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COVID-19 surge hampers jewellery sales during wedding season in Patna
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 10 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, the jewellery sales in Patna have dipped resulting in the loss of several small businesses in this wedding season.
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Migrant labourers leave Mumbai in packed trains fearing lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, trains at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus were seen packed with migrant workers as they feared an impending lockdown.
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Delhi Police successfully tackles challenges posed by COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the Delhi Police successfully tackled several unprecedented issues, including the migrant labourers' crisis, Independence Day celebrations and enforcing social distancing norms.
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No relief for migrant labourers or justice for farmers, says Congress lead
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): As the nation approaches Republic Day, there is no relief for migrant labourers or justice for farmers protesting in the bitter cold, said Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma on Tuesday.
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Nepali migrant labourer held in Himachal with over 6 kg opium
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 5 (ANI): Shimla Police arrested one person, a migrant from Nepal and seized over 6 kilograms of opium from his possession on Tuesday.
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Delhi Airport agrees to repatriate body of COVID-19 victim from Jordan: HC
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on Monday informed the High Court that it has agreed to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Centre for repatriation of the body of migrant labourer, who died due to COVID-19 on November 4
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Bereaved man seeks Delhi HC's intervention in bringing back Covid-19 infec
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): A bereaved father has moved Delhi High Court on Saturday seeking direction to Delhi International Airport Limited to grant permission for repatriation of the body of his son, a migrant labourer who succumbed to Covid-19 on November 4 in Jordan, in accorda
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Congress helped migrant labourers during COVID-19 lockdown: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that Congress helped migrant labourers when the Centre and Bihar governments "committed atrocities" against them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Inspired by late mother, actor Sonu Sood to give wings to IAS aspirants' d
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 (ANI): After his selfless act of helping migrant labourers return to their houses during COVID-19 pandemic, actor Sonu Sood has come up with an initiative to sponsor the education of students from different parts of the country.
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Reopen Tamil medium school in Ahmedabad: Tamil Nadu CM urges Rupani
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday urged his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani to reopen a school that imparted education in Tamil medium in Ahmedabad.
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Kerala: 2 dead as blast occurs in quarry in Ernakulam
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], September 21 (ANI): Two migrant labourers lost their lives in a blast which took place in a quarry at Malayattoor in Ernakulam district on Monday.
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No district of West Bengal included in PMGKRA as state did not share data:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that West Bengal government did not share data of returning migrant labourers with the Centre and no district of the state could be included as a beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Ka
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