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Dibrugarh: A leopard attacked a group of workers, injuring three women, at Santipur Tea Estate in the Borhat area of Charaideo district on Tuesday.The injured workers have been identified as Minoti Barhoi (33), Jonaki Baske (28) and Bornali Murmu (31), all residents of the tea estate. They were engaged in plucking tea leaves along with…
NEW DELHI: Hours after taking oath as Kerala chief minister on Monday, VD Satheesan said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe attacks on Congress leaders during former CM Pinarayi Vijayan-led Nava Kerala Yatra in 2023.A fierce political faceoff had ensued three years back during the Left regime when Congress workers were…
INDORE: A major disaster was averted early Sunday morning after a fire broke out on the Trivandrum Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express (Train No. 12431) in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district.While all 68 passengers inside the affected coach were evacuated safely, a subsequent relief vehicle rushing to the spot met with an accident, leaving over five railway…
Starbucks is once again trimming its workforce, laying off about 300 US-based roles set to go as the coffee giant reshapes its operations in a bid to get back to what it calls “durable, profitable growth”.The job reductions, according to Reuters, will affect regional support offices, with Starbucks also moving to consolidate its US office…
Gig workers have called for a temporary nationwide strike on Saturday, asking app-based drivers and delivery workers to cease services from 12 pm to 5 pm to protest against rising fuel prices and low payment rates.The Gig and Platform Services Workers Union (GIPSWU) has appealed to workers to join the shutdown, arguing that increasing petrol…
NEW DELHI: Gig and platform workers need to work for at least 90 days annually with an aggregator to avail of social security benefits, said the final set of rules formulated under the new Code on Social Security (CoSS). In case a worker is engaged with multiple aggregators, the threshold is raised to 120 days,…
PM Modi with West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday paid homage to BJP workers allegedly killed in violence following the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, saying their sacrifice would continue to inspire generations of party workers.A temporary memorial honouring…
Pakistan’s attempts to position itself as a mediator in the escalating Iran conflict appear to have triggered an unexpected diplomatic fallout with the United Arab Emirates, with reports emerging of large-scale deportations of Pakistani workers from the Gulf state, as per the New York Times.The tensions appear linked to Pakistan’s role in helping broker talks…
A small-town boss in the US state of Louisiana has handed his 540 full-time employees a combined $240 million after selling his family’s company, with the average worker walking away with around $443,000.Graham Walker, former CEO of Fibrebond Corp. in Minden, sold the electrical-equipment enclosure maker to power-management giant Eaton for $1.7 billion last year….
The BJP MLA urged the police to function “openly, impartially and fairly” and demanded strict action against those involved in the killing. KOLKATA: With Chandranath Rath’s bullet-riddled body lying outside the hospital and grieving BJP workers erupting in anger and disbelief, senior BJP leader and newly elected Kharagpur MLA Dilip Ghosh on Thursday launched a…
