Construction Workers

Coronavirus Outbreak: Sonia Gandhi writes to Narendra Modi, seeks emergency welfare measures for construction workers

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll out "emergency welfare measures" for construction sector workers whose livelihood has been affected due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Kailash Vijayvargiya says suspicious of workers' nationality because of 'strange' eating habits; Opposition says comments reflect BJP's racist, communal mindset

The ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition Congress and CPM in West Bengal on Friday criticised BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for calling the eating habits of the construction workers employed at his residence as "strange" and doubting their nationality based on it.

Rakhine rebels abduct 31 after storming Myanmar bus; colonel says insurgents mistook citizens for armed forces

'We are still following them', Colonel Win Zaw Oo said, adding that the insurgents may have mistaken the firemen for members of the armed forces

No country for construction workers: Two decades after first legislation, fight for compensation and identification goes on

Lack of consolidated data on construction workers' deaths is one of the reasons why the country is still unaware of how mainstream this problem is.

Demonetisation: Construction workers return home as cash crunch heightens

Property enquiries, meanwhile, have slumped by 80 percent around the Indian capital since the cash crackdown, according to property portal 99acres

Drought-hit Marathwada migrants triple their incomes in Mumbai; rise above poverty: Report

Despite the rough conditions, migrants from Marathwada earn enough money in Mumbai’s construction industry to climb above the poverty line.

Govt believes 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq are still alive: Swaraj

Swaraj made statements in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha after reports claimed that the 39 Indians captured in Iraq had been killed by the Islamic State.

Govt sources say abducted Indians in Iraq still alive: Sushma Swaraj

Swaraj also said that two officers well-versed in Arabic have been appointed to track this in Iraq.

Special investigation team to probe Chennai building collapse

The SIT probe in the building collapse case is in addition to the inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) R Raghupathy that was announced by Jayalalithaa last week.

11 killed as wall collapses in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu

Rescue efforts are underway, one boy was pulled out of the rubble alive.