New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Minutes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address the nation on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged him to directly transfer at least Rs 7,500 to the accounts of migrant labourers to support them during COVID-19 crisis.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Providing relief to migrant workers, a Shramik train carrying 1,342 migrant labourers, who were stranded after the lockdown, left for Maharashtra, from Mangalagiri railway station on Tuesday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the state government should extend the term of Panchayat members for another six months as the elections are not possible at this point in time due to COVID-19.
Washington D.C. [USA], May 12 (ANI): Microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday announced that it is introducing new labels for tweets to mark them if they are related to Covid-19 misinformation.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): At least 1,100 migrant labourers belonging to Odisha, who were stranded here amid the lockdown in wake of coronavirus, have boarded buses for the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, from where they will leave for their home state in a Shramik Special
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The construction sector may hold the key to kick-starting economies ravaged by the fallout from COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea of a contractual health worker whose services was terminated due to lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan has questioned the way Bihar government is handling the return of migrant labourers. He also urged the government to resolve the various issues being faced by stranded workers.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Film director Farah Khan on Tuesday lauded 'Happy New Year' actor Sonu Sood for organising and sponsoring bus rides for migrant labourers stranded in Mumbai.
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): A Shramik special train brought back migrant labourers to Bankura of West Bengal from Bengaluru's Karnataka on Tuesday.
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): A group of migrant labourers who undertook a long painstaking journey from Mumbai to reach their native village in Gonda in Madhya Pradesh, are now being forced to spend their quarantine period in an open field.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Acting on Congress interim president Soni Gandhi's announcement to send migrant labourers to their native states free of cost, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Monday said that till now 27,865 people have been sent to their home