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Reports claiming massive train delays are untrue: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that reports claiming Shramik trains taking 7 to 9 days to reach their destinations were "baseless, false and completely motivated" and "damage the huge efforts" that railway employees are making to facilitate th
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Fadnavis' claims on Centre spending Rs 300 cr on migrants returning home f
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday refuted claims made by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis that the cost of ticket for migrant workers, being sent from the state, is being incurred by Centre instead of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern
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241,000 migrant labourers sent back from Delhi, says Manish Sisodia
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that 241,000 stranded migrant workers in the national capital have been sent back to their home towns through 196 special trains since May 7.
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Piyush Goyal asks Maha govt to bring migrants to board special trains back
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asked Maharashtra government to bring migrant workers to railway stations on time for boarding special trains back to their homes so as not to cause delays to the trains.
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Thousands of migrant workers wait at Vasai to board special train
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Suncity grounds of Vasai on Tuesday, waiting for their turn to go to Vasai railway station and board trains to their native places.
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Train with migrant workers from Surat expected to reach Bihar today
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, the train carrying migrant workers from Surat is expected to reach Bihar today.
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10 injured after bus carrying migrant workers overturns in Andhra's Srikak
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 26 (ANI): 10 passengers were injured after a private bus carrying migrant workers overturned near Mandasa town in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
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'Heights of hypocrisy': Shivakumar on Yogi's plan for permission from stat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 26 (ANI): After Yogi Adityanath said that no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday termed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's move as "un
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New Commission for migrant workers by UP govt a diversionary tactic: Akhil
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 26 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to create a commission for migrant workers and called it a diversionary tactic.
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Rahul Gandhi says Yogi's plan for permission from state to hire local work
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): A day after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that this is "absolutely absurd" and added that these people are not his personal propert
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UP to set up commission for employment, welfare of migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided that a commission named 'Kaamgar, Shramik (Seva Ayojan and Rojgaar) Kalyan Ayog' would be set up to employ migrant workers, who have come back to the State from other States amid coronavir
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3,060 'Shramik Special' trains operationalised from various States so far:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Indian Railways on Monday said that in all 3,060 'Shramik Special' trains have been operationalised from various States across the country so far.
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