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Maharashtra: Water woes continue to haunt residents of Melghat, adjoining
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Villagers in Melghat and adjoining areas in Amravati district of Maharashtra are facing hardships due to acute water shortage in the region. They are forced to walk for miles on a daily basis, on rocky terrain threatening their safety, to meet
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Migrants allege authorities forced them to travel in overcrowded tempos in
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): The migrant workers stranded here have complained that while transporting them to railway stations, the State authorities forced them to sit in large numbers in tempos, which led to the violation of social distancing norms.
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Villain in reel, hero in real; Sonu Sood explains why he asks migrants 'pa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): As Covid lockdown forced hundreds of thousands of migrant labourers to take to the path of their homes on foot, a voice echoed - "paidal kyon jaaogey mere dost? (why do you walk friend)" - and an actor who is predominantly known for villainous on-screen pe
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MP: Villagers of Patapur walk miles in rocky terrain to fetch water
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Villagers of Patapur in Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh are forced to walk long distances along rocky terrain in intense heat to fetch water.
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Punjab CM directs top district officials to ensure no migrant workers forc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Chiefs to ensure that no migrant is forced to walk home to any other State in the country or remain hungry while in Punjab.
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Migrants desperate to return home, forced to stand in long queues under sc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar wore a different look on Wednesday with hundreds of homebound migrant labourers queuing up since morning to get their screening done before being taken to the New Delhi railways station from where they are scheduled to board a Sh
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US economy seems to recover as people head back to shops, restaurants
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): The US economy, which hit the bottom due to the damage wrought by the coronavirus, showed the first stirrings of recovery as Americans headed back to shops and restaurants over the weekend, trying to recapture routines, the outbreak had forced them to aband
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Trains can only run after agreement between 2 States, which is causing del
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said that trains can run only after the agreement between two States, which is causing delays, and added that if Railways had run trains from all States end to end, the migrants would not have b
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Truck drivers dupe UP migrant labourers on their way back home
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): A group of at least 70 migrants were duped by some truck drivers who first promised to drop the workers at their destination in Uttar Pradesh free of cost but later forced them to pay for the ride.
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Hindu couple forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): In another incident of religious intolerance in Pakistan, a Hindu couple was forcibly converted to Islam at a local mosque in Sindh's city of Nawabshah.
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Man commits suicide after being beaten, forced to drink urine in Madhya Pr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): A man allegedly committed suicide after he was thrashed and forced to drink urine here, police said on Thursday.
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Patna man urges people to buy his wares amid lockdown, carries board
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 13 (ANI): Amid the challenge posed by COVID-19, Dharamveer Giri, who sells car dusters, chargers and some other products at traffic lights in Patna, is now forced to hold a board in his hand and has been requesting people to buy something from him to help earn hi
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