Chandigarh [India], May 4 (ANI): The Haryana government is making transportation arrangements for the safe return of all the stranded agricultural and migrant labourers in the state to their respective states at the earliest, as per the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
Dubai [UAE], May 4 (ANI): Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne said 'by no means' he wants to limit himself to Test and ODI format of the game as he expressed ambition to represent the team in the shortest format of the game.
New Delhi [India] May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Centre asking that if the government can bring back Indians stranded overseas through air, free of cost, then why cannot it give free rail travel facility to labourers amid lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Central government for charging migrant workers for rail travel during the COVID-19 lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that her party will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns during the lockdown.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 4 (ANI): Jharkhand government sent around 15 buses from 6 districts to Raipur on Sunday to bring back the migrant labourers stuck here amid COVID-19 lockdown.
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 4 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday informed that 71,000 labourers have registered themselves so far to go back to their native places in other states.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday issued a clarification on the movement of persons who want to reach their destinations after the government allowed movement of people, labourers, students etc stranded at different places.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 3 (ANI): About 1,400 people of the state stranded in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh due to coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown were brought back to Uttarakhand on Sunday, said Transport and Urban Development Secretary Shailesh Bagauli.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): The farmers of Punjab are facing problems as the migrant labourers have headed home and vegetable markets remain closed amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has appealed to the people to stay wherever they are and not to rush to the borders of the state as the relaxation is only for migrant labourers as per the Centre's guidelines.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 3 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that his government has allowed labourers to travel to their hometowns in the state on KSRTC buses free of charge for three days starting on Sunday.