Fifty years after bonded labour was outlawed in India, trafficking, forced work, and failed rehabilitation continue to trap millions of workers, revealing a deep crisis of implementation and ...

In a moment of profound significance for the indigenous Chenchu tribal community, a 56-year-old former bonded woman labourer, ...

CHENNAI: Twelve years of bonded labour stole R Asha’s freedom, but not her spirit. What began as a small loan of Rs 4,000 to build a hut became a nightmare, trapping her family in a wood-cutting unit ...

NELLORE: She carries no badge, no official seal, and yet district officials often wait for her before launching a bonded ...

MUMBAI, Sept 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other ...

Reportedly, the boy stepped off the train to fetch water at the Railway Station but could not board it again to be with his ...

I’m a bonded labourer with a car, says Varalakshmi, standing proudly beside her red hatchback. “Can you imagine?” Varalakshmi, from Nochili village near Kannigapuram was once trapped in bonded labour ...

CHENNAI, India, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Promising to eradicate bonded labour for good, the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu said on Tuesday it would ensure strict enforcement to root ...

CHENNAI: The Ambattur Judicial Magistrate Court has acquitted a rice mill owner in a bonded labour case dating back to 2013 ...

Shamim further alleged that a gang from Rajasthan was involved in trapping labourers through false promises and forcing them ...

Authorities rescued ten bonded labourers from a brick kiln in Karnataka, following reports of exploitation and bonded labour.

Police rescued six workers and three child labourers in Nuapada, seized a Bolero vehicle, and launched a search for the ...