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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicBihar migrant workers

Topic: Bihar migrant workers

Bihar’s Opposition parties are looking at migration the wrong way

There is a shift in the socio-economic status of a large section of migrants and their families. It helps them acquire dignified status in society.

76% of Chennai region’s migrant workers straddle poverty line, SC/STs work longer hrs—TN govt report

Among migrant workers in and around Chennai region, those from Scheduled Tribes community work longer hours, says report compiled by Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission.

Purvanchal’s migrant workers are desperate & poor. But they are determining India’s politics

Purvanchal's workers travel with hopes and hardships on ‘migrant trains’, leaving their families behind. Their labour fuels the economy and their vote shapes the political landscape.

SC dismisses YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s plea to club FIRs in Bihar migrants fake videos case

The SC also refused to quash charges invoked under the NSA against Kashyap and said it was not inclined to use its powers under Article 32 of the Constitution.

Fake videos of attacks on Bihar workers: YouTuber Manish Kashyap detained under NSA in Tamil Nadu

Court in Madurai Wednesday sent Kashyap to judicial custody till 19 April. Kashyap was facing several FIRs for allegedly spreading fake videos of migrants being attacked in Tamil Nadu.

4-member probe team to visit TN following alleged attacks on migrant workers, says Bihar CM Nitish

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday raised concerns after a purported video of 'attacks' on Bihar-based migrant labourers working in Tamil Nadu surfaced on social media.

‘Old clips’: Tamil Nadu DGP flags 2 viral videos, says claim of migrant workers being attacked false

Bihar CM had tweeted that he read news of alleged attacks on workers from his state in Tamil Nadu. DGP Sylendra Babu clarifies old videos were being circulated to create confusion.

‘We pleaded with the owners’ — Grief & blame at Haryana brick kiln after 2 kids drown in pit

Labourers claim the owners of Ujala Kiln in Jhajjar district had dug an 8-10 feet deep pit to drain out accumulated rainwater. Police call it an accident and refuse to file an FIR.

‘Jobless migrants may do illegal activities’: Bihar Police letter puts Nitish govt in a spot

The Bihar Police withdrew the letter, claiming it was an error of judgement. However, the opposition is using the issue to question the Nitish Kumar govt on its promise of jobs.

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar offers free IIT-JEE coaching to ‘cycle girl’ Jyoti Kumari

Several political leaders, including Rabri Devi and Chirag Paswan, have offered to sponsor Jyoti Kumai's education expenses.

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How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.