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Yogi's decision on other states needing UP govt nod to employ its migrant
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for saying that any state seeking to employ migrant workers from UP will need to seek his government's permission.
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Yogi govt to provide social security, insurance to labourers, says 'no sta
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Monday said that the state government will provide social security and insurance to labourers and no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission.
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Railways successfully operated 3,000 Shramik special trains to send migran
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday informed that Railways has successfully operated over 3,000 Shramik special trains to send migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country to their home states.
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'Migration Commission' to be set up in UP for providing skill-based employ
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday ordered the formation of a 'Migration Commission' for the purpose of providing the workers, who have returned to the state during the lockdown phase, with employment suited to their skills.
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Special train carrying 580 passengers reaches Pathankot
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Nurpur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): A special train carrying 580 passengers from Maharashtra's Thane reached Pathankot's Chakki Bank railway station on Sunday amid the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown.
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Punjab CM directs top district officials to ensure no migrant workers forc
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Chiefs to ensure that no migrant is forced to walk home to any other State in the country or remain hungry while in Punjab.
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Braving scorching heat, migrant workers walk down to their homes
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Migrant workers seem to be unaffected in Kanpur even when the temperature rises to 45-degree Celsius on Sunday.
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Migrants cannot be blamed for surge in COVID-19 cases: Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that migrant workers cannot be blamed for a surge in COVID-19 cases as the Central and state governments have failed them on every front due to their "inefficiency" to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
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BJP, Congress equally responsible for plight of migrant labourers: Mayawat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday held both the BJP and Congress responsible for the poor condition of migrant workers in the country amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
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1.22 lakh migrant workers transported on trains from Telangana to their na
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 24 (ANI): Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said that till Saturday 88 trains have transported 1.22 lakh migrant workers from various stations in the state to their native places.
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South Western Railway ferries 1.9 lakh passengers in Shramik special train
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): The South Western Railway (SWR) has run 135 Shramik special trains carrying 1.90 lakh migrant workers, students and families, to return to their home towns in different parts of the country after the relaxation of lockdown norms, it said in a stat
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Madhya Pradesh's corona recovery rate reaches 51 pc, says Shivraj Singh Ch
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): The recovery rate for corona patients has reached 51 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, said State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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