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Piyush Goyal hits out at Mamata, says West Bengal needs 105 trains per da
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday hit out the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying the West Bengal government was accepting only 105 trains in a month for migrant labourers stranded in other states while the state needs 105 trains daily a
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For some migrants, it's miles to go before they sleep in their homes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): As uncertainty looms over his work due to coronavirus-lockdown and no signs of hope in the near future, a daily wage labourer in Delhi packed his belongings about a fortnight ago and started walking towards his home in Bihar's Katihar.
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Stranded migrants gather outside Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai for the
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Over 1,000 stranded migrant labourers gathered at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla in Mumbai seeking to board trains for their home States, on Thursday.
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Migrant workers from Bihar share miseries caused due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Against all odds, migrant workers have embarked upon a long journey on foot to their native places in Bihar notwithstanding special passenger trains being run to ferry stranded migrants back to their homes.
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Yogi Adityanath condoles deaths of migrant workers in Guna, Muzaffarnagar
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the death of eight migrant labourers in Madhya Pradesh's Guna after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus. He also offered condolences over deaths of six mi
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MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan condoles death of migrant workers in Guna acci
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered condolences to the families of the eight migrant labourers who died in a container-bus collision in Guna on Thursday.
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Madhya Pradesh: 8 migrant labourers die after truck collides with bus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): At least 8 migrant labourers died and around 50 received injuries after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus here on Thursday around 3 a.m.
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Andhra CM writes to EAM urging direct flights for returnees to state from
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to arrange for direct flights to Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati airports to facilitate the safe return of migrant workers stranded in
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Maha CM issues Rs 54.75 cr from CMRF for train travel expenses of stranded
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has issued Rs 54.75 crore from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) to purchase Shramik train tickets for migrant labourers stranded in the state and to bring back the ones stranded in other states.
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Migrants stage demonstration in Ludhiana seeking to return to their home s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Migrant workers staged a demonstration outside the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Wednesday, demanding to be sent back to their home states.
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Siddaramaiah calls Centre's relief measures 'disastrous'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday called the measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as 'disastrous' and said it is 'non-existent' in terms of benefits to poor migrants, labourers, contrac
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PM CARES Fund Trust allocates Rs 3,100 cr for migrant workers, purchasing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): PM CARES (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations) Fund Trust on Wednesday allocated Rs 3,100 crore for the fight against COVID-19 of which Rs 2,000 crore will be used for the purchase of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crore to aid mi
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