Heavy downpour brings Mumbai to a halt, 28 killed

Mumbai was paralysed on Tuesday by incessant rain, which left many parts of the financial capital waterlogged and 22 dead in a wall collapse and four others died in different rain-related incidents......

Why migrants prefer trucks over Shramik trains to return home

The migrants said that they prefer trucks and tempos to go back to their native places as the trucks drop them close to their villages, while buses drop them only till the state border, from where......

'With lockdown extended, there is fear among migrant workers'

'They are all worried about one thing -- what about tomorrow?' IMAGE: Families of daily wage workers outside the Bandra railway station in north west Mumbai as migrant workers and labourers......

India's fight against COVID-19 has gone awry

'The handling of the pandemic, under this totally constitutional and legal three-level dictatorship, has begun to show its downside,' observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

Strike by RBI staff deferred

The United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees has decided to defer tomorrow's proposed nationwide strike.The forum said in a statement that the decision to defer the strike was taken......

Government takes up pay cut, layoffs with India Inc

A senior official in the central labour commissioner’s office said the efforts of the government were to resolve the cases amicably and not to press for legal action against employers. ......

Will Mumbai be hit by shortage of essential goods?

Vashi APMC traders see supplies to Mumbai impacted over movement curbs. A number of trucks sent to Mumbai from the market has reduced from 600 per day in recent times to around 300. IMAGE: The......

Covid-19: India Inc going for antibody testing

Some of India’s biggest employers are testing for antibodies to either comply with regulatory norms or gauge the effectiveness of precautionary measures. India Inc’s bigwigs as well as......