India watches, Pakistan acts: The optics war Delhi is losingPakistan's diplomatic engagement with Iran is earning praise, contrasting with India's cautious stance. Pakistan's efforts are creating opp...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.34 AM IST
Rohini tragedy: Drunk labourer dies after falling into open sewer manhole in Delhi; pulled out next dayA labourer tragically died after falling into an open sewer manhole in Rohini's Begumpur area. The 30-year-old man, Birju Kumar, was report...
11 Feb, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Vasant Vihar wall collapse: 3 bodies found, toll in rain-related incidents in Delhi rises to 8In Vasant Vihar, Delhi, heavy rains triggered the collapse of an under-construction wall on Friday, claiming the lives of three labourers. ...
29 Jun, 2024, 10.17 AM IST
'Centre unaffected by deaths,' says Rahul Gandhi, on 'no data on migrant labourer deaths'Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar told the Lok Sabha on Monday that the government does not have data on the number of migrants who die...
15 Sep, 2020, 12.43 PM IST
Govt approves ex-gratia compensation for FCI officials in case of deathAnnouncing this, the union minister for food and consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the government is committed to provid...
10 Apr, 2020, 08.45 PM IST
Demonetisation move poorly executed: Ajay MakenAddressing the gathering of Delhi State Traders Congress at Bara Tooti Chowk in Sadar Bazar, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken alleged th...
17 Nov, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
Plight of tea garden workers in North Bengal raised in Lok SabhaA BJP member in Lok Sabha today highlighted the pitiable condition of tea garden labourers in West Bengal, saying 2000 of them have died si...
22 Dec, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
NHRC issues notice to DMRC over labourer's deathNHRC has issued a notice to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) over reports of a labourer's death and injuries to another due to negligenc...
07 Aug, 2015, 07.16 PM IST
527 Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawans died since 2010 while manning Indo-China borderAs many as 109 ITBP personnel died in 2010, 96 in 2011, 118 in 2012 and 123 in 2013. 81 personnel have died so far in 2014.
06 Aug, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
Delhi govt pays Rs 3.5 lakh each to families of labourersThe incident was reported by a newspaper on June 22, 2012 and the Commission had taken suo moto cognizance of the same and issued notices t...
27 May, 2014, 08.33 PM IST
Oscar Fernandes to hold additional charge of LabourOla, who had assumed charge of the Ministry in June this year, died in a Gurgaon hospital yesterday.
16 Dec, 2013, 10.29 PM IST
45 workers died at Commonwealth Games' sites: Government to Lok SabhaAs many as 45 workers died at the sites of Commonwealth Games during 2008 to 2010, the Lok Sabha was informed.
20 Aug, 2013, 04.42 PM IST
- How many died in CWG projects? Govt doesn't know
Answering an RTI application filed by the People's Union for Democratic Rights in August, the labour department did not offer any consolida...
23 Oct, 2010, 02.56 AM IST
- Accident at Punjabi Bagh Delhi Metro site, 1 dead
A labourer died when a beam fell on him at a Metro construction site in Punjabi Bagh, the third incident in two weeks. Metro mishaps: Delhi...
22 Jul, 2009, 10.35 AM IST
Five killed in Metro bridge collapse in DelhiFive labourers were killed and 15 others injured, two of them seriously, when an under- construction over-bridge of the Delhi Metro collaps...
12 Jul, 2009, 10.02 AM IST
- 48 die while building Sikkim hydel power projects
48 people died during the construction of 510 MW hydro electricity project at Dikchu in East district in Sikkim.
16 Nov, 2008, 03.08 PM IST
- Govt mulls social security tax
The government is examining a proposal to impose a social security tax for the welfare of workers in unorganised sector.
13 Aug, 2007, 07.00 PM IST