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Oppn leaders write letter to President expressing concern over livelihood
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Left parties including CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president and MP Thirumavalvan has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind expressing deep concern over the security, welf
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Haryana to send back stranded migrant workers through 100 Special Shramik
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 9 (ANI): The Haryana government has decided to send migrant labourers keen to go back to their native states amid the extended lockdown through 5,000 buses and 100 trains. The state government will bear the entire cost of transportation.
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166 stranded passengers in Jammu sent to native states in buses
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 9 (ANI): One hundred and sixty of 406 people including migrant labourers, pilgrims and tourists, who were stranded here amid national lockdown to contain coronaviurs, were sent to their native towns in four buses travelling to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and
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Punjab mulls changes in excise policy, labour laws
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Punjab government is mulling changes in its excise policy and labour laws in the light of the impact of COVID-19, amid efforts to revive the state's economy and industry that have taken a massive hit.
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Amarinder writes to PM for increasing MSP of paddy, giving bonus to farmer
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Citing the challenges faced due to labour shortage and the need for ensuring food safety amid the COVID crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider MSP of Rs 2902 per quintal for padd
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Second special train from Mohali carrying labourers leaves for UP's Hardoi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The second Special Train with 1301 migrant labourers of Uttar Pradesh chugged off the Mohali Railway Station for Hardoi on Friday.
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Migrant labourers protest in Andhra's Guntur, demand govt send them back t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): Migrant labourers, who were working at the construction site of AIIMS Mangalagiri staged a protest on Friday at flyover bridge near the old highway demanding the government to send them back to their native places.
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Lockdown blues: Dealers, labourers at wit's end in Delhi's fan market
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Asia's largest wholesale market of fans, Basai Darapur located in West Delhi, is closed during the lockdown due to which dealers and labourers are at wit's end and are struggling to earn their daily bread and livelihood.
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Covid-19 to hit investments in construction-related projects: KPMG
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to reduce investment in India's construction-related projects in the range of 13 to 30 per cent which will have a significant impact on gross value added (GVA), according to an analysis by KPMG in India.
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23 migrant labourers run away from quarantine centre in Dantewada
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 8 (ANI): As many as 23 labourers of Nahari village, who had returned from Telangana, ran away on Thursday from a quarantine centre in Aranpur village in Dantewada district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.
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Shramik Express train with 1,200 migrant labourers leaves for Gwalior from
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 8 (ANI): The first Shramik Express train with 1,200 migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh departed for Gwalior from Goa's Thivim railway station on Friday.
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Screening of migrant labourers conducted in Delhi before boarding special
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Medical screening of migrant labourers, who are going back to their native homes in Bihar, have been conducted and all arrangements are in place to send back them safely via 'shramik special train' which will leave from Delhi for Muzaffarpur in Bihar, said Soh
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