Speeding car rams two rickshaw pullers in national capital; both hospitalised

Jun 09, 2024

A speeding car on Sunday lost control and rammed two rickshaw pullers in the national capital. Both the rickshaw pullers got injured.

Handheld rickshaw pullers suffer due to intense heat, few passengers in Kolkata

Jun 14, 2024

Rickshaw pullers are not only working under intense heat; at times they have to wait for hours on the road as there are less...

Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal shares 'Poori Sabji' with rickshaw and cart pullers in Dibrugarh

Oct 08, 2024

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, met with rickshaw and cart pullers in Dibrugarh on Tuesday.

E-rickshaw pullers in Nagpur face financial problems amid lockdown

May 08, 2020

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 : With the lockdown continuing for more than a month, the e-rickshaw drivers in Nagpur have begun facing financial...

Afghanistan: Authorities in Nangarhar prohibits rickshaw runners to carry armed passengers

Nov 08, 2021

Nangarhar [Afghanistan], November 8 : The authorities of the Nangarhar province in Afghanistan prohibited rickshaw pullers from giving rides to armed people in the...

"Last generation" of hand-pulled rickshaw pullers struggle to stay afloat in Kolkata

Apr 04, 2026

The erstwhile Left Front government had attempted to ban the hand-pulled rickshaws in 2006 through legislation, stemming from concerns over human dignity