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Sitharaman says Priyanka Gandhi targeting UP government on issue of migran
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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 : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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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Buses provided by Congress unfit for transporting migrant workers: UP Depu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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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