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120 more trains will be ordered in next 2-3 days to bring back migrant lab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the government will request for 120 more Shramik Special trains in the next few days to bring back migrant labourers and the state government will bear the train fares.
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Anil Vij asks Haryana DGP to ensure force not used against migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], May 18 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has asked state DGP Manoj Yadav to ensure that lathi-charge or force is not used on migrant workers and senior officials should visit the spot and resolve the situation if there was a need.
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Robert Vadra arranges food for migrant workers, says need to rise above pa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday arranged food for migrant workers who were walking on the ring road here towards Uttar Pradesh.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slams UP govt for plight of migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for not making proper arrangements to transport the migrant workers to their homes in Uttar Pradesh and said that if buses were arranged a month ago, the labourers would not
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Migrant workers await a ride home at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): A large number of migrant workers, along with their families, were seen waiting in Gazipur at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border for a ride back to their homes amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown on Monday.
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Thousands of migrants flock Ghaziabad's Ramlila Ground, flout social dista
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Ramlila Ground on Monday for registering themselves for the three Shramik special trains, which will leave for different parts of Uttar Pradesh later in the day.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Groups of migrant workers continue their journey in Wes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Migrant labourers have continued to walk towards their home amid COVID-19 lockdown, two groups of workers on Monday continued their journey to Cooch Behar from Kolkata and Purulia in West Bengal.
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Gujarat: 29 arrested in connection with Rajkot violence
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], May 18 (ANI): 29 people have been arrested so far in connection with the incident in which migrant workers allegedly ransacked vehicles in the Shapar industrial area here on Sunday.
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Write to Railways for special train between Indore-Kolkata to ferry Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to urge the Ministry of Railways for a Shramik special train between Indore to Kolkata, to enable the return of migrant w
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Shramik train, to cover 2,700 km route, leaves for Manipur from Andhra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): A Shramik special train bound for Manipur started from Vijayawada railway station on Sunday, which will cover the longest route of roughly 2,700 kilometres.
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Gehlot slams Sitharaman for her comments on Rahul Gandhi meeting migrant l
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her comments on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meeting migrant workers in the national capital.
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Cabinet Secretary requests States to cooperate in running more Shramik Spe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Sunday requested State officials through video conference to cooperate in running more Shramik Special trains to facilitate the movement of migrant workers during Lockdown 4.0.
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