Instant domestic help apps face worker unavailability amid rapid scaling, high competitionInstant domestic help platforms like Urban Company, Snabbit, and Pronto are experiencing worker shortages. This is causing limited availabi...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
West Bengal Assembly Elections: Malda, Murshidabad workers extend Eid stay to voteThousands of migrant workers from Malda and Murshidabad are returning home. They are extending their stay after Eid festivals to cast their...
07 Apr, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
A town divided: Inside Perumbavoor’s migrant flashpoint, where drugs, fear and politics collideA signboard in Perumbavoor, Kerala, warns against drug peddling and prostitution, highlighting tensions between local residents and migrant...
05 Apr, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee announces rehab scheme for migrants 'harassed in BJP-ruled states'West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced 'Sramasree,' a rehabilitation scheme for migrant laborers allegedly mistreated in BJP...
19 Aug, 2025, 12.57 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee launches ‘Sramashree’ scheme to support and rehabilitate returning migrant workers in BengalWest Bengal government introduces 'Sramashree' scheme for migrant workers. Mamata Banerjee announced financial aid of Rs 5,000 per month. T...
18 Aug, 2025, 11.21 PM IST
Rajasthan releases Bengali workers after Mamata govt's interventionWest Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee intervened to release migrant workers held in Rajasthan. These workers from Itahar were allege...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee taking initiatives to bring back migrant labourers stranded in landslide-hit Wayanad: TMCWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading efforts to assist migrant laborers from West Bengal who are stranded in the landslide...
03 Aug, 2024, 05.46 PM IST
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan not implemented in Bengal as state did not provide any info: FMThe minister replied after the issue related to migrant labourers in West Bengal was raised by Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ra...
20 Sep, 2020, 09.29 AM IST
Job scheme for migrants set to reach Chhattisgarh and West Bengal finallyThe move comes after Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh and Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal had pointed out that the states had a lar...
10 Jul, 2020, 07.23 AM IST
West Bengal could not be made beneficiary of migrants' job scheme as TMC government didn't give data: SitharamanAddressing a virtual rally for the people of Bengal, the Union finance minister also slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "her reluct...
28 Jun, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee rejects Amit Shah's charge, says never called 'Shramik' trains 'Corona Express'Mamata Banerjee comments came a day after Shah, addressing a virtual rally for West Bengal, accused Banerjee of "insulting" migrant workers...
10 Jun, 2020, 08.59 PM IST
Frame policy for employment of migrants in home states, suggests SBI reportThe call detail records could give a clear idea of out-migration intensity into districts in states that exhibit a high level of migrant la...
10 Jun, 2020, 07.52 PM IST
Refrain from running regular trains for a month: States to CentreState governments, including Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal have told the Centre that resumption of passenger rail ...
28 May, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
Bihar, WB not giving required clearance to run trains: DeshmukhHe also said a total of 20 lakh migrants, most of them from Bihar and West Bengal, have registered themselves with the Maharashtra governme...
17 May, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
West Bengal govt to bear entire cost of migrants returning home to state by special trains: Mamata BanerjeeBanerjee said on Thursday that her government made arrangements for 105 more trains to bring back people stuck in different parts of the co...
16 May, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
WB govt not allowing trains with migrants to reach state; Shah writes to MamataReferring to the 'Shramik Special' trains being run by the central government to facilitate transport of migrant workers from different par...
09 May, 2020, 02.17 PM IST
Kerala planning legislation to address migrant labourers issueLabour Minister Shibu Baby John informed the assembly here that the draft of the Kerala Migrant Workers Social Security Bill is almost comp...
15 Jul, 2015, 01.37 PM IST