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Truckers charged upto Rs 10,000 to illegally transport migrant workers to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Migrants trying to reach their native places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have become the geese that lay golden eggs for truck drivers who are asking for a bomb to carry them to their destinations.
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Congress MLA distributes 12kg rice to migrant workers in Telangana's Naray
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Narayanpet (Telangana) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Congress MLA Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched a drive to help migrant workers in Narayanpet district during the lockdown and distributed 12 kg rice among them. He also distributed 100 masks.
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Kerala: Migrant workers set out for home on foot amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Scores of migrant workers reached the border check post of Bodimettu after trekking for three days on foot from Idukki.
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Migrant workers from Bihar, UP stranded at sealed Nepal border
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 31 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been stranded at Raxaul-Birgunj border between India and Nepal due to the lockdown that has been imposed in both countries in view of the surging COVID-19 cases.
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Food being provided to over 22 lakh migrant, daily wage workers: Centre te
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday filed a status report in the Supreme Court on a petition seeking directions to provide basic amenities like food, water and shelter to the migrant workers across the country in the wake to coronavirus lockdown.
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Migrant workers from Odisha self-quarantine themselves outside village aft
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): A dozen migrant workers in the Kalahandi district have set up camp to self-quarantine outside their village despite no COVID-19 symptoms, as a precautionary measure after returning from Kerala.
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Delhi govt turns 11 schools into night shelters
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The Delhi government on Monday said that it has converted 11 schools into night shelters, in a bid accommodate the migrant workers who are leaving Delhi towards their homes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, amid the three-week nationwide lockdown imposed to prev
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Lucknow DP, CP inspect shelter homes for migrant workers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): As hundreds of migrant workers continue to cross state borders to reach their homes amid the countrywide lockdown, District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash, and Sujeet Pandey, Police Commissioner, visited the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan to review the
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AWWA gives 1000 lunch packets for Delhi migrant workers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) on Monday gave 1000 lunches to the representatives of Delhi government, who will distribute these food packets among migrant labourers.
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Congress Working Committee to meet on April 2 via video conferencing over
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A meeting of Congress Working Committee will be held on April 2 through video conferencing to discuss the situation created by the threat posed by COVID19 and measures taken to contain the disease.
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Action taken against officials who sprayed disinfectant on migrant workers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): After a video went viral in which officials wearing protection gear were spraying disinfectant on migrant labourers in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, the government on Monday said that action has been taken against them.
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No extension of COVID-19 lockdown, Kejriwal misled migrants: Sources
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Top sources in the Central government on Monday severely criticised the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for creating confusion which led to a massive movement of migrant workers from the national capital.
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