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Kohrra 2 Review: Mona Singh Plays 'Mother' Of All Roles, Barun Sobti Excellent In Netflix Series
Kohrra 2 Review: Kohrra stars Barun Sobti and Mona Singh who try to solve a murder in a small town of Punjab while they fight their personal demons
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Man Arrested For Forcing 15-Year-Old Bihar Boy Into Bonded Labour In Haryana
A man who allegedly forced a 15-year-old boy to work as a bonded labourer in Haryana has been arrested, police said on Friday.
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From Bonded Labourer To Sarpanch, Telangana Woman's Incredible Journey
The air in Amaragiri village in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana was thick on Sunday not just with dust, but with an overwhelming sense of jubilation and hard-won freedom.
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Forced To Leave Son As Collateral For Rs 25,000 Loan, Woman Finds Him In Grave
A duck rearer in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati and his family have been arrested for keeping a woman and her three children from a tribal community as bonded labourers, making her leave her son behind as "collateral" and then secretly burying his body.
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"Kept Chained, Given No Toilet Breaks": Bonded Labourers Rescued In Maharashtra
Forced to dig wells all day without even a washroom break and their legs kept chained all night so they wouldn't run away - this was the horrific treatment meted out to 11 men in Maharashtra, who were made to work as bonded labourers.
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Rights Body Notice To Maharashtra Government, Police Chief Over 11 Labourers Kept Chained
The NHRC has sent notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over 11 labourers allegedly being kept chained in Osmanabad district by a contractor to dig wells and prevent them from escaping, officials said on Monday.
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36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded In Tajikistan For 2 Months: Official
At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said.
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38 Indians Working As Bonded Labourers In Nepal Brick Factory Rescued
At least 38 Indian nationals, including women and children, working as bonded labourers in a brick factory have been rescued by the Nepalese authorities from the country's Rautahat area, police said on Friday.
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"Racket In The Country" On Pretext Of Bonded Labour: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said there are no bonded labourers in the country and that a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labour.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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Bonded Labourer In Andamans For 35 Years, Jharkhand Man Returns Home
Unable to control the tears rolling down his cheeks, Fucha Mahli, 70 reunited with his family in Jharkhand after 35 long years working as a virtual bonded labour across the seas in the former penal colony of Andamans.
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Centre Maligning Farmers With Letter On Bonded Labourers: Amarinder Singh
A day after the central government issued a clarification over its memo to the Punjab government about instances of people being given drugs and forced to work as labourers, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the centre for spreading "m
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Migrant Workers Fed Drugs, Made To Work In Punjab Farms: Home Ministry Letter
A potentially massive dispute is brewing - between the Ministry of Home Affairs and a group of farmers from Punjab - after the ministry alleged that 58 "mentally challenged" people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were working as bonded labourers
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"Shocking": Smriti Irani On Women MLAs Pulling Bhupinder Hooda's Tractor
The BJP on Thursday attacked the Congress over its leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda riding a tractor which women legislators of his party pulled with ropes to protest against the rise in fuel prices, and asked if women in a political organisation be treated as "bonded labourers".
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Kohrra 2 Review: Mona Singh Plays 'Mother' Of All Roles, Barun Sobti Excellent In Netflix Series
Kohrra 2 Review: Kohrra stars Barun Sobti and Mona Singh who try to solve a murder in a small town of Punjab while they fight their personal demons
-
Man Arrested For Forcing 15-Year-Old Bihar Boy Into Bonded Labour In Haryana
A man who allegedly forced a 15-year-old boy to work as a bonded labourer in Haryana has been arrested, police said on Friday.
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From Bonded Labourer To Sarpanch, Telangana Woman's Incredible Journey
The air in Amaragiri village in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana was thick on Sunday not just with dust, but with an overwhelming sense of jubilation and hard-won freedom.
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Forced To Leave Son As Collateral For Rs 25,000 Loan, Woman Finds Him In Grave
A duck rearer in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati and his family have been arrested for keeping a woman and her three children from a tribal community as bonded labourers, making her leave her son behind as "collateral" and then secretly burying his body.
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"Kept Chained, Given No Toilet Breaks": Bonded Labourers Rescued In Maharashtra
Forced to dig wells all day without even a washroom break and their legs kept chained all night so they wouldn't run away - this was the horrific treatment meted out to 11 men in Maharashtra, who were made to work as bonded labourers.
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Rights Body Notice To Maharashtra Government, Police Chief Over 11 Labourers Kept Chained
The NHRC has sent notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over 11 labourers allegedly being kept chained in Osmanabad district by a contractor to dig wells and prevent them from escaping, officials said on Monday.
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36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded In Tajikistan For 2 Months: Official
At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said.
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38 Indians Working As Bonded Labourers In Nepal Brick Factory Rescued
At least 38 Indian nationals, including women and children, working as bonded labourers in a brick factory have been rescued by the Nepalese authorities from the country's Rautahat area, police said on Friday.
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"Racket In The Country" On Pretext Of Bonded Labour: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said there are no bonded labourers in the country and that a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labour.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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Bonded Labourer In Andamans For 35 Years, Jharkhand Man Returns Home
Unable to control the tears rolling down his cheeks, Fucha Mahli, 70 reunited with his family in Jharkhand after 35 long years working as a virtual bonded labour across the seas in the former penal colony of Andamans.
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Centre Maligning Farmers With Letter On Bonded Labourers: Amarinder Singh
A day after the central government issued a clarification over its memo to the Punjab government about instances of people being given drugs and forced to work as labourers, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the centre for spreading "m
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Migrant Workers Fed Drugs, Made To Work In Punjab Farms: Home Ministry Letter
A potentially massive dispute is brewing - between the Ministry of Home Affairs and a group of farmers from Punjab - after the ministry alleged that 58 "mentally challenged" people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were working as bonded labourers
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"Shocking": Smriti Irani On Women MLAs Pulling Bhupinder Hooda's Tractor
The BJP on Thursday attacked the Congress over its leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda riding a tractor which women legislators of his party pulled with ropes to protest against the rise in fuel prices, and asked if women in a political organisation be treated as "bonded labourers".
