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Centre, State govts not worried about plight of migrant workers: Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday said that the Centre and State governments are not worried about the plight of migrant workers in the country.
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Complaint filed in NHRC against Railways, Bihar govt over viral Muzaffarpu
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): A lawyer has filed a complaint in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding a video widely circulated on social media, wherein a woman died allegedly due to non-availability of food and basic facilities at Muzaffarpur Railway Station.
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over death of migrant worker in Saharanpur
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh government over the reported death of a migrant worker due to hunger in Saharanpur.
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UP received 1337 trains carrying migrants from various states: UP govt
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Gorakhpur has become the first district in the country to receive more than 200 trains, by which over 2 lakh migrant workers have returned, amid the ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdown. While 1337 trains have arrived in Uttar Pradesh carrying migr
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Reports claiming massive train delays are untrue: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that reports claiming Shramik trains taking 7 to 9 days to reach their destinations were "baseless, false and completely motivated" and "damage the huge efforts" that railway employees are making to facilitate th
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Fadnavis' claims on Centre spending Rs 300 cr on migrants returning home f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday refuted claims made by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis that the cost of ticket for migrant workers, being sent from the state, is being incurred by Centre instead of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern
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241,000 migrant labourers sent back from Delhi, says Manish Sisodia
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that 241,000 stranded migrant workers in the national capital have been sent back to their home towns through 196 special trains since May 7.
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Piyush Goyal asks Maha govt to bring migrants to board special trains back
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asked Maharashtra government to bring migrant workers to railway stations on time for boarding special trains back to their homes so as not to cause delays to the trains.
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Thousands of migrant workers wait at Vasai to board special train
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Suncity grounds of Vasai on Tuesday, waiting for their turn to go to Vasai railway station and board trains to their native places.
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Train with migrant workers from Surat expected to reach Bihar today
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, the train carrying migrant workers from Surat is expected to reach Bihar today.
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10 injured after bus carrying migrant workers overturns in Andhra's Srikak
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 26 (ANI): 10 passengers were injured after a private bus carrying migrant workers overturned near Mandasa town in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
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'Heights of hypocrisy': Shivakumar on Yogi's plan for permission from stat
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 26 (ANI): After Yogi Adityanath said that no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday termed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's move as "un
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