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Cong leader Jitin Prasada praises UP govt for bringing back stranded stude
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Congress leader Jitin Prasada on Saturday praised Uttar Pradesh government for bringing back the stranded students from Kota in Rajasthan and asked the government to help out migrant workers, who are stuck in different parts of the country due to the lockdo
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Tea, juice vendors resort to selling fruits, vegetables due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Several people, who earlier used to run tea and juice stalls in Delhi, have resorted to selling fruits and vegetables in order to make a living as all activities except essential services have been prohibited during the coronavirus lockdown.
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PIL in SC seeks to allow migrant workers to return home after COVID test
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking directions to allow migrant workers across the country to go back to their home amid the extended lockdown after being tested for COVID-19.
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Odisha govt asks district Collectors to review status of migrant workers,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Odisha government has asked all district administrations to conduct a review of the situation relating to migrant labourers and stranded persons in the state amid COVID-19 lockdown. It has also asked to ensure the safety of women and girls in
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In regular touch with Centre, states to bring back migrant labourers : Raj
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that his government is in regular touch with the Centre to bring back the migrant Rajasthani labourers who are stuck in other states amid the lockdown.
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Maharashtra allows over one lakh migrant workers to go home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Maharashtra government has allowed over one lakh migrant sugarcane workers to go back to their villages after a medical check-up.
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Need to focus on direct transfer of welfare scheme benefits to migrant wor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Chief Economist of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) SP Sharma on Friday said that for migrant workers, the Centre must focus on direct transfer of benefits of social welfare schemes in the wake of the national lockdown.
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Migrant workers pin their hope on resumption of construction works
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Labourers and migrant workers struggling to earn their daily bread in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida are desperately waiting for the construction works to resume as per the Centre's revised guidelines.
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas takes care of migrant workers in Saharanpur
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Radha Soami Satsang Beas facility in Saharanpur has become a shelter house for hundreds of stranded migrant workers, who left for their homes during nationwide lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Delhi Police intercepts eight people going to Bihar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Delhi Police has registered a case against a driver carrying seven migrant workers back to their native place in Vaishali, Bihar amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night.
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Migrant labourers take long walk back home to MP from Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 (ANI): With no transport options available, thousands of migrant labourers across the country have resorted to commuting on foot or cycling towards their native places during the lockdown.
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Is lockdown 2.0 locking the future of migrant labourers?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers and daily wage labourers stranded away from their homes and families in cities like Delhi amid lockdown are spending their time sleeping in parks and lining up for food at relief camps and government schools.
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