Robot kills a worker in Manesar auto factory

Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 11:24

A young worker in an auto ancillary company was killed by a robot when he was trying to fix a metal sheet that had got dislocated.

Bosch declares lockout at Jaipur plant

Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015, 15:38

Bosch said that it does not expect an immediate impact on its deliveries.

Coal India raises shipments ahead of five-day strike

Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015, 13:03

The company accounts for about 80 percent of India`s total output and worker strikes have previously crippled power plants. Coal fuels 60 percent of the country`s power production.

Facebook adopts worker-friendly management technique

Last Updated: Sunday, December 28, 2014, 17:02

The new guidelines cater to employees` thirst for freedom as well as their aversion to inertia and top-down leadership, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Uttarakhand Congress leader Harish Rawat slaps party worker

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 16:43

Union Minister and front runner for Chief Minister`s post in Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat was caught on camera slapping a Congress worker here on Saturday.

One worker dies, 2 injured during maintenance work on INS Vagli

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 02:50

A conservancy worker died reportedly of asphyxiation and two others became unconscious while carrying out maintenance work in decommissioned submarine INS Vagli at the Chennai Port on Monday.

12-yr-old Hindu domestic worker jumps from 6th floor in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 02:19

A 12-year-old Hindu domestic worker jumped from the sixth floor of a building to save himself from his employer in Pakistan`s southern port city of Karachi.

Man in Delhi kills sex worker for `betraying` him

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 01:07

Selling his house and shop and taking loans at heavy rates of interest rates to help a sex worker whom he loved and wanted to marry to pay her debts, a man saw red when she still refused to live with him and murdered her, police said Monday.

Worker abuse by diplomats a problem, advocates say

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 00:13

The arrest of an Indian consular official in New York for allegedly forcing her maid to toil for little pay has highlighted a problem advocates say is all too common workers for foreign governments who bring along the baggage of human trafficking to the US.

Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:54

Israel launched a series of air strikes on Tuesday on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian, Hamas officials said.

North Carolina social worker arrested after child cuffed to porch

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:14

A North Carolina social worker is under arrest after a foster child was found cuffed by the ankle to her front porch with a dead chicken hanging from around his neck.