The Perfect Holiday Gift Gift Now

100 Rescued Bonded Labourers to Attend I-Day

The New Indian Express Vellore

|

June 25, 2025

The Centre will invite 100 rehabilitated bonded labourers, along with their spouses, as special guests to the upcoming Independence Day ceremony at the Red Fort.

- JITENDRA CHOUBEY @ New Delhi

This initiative may renew the government's focus on bonded labour and its rescue and rehabilitation.

In a letter, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has requested the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) to coordinate with state governments to compile a list of 100 rescued and rehabilitated labourers for this purpose. In the letter, seen by this newspaper, the MoD has also asked the labour ministry for suggestions on inclusion of any other category of labourers in the special guest list.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA The New Indian Express Vellore

The New Indian Express Vellore

Snake bite claims 13 lives in 50 days in U’khand amid climate-change scare

CLIMATE change is increasingly being cited as the primary driver behind the alarming surge in wildlife attacks across Uttarakhand, with recent data suggesting the impact extends beyond bears and leopards to include venomous snakes becoming unusually active during winter months.

time to read

1 min

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

The New Indian Express Vellore

Currying Favour with Vegetables

Serving vegetarian cuisine for more than a century, Hiltl has become Zurich’s iconic dining destination for locals and travellers alike

time to read

2 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

The New Indian Express Vellore

KKR DROP BANGLADESH PLAYER, FOCUS SHIFTS TO T20 WORLD CUP TIES

AMIDST the rising criticism over signing Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman, Kolkata Knight Riders released the player from their IPL 2026 squad following instructions from the cricket board.

time to read

1 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

Raj conducts raids in Aravalli areas, 7 FIRs filed

THE Rajasthan government has stepped up enforcement across the state to curb illegal mining and protect the fragile ecology of the Aravalli mountain range.

time to read

1 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

The New Indian Express Vellore

CELEBRATING A SAGE FOR THE AGES

write these words in the wake of the release of my newest book, The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism, by the Vice-President of India at the Sivagiri Ashram established by the peerless Sree Narayana Guru more than a century ago.

time to read

4 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

The Age of Anxious Peace

India’s internal security environment in 2025 reflects a complex interaction between longstanding conflict patterns and rapidly evolving threats.

time to read

3 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

India's Happiness Paradox

As ambitions soar and prosperity rises, inner peace declines, revealing a deeper crisis of purpose behind the nation's visible progress

time to read

3 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

TIME FOR A RESOLUTION ON REST

returned from Uttarakhand when the Char Dham yatra season was coming to an end.

time to read

4 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

The New Indian Express Vellore

A MASSIVE OFFLINE COURSE AT MARATHADI

EVERY weekend, for nearly two decades now, hundreds of youngsters, holding on to notebooks and guides for competitive exams, arrange themselves at an open patch of land beneath a sprawling banyan tree near the police station in Old Ayakudi village in Palani taluk.

time to read

3 mins

January 04, 2026

The New Indian Express Vellore

Banks see sharp rise in deposit, credit in Q3FY26

DRIVEN by high festive demand and GST rate cut-induced shopping spree, both public and private sector banks have turned the low-credit-growth-lower deposit growth tides in the third quarter clocking high to mid double digits growth in advances and deposit accretion.

time to read

1 min

January 04, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size