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4,286 Shramik Special trains have carried over 58 lakh migrants till now:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Over 58 lakh migrants have been taken to their destinations by 4,286 Shramik special trains till now, said Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Saturday.
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Migrants walking home were provided with essential items whenever necessar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Central government has submitted before the Supreme Court that migrant labourers, who were found walking to their homes, were shifted to the nearest railway stations and essential items including food, water, medicines and clothes were provided to them wh
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Textile market in Surat facing shortage of labour, urge govt to relax quar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 6 (ANI): The textile market in Surat is facing labour shortage as it re-opened in the first phase of Unlock and businessmen have urged the State Government to relax quarantine norms for labourers who want to return to the state and introduce a scheme which enabl
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Hemant Soren asks for details of labourers working in border areas
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said that details are needed of the labourers working in border areas so that help can be given to them when needed.
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British Sikh MP seeks inquiry in Margaret Thatcher govt's role in Operatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has called for an independent inquiry into the "involvement" of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-led government in Operation Blue Star in 1984.
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1,163 migrant labourers in UP symptomatic for COVID-19, says Amit Mohan Pr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Health), Amit Mohan Prasad on Friday informed that as many as 1,163 migrant labourers who have returned to the state are symptomatic for COVID-19.
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SC to pronounce on Tuesday order on issue of stranded migrants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order for June 9 on a suo motu plea over the plight of migrant labourers stranded across the country amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Bihar Police cautions local administration regarding spurt in crime, law a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 5 (ANI): Additional Director General (law and order) Amit Kumar has expressed concern that the return of migrant labourers could lead to a spurt in crime and law and order issues in the state.
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180 migrant labourers to be airlifted to Raipur from Bengaluru
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 3 (ANI): 180 migrant labourers from Chattisgarh, who were stranded in Karnataka, will be airlifted in a chartered flight to Raipur on June 4 amid the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown.
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COVID-19: Mamata Banerjee urges Centre to provide Rs 10,000 aid to each mi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the Centre to provide financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to every migrant labourer, including people in the unorganised sector, citing the economic hardship due to COVID-19.
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Bihar's COVID-19 count climbs to 4,049
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 2 (ANI): As many as 2,903 out of 4,049 COVID-19 positive cases reported in Bihar were migrant labourers, said on Tuesday the state's Health Department.
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Delhi HC disposes of PIL suggesting measures to prevent gatherings of migr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) suggesting measures to prevent gatherings of migrant labourers at various relief and screening centers in the national capital amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown observing that
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