US asks India to make strong anti-trafficking law
June 20th, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 20 (IANS) A US report accusing India of being a source, destination, and transit country for forced labour and sex trafficking, has asked New Delhi to develop a ... Read more...
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Recycling saris turns into booming industry (With Images)
February 26th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 26 (IANS) Necessity is the mother of invention. When the war against pollution to save the Taj Mahal affected many factories and jobs here in the 1990s, hundreds ... Read more...
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Use of child labour in households growing: Child Rights Commission
January 30th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Pointing to a rise in child labour in domestic units, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is seeking to bring households under the ... Read more...
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Protect northeast’s wetlands, lakes: Environmentalists
May 10th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 10 (IANS) Three of northeast India's most important ecosystems - Rudrasagar Lake in Tripura, Deepor Beel in Assam and Loktak Lake in Manipur - face serious threats from ... Read more...
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Two human traffickers held in Chhattisgarh
April 28th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Two people, including a woman, were arrested in this Chhattisgarh capital for allegedly trying to traffic a 22-year-old woman to a red light area for "a ... Read more...
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Coal reserves found in Tripura
November 29th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 29 (IANS) The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found huge coal reserves in the northeastern state of Tripura, officials said here Monday."We have found coal reserves of sub-bitumen grade ... Read more...
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Punjab brick kiln owners demand review of Bonded Labor Act
September 22nd, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, Sep. 22 (ANI): Agitated over a rapidly increasing influence of mafia in the labour community and their misuse of the Bonded Labor Act, the Brick Kiln owners of ... Read more...
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Sharp decline in labour exodus, says Chhattisgarh
September 7th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 7 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Tuesday said the number of people migrating out of the state in search of jobs has seen a sharp decline, but the opposition dismissed this ... Read more...
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Haryana increases minimum wages for workers
August 20th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (IANS) The Haryana government Friday raised the minimum wages of workers in the state by Rs.134 retrospectively from July 1.
Announcing this, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the increase ... Read more...
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US puts India on trafficking watch list for 7th year
June 14th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 14 (IANS) The United States has placed India on its second worst category on human trafficking for the seventh consecutive year, saying the latter has done significant work ... Read more...
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Old police horses trot off to sanctuary’s comfort (Feature with images)
March 31st, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Sugandha Pathak and Shweta Srinivasan
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Beautiful stallions and sturdy mares that once worked for Delhi Police but are now injured or too old find a perfect retirement ... Read more...
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White coal becomes a popular fuel source in Rajasthan
January 13th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur, Jan 13 (ANI): The production of white coal (Briquettes made of Biomass) using agricultural and forest waste has become popular in Rajasthan, with more then 50 units devoted to produce it ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh workers held ‘hostage’ in other states: minister
January 12th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) As many as 96 workers from Chhattisgarh are being held "hostages" in several states of the country where they went to work as labourers at brick kilns, ... Read more...
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Bollywood celebs raise voice against child trafficking
November 6th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Katrina Kaif and Suneil Shetty are among the Bollywood celebrities who have pledged support to a movement, Against Child ... Read more...
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Child labour ban mostly on paper
October 14th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) It's a familiar sight. A child, wearing clothes too big for his frame, scrubbing pots in a roadside restaurant or serving food. An RTI enquiry ... Read more...
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Power to be generated from wheat chipping
August 4th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 4 (IANS) A Karnataka-based company will set up a bio-gas plant in Madhya Pradesh to produce power from 'bhusa' (wheat chaff) and corn stems.
ASN Industries will set up the 7.5 ... Read more...
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58 bonded labourers rescued from brick kilns in Haryana
February 18th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 58 bonded labourers along with 123 members of their families have been rescued from brick kilns in Haryana after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ... Read more...
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ONGC launches Rs.44-bn project in Tripura
January 6th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 6 (IANS) India's premier hydrocarbons exploration company, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), has undertaken a Rs.43.76-billion project in Tripura to boost gas output, the company said here Tuesday."The investment ... Read more...
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Air pollution at dangerous level in Noida, Ghaziabad
December 21st, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Noida/Ghaziabad Dec 21 (IANS) The air pollution has touched dangerous levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) towns of Noida and Ghaziabad due to increase in vehicular traffic and industrial growth, officials ... Read more...
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Pak-based terror groups opening of its gates was carefully orchestrated
December 5th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Muridke (Pakistan), Dec.5 (ANI): A Pakistani terrorist group blamed for last weeks attack on Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people and injured nearly 300, opened its gates to outsiders and reporters ... Read more...
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Pak-based terror group opens its gates to protest innocence on Mumbai attacks
December 5th, 2008 - 10:48 am ICT by ANI
Muridke (Pakistan), Dec.5 (ANI): A Pakistani terrorist group blamed for last weeks attack on Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people and injured nearly 300, opened its gates to outsiders and reporters ... Read more...
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23 killed in Assam bus accident
October 14th, 2008 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 40 others injured early Tuesday when an overcrowded bus hit a stationary truck in Assam's Dhubri district, police said.The accident took ... Read more...
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Dance, tribalism fuse in artist Niladri Paul’s works
September 29th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The verdant Sal trees along the confluence of the Subarnarekha and Kharkhai rivers in Jharkhand's Chhotanagpur hills after the monsoon, the azure skies and the Santhali tribals ... Read more...
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Tripura’s Rudrasagar lake to be conserved
September 8th, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 8 (IANS) Among three wetlands in the northeast that will be conserved under a Rs.150-million government project is Tripura's Rudrasagar lake, large parts of which have been encroached upon despite ... Read more...
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Mystery fever forcing mass exodus from villages around Kanpur
September 3rd, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by ANI
Kanpur , Sept 3 (ANI): A mystery fever that has claimed more than hundred lives in past four weeks in Kanpur , is forcing mass exodus from the villages in its ... Read more...
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Mystery disease forces mass exodus from Uttar Pradesh villages
September 1st, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, Sep 1 (IANS) Villages around Kanpur, which have seen a mysterious fever claiming over 140 lives in the past four weeks, are now witnessing a mass exodus.In the worst affected Ghaar ... Read more...
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Monsoon brings natives back to Chhattisgarh soil
June 21st, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, June 21 (IANS) Every year the monsoon sows new life in the soil of Chhattisgarh. And it does one other magical thing. With the rains, the migrant sons and ... Read more...
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Now, militants target brick kiln workers in Manipur
June 14th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by ANI
Imphal, June 14 (ANI): The activities of militant organisations have hit all sections ofManipuri society. Be they businessmen, medical professionals, teachers, students or farmers, everybody has suffered because of the daily ... Read more...
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Large migration causing trouble for the aged in Orissas Bolangir district
May 19th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by admin
Bolangir (Orissa), May 19 (ANI): Faced by poverty and droughts, Orissas Bolangir district has always been challenged by problems like starvation deaths or child trafficking. But the latest problem is caused ... Read more...
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‘Haryana not responsible for poverty of other states’
April 13th, 2008 - 10:22 am ICT by admin
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Prospering Haryana has washed its hands off the welfare of migrant labourers there, asserting it is not responsible for the poverty of other states, says ... Read more...
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One killed, five injured in Assam blast
March 11th, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, March 11 (IANS) At least one person was killed and five injured in a powerful explosion Tuesday at a crowded marketplace in Assam, the latest in a wave of attacks by ... Read more...
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Labourers’ kids being educated at brick kiln sites in Haryana
February 25th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
Jhajjar (Haryana), Feb.25 (ANI): Brick kiln labourers in Haryana can now provide school education to their kids without bothering to send them to distant places for the same, for the State Government ... Read more...
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