
A migrant labourer was beaten to death allegedly by three workers of a dera here for passing through the pious area in an "inebriated" state, police said today.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 18:59
A carpenter was killed while his helper sustained injuries in an accidental blast inside a military station in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 18:25
One labourer died and another was injured due to gas leak in the Alang ship-breaking yard, police said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 14:27
A contract labourer working for the panchayat in West Midnapore district was found killed by the Maoists on Thursday, police said.
Last Updated: Friday, April 30, 2010, 18:10
The Bihar government would punish those employing children as child labourers, Labour Resources Awadhesh Narayan Singh said today.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 20:03
Riyadh today asked India to raise awareness among its workers about their rights and obligations before they arrive in the kingdom for work.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 14:16
Government on Wednesday claimed that the problem of migrant labourers is being solved gradually through several Bharat Nirman schemes and rural job guarantee programme, NREGA.
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