Labourers  

In the accident, 12 persons died on the spot while two others succumbed in the hospital. The condition of two others admitted to the Mahabubnagar government hospital is said to be serious

 

A man teasing women working under MGNREGS at Jalaun gram panchayat in Uttar Pradesh, was beaten up with slippers. The video has gone viral.
 

In Mumbai, 18 people were killed after a wall collapsed in Malad. Similarly, six labourers died in Pune's Ambegaon in another wall collapse due to heavy rains

Police conducted raids in Raipur’s Parle-G plant only to find that as many 26 children had been working. Case slapped under Juvenile Justice Act.

Revenue officials and members of  an NGO helped rescue 50 people working as bonded labourers at a brick kiln in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The workers had been working for 10-15 years and were being mistreated by the owners.

A reckless driver mowed down labourers working on a national highway at Jaggayyapet in Krishna district, killing two women and severely injuring at least eight people.

 

The salterns in Thoothukudi have been around for centuries. This centuries old practice still doesn't seem to have changed with time and development. Here is a report

The JD(S) district president Andanaiah from Gadag is accused of demanding bribe from labourers in the name of party through his close aide Abdul Narasapur
 

A total of 325 children including 11 girls were rescued as part of 'Operation Smile', which was launched on January 1 to trace missing children, child labourers and children who were forced into begging.

Speaking to MyNation, Sanjay, who was employed as a child labourer said that they were given Rs 5000 to campaign for KCR and that they have been working for him for a month.

The Commission has observed that the content of the newspaper reports, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims.

The labourers had to bear with the police's excesses despite the fact that the owner of the land had let them in after verifying their documents

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy had questioned a farmer woman asking, 'Where were you sleeping these four years?” A complaint has been filed against him for this statement that has drawn flak from farmers and BJP.