NHAI to create a pool of skilled construction workersThe plan is to partner with the construction companies to impart skills training through ITIs with the National Highways Authority of India...
04 Feb, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
After Jajpur, fresh detentions of Bengal migrants in Odisha"The 16 migrant workers have been kept in a school Kendrapara since Tuesday midnight. All these workers hail from Murshidabad districts and...
21 Nov, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
Chennai Weather: City wakes to heavy showers, IMD rings orange, yellow alerts several districts in Tamil Nadu; check full listChennai Weather Forecast: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued weather alerts for Tamil Nadu and Odisha, forecasting rain, ...
22 Aug, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee slams Odisha over Digha temple rowWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticizes the Odisha government. This follows a controversy over the Digha Jagannath Dham templ...
05 May, 2025, 10.12 PM IST
ESIC approves Rs 1,128 crore for construction of 7 hospitalsThe seven ESI Hospitals will be constructed at Harohalli, Narsapura, Bommasandra (Karnataka), Merrut, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Pithampur (...
06 Mar, 2024, 03.22 PM IST
Jharkhand wants labour safety MoU with 10 statesThe draft MoU, accessed by ET, says an inter-state coordination committee comprising representatives of both states, experts and stakeholde...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
Patnaik expresses concern over workers from Odisha trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel collapseOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed concern over the situation in Uttarakhand where several workers, including some from the sta...
13 Nov, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
Over 1 crore informal workers registered on e-Shram portalThe government targets to register an estimated 38 crore unorganised workers (UW) in the country, including the migrant workers as it inten...
19 Sep, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Over 1 million man-days of work generated under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan: RailwaysThe railway has identified many rail works being executed under this scheme. They include construction and maintenance of approach roads fo...
27 Sep, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Generated over 9 lakh mandays of work under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in six states: RailwaysTill September 18, 12,276 workers have been engaged in the scheme and the payment of Rs 2056.97 crore has been released to the contractors ...
20 Sep, 2020, 03.24 PM IST
Realty developers seek Indian Railways’ support for migrant workers’ returnWhile workers are returning, the number needs to improve to resume complete construction work and additional transport facilities can impro...
04 Sep, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh holds nationwide protest against changes in labour laws by states“In a memorandum sent to the President Ram Nath Kovind, the BMS has urged the government to negate all anti-labour acts of the state govern...
20 May, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
Kaleshwaram tunnel collapse in Telengana kills sevenWhile six workers, from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Telangana, died on the spot, another succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
21 Sep, 2017, 10.51 AM IST
Labourers prime movers of development process: Naveen Patnaik"The workers make contributions in every level of development. They are the prime movers in the process of development and real backbone of...
01 May, 2016, 03.55 PM IST
States spend one-fifth of Rs 25,000-crore construction cess on welfareThe minister said that the responsibility of collecting cess and its utilisation for welfare of construction workers lies with the respecti...
24 Feb, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
Odisha government announces monthly pension for construction workersSuch workers would get assistance up to Rs 50,000 to meet treatment cost in case of grievous work related injuries outside the state, Patna...
21 Feb, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Odisha government announces incentives for construction workersNaveen Patnaik has also announced that the minimum period to get assistance to buy a bicycle for a construction worker has been reduced to ...
08 Jan, 2015, 05.12 PM IST