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Buses provided by Congress unfit for transporting migrant workers: UP Depu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday lashed out at Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over the issue of buses arranged by the Congress for stranded migrant workers, saying it is for a "political stunt."
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Shramik Special trains to now run without needing permission from receivin
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India]], May 20 (ANI): The Shramik Special trains, being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native places, will not need permission from the receiving states, according to Indian Railways official on Wednesday.
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Mayawati lashes out at BJP, Congress for doing politics over migrant worke
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday slammed both the BJP and the Congress for allegedly playing "disgusting" politics over the migrant's issue even as the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Unfortunate that UP govt is not allowing buses for migrant workers: Sachin
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 20 (ANI): Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said that it is unfortunate that the Uttar Pradesh government is not allowing buses for migrant workers.
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Migrants desperate to return home, forced to stand in long queues under sc
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar wore a different look on Wednesday with hundreds of homebound migrant labourers queuing up since morning to get their screening done before being taken to the New Delhi railways station from where they are scheduled to board a Sh
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2,000 DTC buses plying, number to increase further: Delhi Transport Minist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday said that close to two thousand buses are plying on the streets of Delhi for the daily passengers from May 19 and the number will increase in the next five days.
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204 Shramik Special trains ran on May 19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Indian Railways has excelled on its own promise of running Shramik Special trains by running 204 of them in a single day, said Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday.
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Centre's economic package will provide limited benefits: Former Union Fina
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The economic package announced by the Centre is above Rs 20 lakh crore but the immediate delivery or aid is quite limited and less than 10 per cent while its benefits will also be limited, said former Union Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.
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Delhi returnee tests COVID-19 positive in Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 20 (ANI): One more migrant worker, who had returned from Delhi has been tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakashi, said CMO Uttarkashi.
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Bihar: Migrant woman gives birth to child on train
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 20 (ANI): A migrant woman, who was going from Gujarat's Surat Gujarat to Sitamarhi in Bihar, gave birth to a child on a train on Tuesday.
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Exodus of skilled migrant labourers badly hits MSMEs in Pune
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): As COVID-19 lockdown triggered the mass exodus of migrant labourers, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Pune have suffered badly, the owners of these businesses claimed.
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Salon owner in Bengaluru provides shelter to jobless professionals from No
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): An owner of a hair cutting training salon in the city has given shelter to the jobless IT professionals and migrant workers hailing from north-eastern states and Nepal, in his salon.
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