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Mayawati asks UP govt to take action against officers responsible for Aura
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): BSP Chief Mayawati on Saturday blamed officials of the Uttar Pradesh government for the Auraiya mishap in which 24 migrant workers lost their lives after the truck they were travelling in collided with another truck.
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Spotting migrant workers walking on highway Andhra Chief Secy intervenes,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney on Friday provided assistance to some migrant workers who were walking on the national highway and ordered for their stay in a shelter camp and directed them to be put on special trains to enable th
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Distressed migrants walk their way home with no hope of transport in Telan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 16 (ANI): Thousands of distressed migrants were seen here making their way on foot towards their native places on Friday, with no hope of transport, amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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C'garh CM for provision in SDRF to meet expenses incurred on inter-state t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday requested the Centre for proper provision in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for the payment of expenses incurred on interstate travel of migrant workers and others travelling within the
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12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by 'Shramik Special' tr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The government on Friday said that 12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by "Shramik Special" trains", which were introduced to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to lockdown.
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NHRC issues notice to Punjab, UP over reports of woman pulling her child s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports about a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child sleeping half hung on it on Agra Highway.
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Ajay Bhalla directs states, UTs to facilitate movement of migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs), directing them to ensure that there is no movement of migrant workers on roads and railway tracks, and facilitate their movement through special b
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U'khand CM directs officials to arrange ration kits for all migrants retur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed concerned officials to make arrangements to distribute ration kits to all migrants returning to the State.
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BJP ups ante against Mamata Banerjee government over Shramik trains
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to up the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and has launched an attack over its stance on trains carrying migrant labourers to the state in the crisis created by coronavirus.
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What's going out isn't even 1.5 pc of GDP: Anand Sharma calls economic pac
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Hitting out at the Centre over Rs 20 lakh crore economic package which is nearly 10 per cent of gross domestic product, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Friday said it was just a 'dramatic' announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that
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Migrant labourer delivers baby in SDM's car in MP's Barwani
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): A migrant labourer delivered a baby on Thursday in Barwani SDM Anshu Javla's car.
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BJP and Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything: Jharkhand
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 15 (ANI): Over the Centre's remark that Jharkhand has not provided approval for enough 'Shramik Special trains', Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said that the BJP and the Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything.
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