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Stimulus package aimed at greater multiplier effect, opposition can choose
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Amid opposition's criticism of the comprehensive economic package announced by the Centre to deal with the challenges posed by COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the stimulus was aimed at "greater multiplier effect" and sincere
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Uttarakhand HC directs authorities to keep migrants coming from red zones
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], May 20 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed that the migrants coming into the state from red zones be kept in quarantine centres at the borders for a week.
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53 trains, 4,257 buses have facilitated travel of migrant workers from Har
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 20 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that 53 trains and 4,257 buses have facilitated the travel of migrant workers from the State to their native homes till now.
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Put BJP flags on buses if you want, but let the buses for migrant workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to allow the buses provided by her party to transport migrant workers to their homes in the State and said that the BJP can use its flags and stickers on the buse
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Opposition can use any words they want, government has provided relief to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that opposition parties can choose their words to target the government but it has made sincere efforts to provide relief to people in the lockdown induced by coronavirus crisis and asked about the perf
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Govt to help migrants in coming back when industrial activities resume: Si
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): As industrial and economic activities resume with easing of restrictions amid the Covid-19 countrywide lockdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that the government will make plans for migrant workers to return back to cities and town
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Sitharaman says Priyanka Gandhi targeting UP government on issue of migran
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New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit out Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her barbs at the UP government on the issue of migrant workers, saying that states, where Congress was in power, had seen few trains arriving wit
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Tejashwi Yadav slams Bihar govt over lack of testing for coronavirus, poor
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Patna (Bihar) [India], May 20 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, has slammed the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, stating there aren't enough testing centres in the state and that quarantine facilities for migrant workers reaching the state are very poo
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Cong playing cheap politics, wasting time of govt by providing bogus list
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Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Rebel Congress MLA from Raebareli Aditi Singh on Wednesday lashed out at her own party for playing "cheap politics" over the issue of arranging 1,000 buses by general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to ferry stranded migrant labourers to their
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You have to be serious about to help stranded migrants: Robert Vadra on bu
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New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for demanding fitness certificate of the buses rather than filling them stranded people who wish to return to their homes.
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Cabinet approves AtmaNirbhar Bharat package for allocation of foodgrains t
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for allocation of foodgrains from central pool to approximately 8 crore migrants or stranded migrants at 5 kg per person per month for May and June free of cost.
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Don't want to question UP govt over bus row, can send new list of buses if
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Stating that this is not the time for politics, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that she doesn't want to question the Uttar Pradesh government over the bus row and said that her party can provide a new list of buses to tr
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