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Migrants cannot be blamed for surge in COVID-19 cases: Mayawati
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that migrant workers cannot be blamed for a surge in COVID-19 cases as the Central and state governments have failed them on every front due to their "inefficiency" to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
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BJP, Congress equally responsible for plight of migrant labourers: Mayawat
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday held both the BJP and Congress responsible for the poor condition of migrant workers in the country amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
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1.22 lakh migrant workers transported on trains from Telangana to their na
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 24 (ANI): Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said that till Saturday 88 trains have transported 1.22 lakh migrant workers from various stations in the state to their native places.
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South Western Railway ferries 1.9 lakh passengers in Shramik special train
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): The South Western Railway (SWR) has run 135 Shramik special trains carrying 1.90 lakh migrant workers, students and families, to return to their home towns in different parts of the country after the relaxation of lockdown norms, it said in a stat
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Madhya Pradesh's corona recovery rate reaches 51 pc, says Shivraj Singh Ch
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): The recovery rate for corona patients has reached 51 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, said State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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AAP MLA provides ration to woman providing free meals to needy in slum are
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): AAP MLA Dilip Pandey has provided ration stock to a 35-year-old woman who has been providing food to hundreds of jobless migrant workers and poor from her own pocket.
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Happy that almost 50 PC migrant workers opted to stay back: Punjab CM
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has said that close to 50 per cent migrant labourers have opted to stay back and he was 'equally happy' that they did so.
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J-K sends over 13,000 stranded migrant workers to native states
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Government has so far sent back 13,120 migrant workers stranded in different parts of the Union Territory in special trains from Katra.
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Close to 3,300 J-K residents evacuated from Maharashtra through 4 Shramik
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): Amid the nationwide lockdown, close to 3300 Jammu and Kashmir residents, including 1200 students, have been sent back from Maharashtra through four Shramik Special trains in the past 10 days.
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UP Govt using lockdown to target political opponents: Jitin Prasada
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Congress leader Jitin Prasada on Saturday accused the Yogi Adityanath government of "using lockdown as a political tool against opponents" and said that the party will not be bogged down by the arrest of Uttar Pr
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Karnataka Minister assures to provide transport to migrant labourers at go
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 (ANI): Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday interacted with migrant workers at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru and assured to provide them with transportation at government expense.
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Around 13,54,000 people returned to UP by Shramik Special trains, says Awa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Saturday informed that around 13,54,000 people in more than 1,018 Shramik Special trains have returned to the state amid coronavirus lockdown.
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