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Mayawati slams Centre and states for troubles faced by migrant labourers a
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): BSP Chief Mayawati on Tuesday slammed the Centre and the state governments for the problems that migrant labourers had to face after the imposition of the countrywide lockdown last month.
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Hyderabad Police distributes food packets to migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 13 (ANI): Hyderabad Police on Monday distributed food packets among the needy including migrant labourers, in city's Zeba bagh Ashique Nagar area while maintaining social distancing in view of threat of coronavirus spread.
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MHA asks States, UTs to ensure compliance of SC order on welfare of migran
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New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to all States/ UTs to ensure compliance of the Supreme Court directions regarding the welfare of migrant labourers housed at relief shelters and camps in different parts of the country, according to an official st
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CBI joins hands with other govt agencies to provide food to needy amid loc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined hands with other government agencies to provide food to needy and poor, including migrant labourers and workers, amid the countrywide lockdown.
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Adhir Chowdhury urges PM Modi to help migrant labourers reach their homes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to arrange for ferrying migrant labourers to their home or at the nearest point from where their respective states would assure them a safe return
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Jaiveer Shergill burns 2 lamps, says will light 7 more if govt lives up to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): As the nation expressed solidarity in the battle against COVID-19 by lighting diyas in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's '9pm9minute' call, Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill took a jibe at the Centre, saying that he will light more lamps when relief is
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Migrant labourers stuck in Mumbai plead with govt to send them home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): The central government should help the migrant and daily wage labourers to reach their homes as the lockdown has hit these people the most, said one of the members of Rahul Tarun Mitra Mandal association in Mumbai on Friday.
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Swiggy launches the 'Hope, Not Hunger' initiative to feed the needy
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): India's largest food delivery platform Swiggy said on Thursday it has partnered with various commercial kitchens, NGOs and state governments to provide daily meals to thousands of underprivileged, daily wagers and stranded migrant labourers who have limited
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Centre directs states, union territories to provide for redressal of migra
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New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Amid movement of migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Preeti Sudan, Secretary at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union territories asking them to assure redressal of migrant labourers grievan
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No country attempted lockdown with huge migrant labour without arranging f
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New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led government over the way the lockdown was enforced, saying no country with such a huge number of migrant labourers has attempted it without arranging for their stay and food.
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352 Indian migrant labourers working in Nepal kept at hostel
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Birgunj [Nepal], April 1 (ANI): Around 352 Indian migrant labourers working in Nepal's Birgunj have been kept at a hostel of Thakur Ram College.
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Two India's - one watching Ramayana, other fighting for survival: Kapil Si
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): In an apparant reference to the situation of the migrant labourers across the country, Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that there are two types of people, one who are performing yoga and watching Ramayana while other, who are trying to rea
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