A little attention from the Centre to the welfare of migrant workers would have gone a long way. Not everything is a matter of political showmanship...

They were all undergoing treatment at Covid-19 hospitals in Dimapur and Kohima...

For the State, the migrant worker is at once an ‘asset’ as a source of fluid labour supply and a liability in terms of resource distribution away...

Heat and dehydration cited as reason...

2,875 have terminated, while 401 are on the run...

Railway doctors had been shifted to Covid-19 hospitals...

Railway authorities pointed out that the 46-year-old labourer was a heart patient ...

Passengers have been sending out SOS messages, with groups protesting at several stations...

Normal life thrown out of gear by the region's worst weather disaster, authorities scramble to restore normalcy...