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Noida Protest 2026: A labour uprising the state refused to understand
The protests that paralysed Noida’s industrial belt in April 2026 exposed not only worsening labour conditions but also the growing tendency of the state to treat democratic labour mobilisation as a law-and-order problem
Maha govt tells HC it will give foodgrains to ration card holders from 11 states
The state government has reached agreement with 11 states and asked them to port ration cards so that migrants stuck in the state can get ration
Dilution of labour rights & protection condemnable: Trade Unions
A joint platform of central trade unions, federations and associations have roundly criticised the total exemption to employers from all labour laws in UP and MP and serious dilution of obligations under labour laws in some states.
ST buses pick up 21,714 stranded migrants from highways: M’tra
Even as horror stories, photos and videos, of disillusioned migrants taking to the highways and clambering on hired trucks and lorries to escape the big city’ were being circulated, between 9 and 11 May, 1,169 buses of the Maharashtra State Transport (ST)ferried 21,714 migrants, of which, 11,866 were ferried by 530 buses on Monday alone
Mumbai’s Covid-19 woes worsen
Probe ordered into hospital keeping dead bodies kept next to patients, even as blood banks are facing a shortage of supply. Also two BDD chawls have been ordered to be sealed for the next week
16 migrant workers run over by train in Aurangabad, Opposition demands answers
Say Central govt alone responsible for tragedy that was completely avoidable
Sixteen migrants killed after cargo train runs over them; railways orders probe
The migrants were exhausted after walking on their way home and slept on the railway line
Dangerous dilution of labour rights underway in UP, MP and Gujarat
CITU calls it “barbarous” and said this will enable factory and business owners “to impose conditions of slavery on the working people”
Migrants may go back home after trade union petitions against government in Karnataka HC
Maharashtra government increases work shifts for labourers from 8 hours to 12 hours per day
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A closer look at the plight of migrants and some solutions for economic recovery
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Keeping the district free of Covid-19 is the biggest challenge for officials now
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