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Karnataka Govt appoints nodal officers to monitor movement of stranded peo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Karnataka government has assigned State Nodal Officers after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order regarding the inter-state movement of stranded migrant workers, tourists, pilgrims and students during the lockdown period.
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UP CM appeals to migrant workers not to travel back to state on foot, says
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed to migrant workers not to travel back to the state on foot, said Awanish K Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) on Thursday.
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Jharkhand govt demands special trains from Centre to bring people back fro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 30 (ANI): After the Centre's green signal to the movement of migrant workers, students and stranded people at various places, Jharkhand government has demanded special trains so people could be brought back home.
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Karnataka to allow interstate movement, especially for students, migrant w
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 30 (ANI): The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to allow interstate movement, especially for students and migrant workers, said state Minister JC Madhuswamy.
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Migrants, students should have patience while Centre makes arrangements to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Soon after the guidelines were issued to the states by Centre for bringing back the stranded students and migrant workers, Union Minister for State Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday urged the latter to have some patience and not to rush on the street
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Migrant workers protest at IIT-Hyderabad demanding to return home
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 29 (ANI): After not getting salary for past three months, thousands of migrant workers working in Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad) staged a huge protest on Wednesday demanding to send them back to their native states.
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Odisha fights Covid-19: Patnaik directs administration to ensure food secu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 28 (ANI): Stressing on food security, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the administration that migrant workers and their families returning to the state will be covered under Public Distribution System even if they don't have ration
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Can't make policy decisions: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking to safeg
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Union of India and others to protect and safeguard the rights of migrant labourers and beneficiaries during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan interacts with migrant labourers who return to MP am
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday held a video-conference with the migrant workers who were stuck in other states amid the lockdown but have now returned to Madhya Pradesh.
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Govt should provide Rs 7,500 per month for three months to those who lost
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has targeted the Central government over its handling of COVID-19 lockdown in the country and demanded that the government transfer Rs 7,500 per month, for the next three months, to the accounts of people who lost the
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Gehlot urges Centre to adopt a planned strategy to solve issues of migrant
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 25 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday urged the Centre to come up with a strategy for ensuring the inter-state movement of migrant workers across the country during the lockdown period to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 in the co
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Hardships force migrant workers to leave for West Bengal on bicycles from
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): Claiming that they are facing difficulties during the ongoing lockdown in Madhya Pradesh, a group of 17 migrant workers from West Bengal have started travelling back to their native places on bicycles.
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