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656 trains brought around 8,52,000 migrant workers to UP so far, says Addi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary Home, Avnish Awasthi, has informed that to date 656 trains have reached the state bringing around 8,52,000 migrant workers.
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Congress exposed itself by showing buses on TV screen instead of deploying
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that Congress has exposed itself by showing buses on the television screen, instead of deploying them on the ground to ferry migrant workers.
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Sonia Gandhi calls meeting of opposition parties on May 22 to discuss coro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of opposition parties on May 22 on the coronavirus crisis and the large movement of migrant labourers to their native states, sources said.
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Allow Congress to ferry migrant workers to their homes from Delhi-UP borde
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress national spokesperson PL Punia on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to allow the Congress party to ferry migrant workers stranded on Delhi-UP border to their homes in the state.
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Two-wheelers, autos among Congress' list of buses given to Yogi govt: UP M
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Tuesday said that the list of buses given by the Congress to ferry migrant workers to their homes consist of many two-wheelers, autos and goods carriers.
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'Insensitive' UP govt creating problems for migrant workers, says Jitin Pr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress leader Jitin Prasada on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for being "insensitive" at a time of unprecedented crisis by asking party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to provide the list of buses at 10 am.
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10 Shramik special trains to leave Karnataka today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday informed that a total of 10 Shramik specials will leave Karnataka ferrying migrant workers, students and others back to their homes amid the lockdown.
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Migrant workers in large numbers gather outside Mumbai's Bandra railway st
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): A huge crowd of migrant workers gathered outside the Bandra railway station here on Tuesday to board a Shramik special train to Bihar amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Punjab not to resume interstate bus services till May 31
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 19 (ANI): Interstate bus services will not resume in Punjab till May 31, till the end of the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown, however, personal vehicles will be allowed entry subject to screening.
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MHA issues revised SOP on movement of stranded migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the movement of stranded workers by trains during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
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Centre should bear travel expenses of migrant workers: Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday requested the Central government to bear the travel expenses of migrant workers "keeping in mind the economic condition of the states".
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SUCI members protest against Centre, WB govt; demand proper arrangements f
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): In support of migrant workers, members of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) here on Tuesday staged a protest against the Central and state governments.
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