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Platform collapse at under-construction Chembur building kills one worker, injures five

Mumbai, India. Feb 27, 2026 - A labourer was killed, and five other labourers were injured after they fell from the 8th floor of an under-construction building in the Subhash Nagar area of Chembur in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon. Mumbai, India. Feb 27, 202. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)
Published on Mar 01, 2026 03:54 am IST

Haryana: 76cr disbursed to 2020 poor families under ‘Dayalu’ scheme, says CM Saini

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini also said that the state government is taking strict action against drug traffickers. (HT)
Published on Aug 17, 2025 05:46 am IST

Mumbai: Man jumps off Mantralaya building, safety net saves him | On cam

Videos showed the man lying on the safety net, with Mumbai Police rescuing him and escorting him back inside the building.
Updated on Feb 25, 2025 06:59 pm IST

CIDCO to lay 20 crore net to prevent landslides in Uran hill

CIDCO to lay 20 crore net to prevent landslides in Uran hill
Updated on Sept 04, 2023 04:14 pm IST

Modest MSP hike is a tightrope act by govt

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The burning question is how to think about the degree of MSP increase, and where it stands vis-à-vis meeting the twin objectives of boosting rural incomes but not being inflationary.
Published on Jun 13, 2023 09:36 pm IST

The importance of the MGNREGS

The Centre has done well to hike the allocation of MGNREGS by Rs 40,000 crore, taking the total allocation under the scheme to Rs 1,01,500 crore
Updated on Jun 03, 2020 06:38 pm IST

Centre’s Covid-19 report card: It recognised the threat, but slipped on migrants, economy

A migrant labourer and his son on their way to Giridh district, Jharkhand, Ranchi, May 15, 2020
Updated on May 20, 2020 06:09 pm IST

The indispensability of labour in reviving India’s economic engine | Opinion

Research on migration shows there is significant under-migration compared to potential labour supply from rural areas, due to risk aversion. This will increase, for villagers can sustain themselves and rely on informal safety nets and social networks
Updated on May 08, 2020 08:09 pm IST

An artist’s journey to try and make the world a better place

It makes me wonder: How many of us can look away from a child begging on the street? How can we not care knowing that they haven’t eaten for days? How does it not bother us that they work in restaurants and homes, when they should be studying (and even playing) instead?
Updated on Nov 27, 2019 01:27 pm IST

Everything you wanted to know about the Ferrari 488 Spider and didn’t know who to ask!

The Ferrari 488 Spider switches from hard top to open top with the simple press of a button
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 10:49 pm IST

Robots to handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025: World Economic Forum

WEF’s report,The Future of Jobs 2018, foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors.
Updated on Sept 17, 2018 10:33 am IST

The Modi government’s inclusive policies have unified the nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses beneficiaries of welfare schemes of the BJP government, Jaipur, July 7. Swachh Bharat has changed our approach to civic responsibility
Updated on Jul 11, 2018 06:04 pm IST