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Scorching heat no obstacle to go to Bihar during this lockdown
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): A long queue of more than two km long formed as hungry and thirsty migrants stood at Lajpat Nagar police station with the scorching sun overhead, wanting to return to their respective villages in Bihar as coronavius lockdown continues.
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Migrant workers depart for Rajasthan from Andhra's Anantapuram in Shramik
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Anantapuram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Migrant workers from Rajasthan, stuck in Anantapuram district of Andhra Pradesh, were sent to their native state in a Shramik special train.
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Institutional quarantine for arriving passengers in J-K
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday issued guidelines for screening and institutional quarantine of passengers coming from outside the Union Territory by all modes of transport, including air, train to mitigate the possibility of s
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Rahul Gandhi to share migrant labourers' 'incredible story of grit, determ
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will share his recent interaction with migrant labourers in Delhi's Sukdev Vihar on his YouTube channel from 9 am on Saturday.
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699 Sharmik special trains carrying 10.15 lakh migrant labourers ran from
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 23 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday announced that the state government along with Indian Railways ran 699 shramik special trains ferrying 10.15 lakh migrant workers till May 21.
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Migrants stuck at border, UP Police deny entry, Delhi Police refuse to let
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): A flyover at NH 24 at Delhi-Ghaziabad border has become a trap for workers since Friday morning, who are trying to reach their native places in Bihar as well as in Uttar Pradesh. They have reached here from Haryana and parts of Delhi, but don't know how to ca
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Opposition parties target government, raise 11 demands including direct c
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Congress and leaders of 21 other opposition parties on Friday targeted the BJP-led government over its handling of COVID-19 situation, saying "economy has collapsed and all sections of society face acute distress" and raised 11 demands including direct cash
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Over 18.24 lakh migrant workers have returned to UP, says Addl Chief Secre
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 22 (ANI): Over 18.24 lakh migrant labourers have returned to the State from other States during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, said Awanish Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday.
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Bodies of 9 migrant labourers found in a well in Warangal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Warangal (Telangana) [India], May 22 (ANI): In a shocking incident, bodies of nine migrant workers, including six of a family, were found in a well at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21.
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Migrant worker self immolates at quarantine centre in Bihar's Muzaffarpur,
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], May 22 (ANI): A migrant worker, who was quarantined at a centre here in Gaighat Block, tried to immolate himself and is now hospitalised, said District Magistrate (DM) Chandrashekhar Singh on Friday.
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Karnataka to bear travel costs for migrant workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 22 (ANI): Karnataka government led by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced to bear the cost of travel of migrant labourers and stranded persons to their respective States via Sharmik trains up to May 31.
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Don't politicise a pandemic situation: Naqvi to Congress
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday alleged that the Congress leaders are trying to politicise the coronavirus pandemic when they should rather "try to rebuild confidence among people".
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