Jajpur (Odisha) [India], June 10 (ANI): Migrant workers who have returned to their native villages amid coronavirus-induced lockdown are getting employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in different blocks of Jajpur district in Odisha.
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Indian Railways has informed the State governments that it will continue to provide Shramik Special Train within 24 hours after the demand is received from the States.
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): As retailers climb back on their feet under Unlock 1.0, the industry might have to brace itself for a sustained downturn as a majority 67 per cent consumers showed little to no excitement in shopping post the lockdown.
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday expressed her dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court order on the plight of stranded migrant workers saying its efforts are too little too late.
Melbourne [Australia], June 9 (ANI): Australia's Matthew Wade has said that he might not engage with India skipper Virat Kohli in verbal dues when both sides take on each other later this year.
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed States and Union Territories to identify stranded migrant workers across the country willing to go back to their native places and transport them home within a period of 15 days.
Seoul [South Korea], June 8 (ANI): North Korea on Monday did not answer first of the twice-a-day liaison phone calls from South Korea, sparking fear in Seoul that Pyongyang might be carrying out its threat to abolish a joint liaison office.
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday said that it will hear on June 16 the plea seeking CBI probe into "massive misappropriation" of the Rs 3,200 crore funds meant for migrants and construction workers in the national capital.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 8 (ANI): A 'Shramik special train' carrying migrant passengers departed from KSR Bengaluru City Railway Station to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): 'Dabangg' actor Sonu Sood on Saturday said he will continue sending back migrants until the last one reaches his own home.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that the state government has sent 13 lakh migrant workers to their homes by train at its own expense.
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Central government has prepared an ambitious plan for 116 districts in six States to help out the migrant labourers who have returned to their States and lost jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown, said sources on Sunday.