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Fire Breaks Out At Textile Mill In Gujarat's Surat, No Casualties So Far
Surat textile mill fire: A fire broke out at a textile mill in Surat on Saturday night. The incident took place in the Pandesara area of Surat.
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3 Killed In Massive Fire At Gujarat Textile Dyeing Mill
Three people were killed in a massive fire at a textile dyeing-and-printing mill near Gujarat's Bardoli town early this morning, an official said.
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Workers Threaten To Gherao PM's Ahmedabad House If Mills Don't Reopen
The workers of National Textile Corporation (NTC) mills have threatened to lay siege to the house of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad if the Centre fails to take steps to re-open all the 23 mills across the country.
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Pay 50% Of Balance Amount To Closed Mill Employees: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has directed the Puducherry government to release 50 per cent of the balance amount payable to the employees of the closed Swadeshee-Bharathee Textile Mills Limited, a government undertaking in the union territory.
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Fire Officer, 5 Workers Injured In Textile Unit Blaze in Gujarat's Surat
The chief fire officer of the civic body was among six persons injured in a major fire that broke out at a textile dyeing mill in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday, an official said.
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Opinion: A Delhi Senior Dies Of COVID-19. How The System Failed Him Thoroughly.
Sohan Lal died of a COVID infection yesterday. He was 60. I have known him since the '70s when I was working in the textile workers' trade union. His elder brother, Nathu Prasad, a close comrade, was a worker in the Delhi Cloth Mills who was dismissed by the management for his union activities and later started working full-time for the union. The ...
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Textile Workers Demand Full Salary In J&K's Kathua, Protests Turn Violent
A protest by Chenab Textile Mills (CTM) workers turned violent in Kathua on Friday as workers demanded full payment of their salaries.
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Donald Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross No Stranger To Protectionism
When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law and policy.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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'Help, He Forces Himself On Us': Appeal From Tamil Nadu Mill Workers
A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of women in the multi-billion-dollar textile industry, campaigners said. “He forces himself on us, constantly hugging us and squeezing our breasts,” the women write, describing the...
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At Tamil Nadu Mill, A Teen Girl's Death Forces Questions On Bonded Labour
An investigation into the death of a teenage girl working in a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of textile workers, especially those trapped in bonded labour.
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CBI Registers FIR Against Shankersinh Vaghela in Land Scam
CBI has registered an FIR against former Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and six others incluing the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Textile Corporation for the sale of prime property in Mumbai allegedly at "throwaway prices" to a private company.
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Five convicts to be sentenced for gang-rapes that shocked Mumbai
A court in Mumbai is expected to announce the punishment for five men found guilty of gang-raping a photojournalist and telephone operator in a deserted textile mill in the heart of the city last year, a case that jolted the city's reputation as one of India's safest for women.
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Five convicted for gang-raping Mumbai photo-journalist
Five men in Mumbai have been convicted for two gang-rapes at a deserted textile mill in the heart of the city.
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Mumbai gang-rape: Five accused taken to scene of crime
The five men accused of assaulting and raping a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai last week, have been brought to the abandoned textile mill in south Mumbai where they allegedly committed the crime.
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Fire Breaks Out At Textile Mill In Gujarat's Surat, No Casualties So Far
Surat textile mill fire: A fire broke out at a textile mill in Surat on Saturday night. The incident took place in the Pandesara area of Surat.
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3 Killed In Massive Fire At Gujarat Textile Dyeing Mill
Three people were killed in a massive fire at a textile dyeing-and-printing mill near Gujarat's Bardoli town early this morning, an official said.
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Workers Threaten To Gherao PM's Ahmedabad House If Mills Don't Reopen
The workers of National Textile Corporation (NTC) mills have threatened to lay siege to the house of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad if the Centre fails to take steps to re-open all the 23 mills across the country.
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Pay 50% Of Balance Amount To Closed Mill Employees: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has directed the Puducherry government to release 50 per cent of the balance amount payable to the employees of the closed Swadeshee-Bharathee Textile Mills Limited, a government undertaking in the union territory.
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Fire Officer, 5 Workers Injured In Textile Unit Blaze in Gujarat's Surat
The chief fire officer of the civic body was among six persons injured in a major fire that broke out at a textile dyeing mill in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday, an official said.
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Opinion: A Delhi Senior Dies Of COVID-19. How The System Failed Him Thoroughly.
Sohan Lal died of a COVID infection yesterday. He was 60. I have known him since the '70s when I was working in the textile workers' trade union. His elder brother, Nathu Prasad, a close comrade, was a worker in the Delhi Cloth Mills who was dismissed by the management for his union activities and later started working full-time for the union. The ...
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Textile Workers Demand Full Salary In J&K's Kathua, Protests Turn Violent
A protest by Chenab Textile Mills (CTM) workers turned violent in Kathua on Friday as workers demanded full payment of their salaries.
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Donald Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross No Stranger To Protectionism
When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law and policy.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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'Help, He Forces Himself On Us': Appeal From Tamil Nadu Mill Workers
A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of women in the multi-billion-dollar textile industry, campaigners said. “He forces himself on us, constantly hugging us and squeezing our breasts,” the women write, describing the...
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At Tamil Nadu Mill, A Teen Girl's Death Forces Questions On Bonded Labour
An investigation into the death of a teenage girl working in a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of textile workers, especially those trapped in bonded labour.
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CBI Registers FIR Against Shankersinh Vaghela in Land Scam
CBI has registered an FIR against former Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and six others incluing the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Textile Corporation for the sale of prime property in Mumbai allegedly at "throwaway prices" to a private company.
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Five convicts to be sentenced for gang-rapes that shocked Mumbai
A court in Mumbai is expected to announce the punishment for five men found guilty of gang-raping a photojournalist and telephone operator in a deserted textile mill in the heart of the city last year, a case that jolted the city's reputation as one of India's safest for women.
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Five convicted for gang-raping Mumbai photo-journalist
Five men in Mumbai have been convicted for two gang-rapes at a deserted textile mill in the heart of the city.
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Mumbai gang-rape: Five accused taken to scene of crime
The five men accused of assaulting and raping a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai last week, have been brought to the abandoned textile mill in south Mumbai where they allegedly committed the crime.
