11 dead as cloudburst, landslide hit J-K's Reasi, Ramban

At least 11 people, including seven of a family, died in two incidents of cloudburst and landslide triggered by heavy rains in remote villages of Reasi and Ramban districts, as Jammu and Kashmir,......

Delhi boy skips exams, ends up as labourer in Tamil Nadu

A 17-year-old boy from Delhi's Rohini, unwilling to take his final exams, left home and travelled over 2,000 kilometres in Tamil Nadu to work as a labourer at a construction site and was living in......

Jaipur man held for raping minor daughters for over 5 years

A man was arrested and sent to jail in Jaipur on Thursday for alleged sexual abuse, including rape, of his two minor daughters over five years, a senior police official said. Police filed a first......

Confusion grows over Dhanbad 'mine collapse'; NDRF op yet to begin

Confusion continues over the alleged mine collapse incident in Dhanbad, with several leaders claiming multiple deaths, while a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) -- deployed to......

Air India unions seeks labour dept's 'urgent' intervention

A joint forum of Air India unions on Friday sought the labour department's 'urgent' intervention and initiation of conciliation proceedings in the matter of their passage policy and service......

Labour militancy back in India?

India's labour dispute record has shown considerable improvement in recent years. According to the latest ministry of labour data, the number of strikes declined from 808 in 1994, to 257 in 2004.......

Air India pilots' union knocks on labour department's doors

A pilots' grouping of Tata group-owned Air India has approached the labour department to initiate conciliation proceedings with the airline's management to sort out various issues, including......

Hero to restart talks with Gurgaon staff from Jan 25

The management of two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp and its Gurgaon plant workers will meet again for fresh rounds of talks from Friday in the presence of Haryana Deputy Labour Commissioner to break......

Sports Minister, Jharkhand CM help hard-up footballer

IMAGE: Footballer Sangeeta Soren receives ration and some financial help on behalf of the Jharkhand government. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Hemant Soren/Twitter Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on......

Calls for Boycott's knighthood to be withdrawn

'Celebrating a man who was convicted for assaulting his partner sends a dangerous message – that domestic abuse is not taken seriously as a crime.' IMAGE: Geoffrey Boycott scored over 8,000......