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Jharkhand govt airlifts 180 stranded migrants from Andaman and Nicobar Isl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 30 (ANI): The Jharkhand government will airlift 180 migrant workers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, who were stuck due to countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Shilpa Shetty lauds 'Superhero' Sonu Sood for helping migrants; says 'extr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 30 (ANI): Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra on Saturday called Sonu Sood a superhero and lauded his efforts for arranging hassle-free transportation and food for migrant labourers and help them reach their native places.
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After helping migrant labourers, Sonu Sood now airlifts 177 women stuck in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): After helping thousands of stranded migrant workers reach their native places, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has now airlifted a total of 177 women stuck in Kerala's Ernakulam amid the nationwide lockdown.
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Migrant labourers do not have to pay for tickets of Shramik Special trains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Migrant workers do not have to pay for tickets of Shramik Special trains as sending and receiving states are coordinating with each other for the fare of these trains, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said on Friday.
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UP govt committed to safe return of all migrant labourers: Chief Minister
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the State government is committed for the safe return of all the migrant labourers stranded across the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Over 27 lakh migrant labourers have returned, more to come: UP Addl Chief
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Friday said that more than 27 lakh migrant labourers have returned to the state and added that efforts are being made to bring back all the stranded migrants workers.
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Jharkhand govt to airlift 60 migrant workers from Leh today
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 29 (ANI): The Jharkhand government will airlift 60 stranded migrant workers from Batalik in Leh on Friday, officials from the Chief Minister's office said. These migrant labourers were working on a Border Road Organisation (BRO) project in the area.
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SC order on migrant workers is disappointing, surprising: Brinda Karat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday said that the Supreme Court's order stating that no travel fare would be charged from migrant workers for their travel back home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown is disappointing and surpri
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Biscuits, water pouches should be arranged for migrant labourers travellin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has given instructions to make proper arrangements of biscuits and water pouches for the migrant labourers of Shramik special trains, having stoppage in railway stations in the state.
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Punjab CM hails 'Moga boy Sonu Sood' for helping migrant workers in crisis
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Calling Bollywood actor Sonu Sood as 'our Moga Boy,' Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lauded the actor for arranging hassle-free transportation and food for migrant labourers and help them reach their native places.
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Bihar: FIR against 9 migrants for complaining of poor facility at quaranti
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Madhepura (Bihar) [India], May 28 (ANI): At least nine migrant labourers, who peddled, hitchhiked and walked from as far as Punjab to reach home during the ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdown, have been booked and are facing arrest for complaining of no facilities at a quarantine centre in Bih
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Will continue efforts until all migrant workers are back home: Centre tell
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it will not stop its efforts until all the migrant labourers, stranded across the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, are sent back to their homes.
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