A truck driver and a helper were killed after their vehicle carrying iron rods and pipes hit into a divider on a bridge and crashed into a street light pole in Maharashtra's Thane city on Tuesday, civic officials said. Pics/RDMC

An interstate trafficking ring has been uncovered in Palghar, where tribals were coerced into bonded labour at a brick kiln in Surat, Gujarat. Seven workers and four children, aged between 15 months and five years, were rescued with the help of Warli community activists. (PICS/HANIF PATEL)