Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday urged migrant labourers not to leave the State owing to the nationwide lockdown and assured that the Maharashtra government will look after their interests.
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi stressed on problems faced by children of daily wage workers and said 'India' should not leave 'Bharat' behind in this fight against COVID-19.
New Delhi [India] Mar 28 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus lockdown, a hydropower giant NHPC Limited on Saturday arranged airlifting of 2.6 metric tonnes of medical materials from Delhi to Manipur's capital Imphal.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Jhandewalan Temple here is providing meals to the migrant workers, daily wage labourers, destitute and homeless people. This comes in the backdrop of the novel coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): An Assam-based couple has been stranded in Mumbai and are forced to stay under a flyover near Lokmaiya Tilak Terminal here.
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Rohtak administration has made stay and food arrangements for migrant workers who were leaving for their home towns, amid the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Migrant workers in large numbers from different parts of Delhi reached Anand Vihar bus terminal on Saturday to board buses to their native places amid nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Karnataka government on Saturday launched a food helpline number --155214-- for the labourers who have been affected due to lockdown imposed by the central government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): It would be better to die from the disease than dying of hunger, said Sanjay Kumar, a migrant worker, stranded here due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus threat.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed Centre alleging that it has no contingency plan in place for the migrants who are leaving big cities in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Ace Indian paddler and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manika Batra on Saturday said that the country is going through tough times in coronavirus lockdown but it is for the betterment of people.
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): All 16 samples tested for coronavirus in Kangra were negative, said Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Prajapati on Saturday.