Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 14 (ANI): Assamese migrant workers in Chennai have appealed to the Assam government to facilitate their return to the state.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): As uncertainty looms over his work due to coronavirus-lockdown and no signs of hope in the near future, a daily wage labourer in Delhi packed his belongings about a fortnight ago and started walking towards his home in Bihar's Katihar.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Over 1,000 stranded migrant labourers gathered at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla in Mumbai seeking to board trains for their home States, on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements relating to Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package will especially benefit migrant workers and farmers.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the second tranche of Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package with a focus on migrant workers, street vendors, small traders, self-employed people and small farmers.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the 'One Nation One Ration Card', free food grain supply to migrants and creation of affordable rental housing complexes (ARHC) in urban areas for migrant workers and poor in the second tranche o
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Five passengers suffered minor injuries after a bus carrying 18 migrants from New Delhi to Kargil met with an accident near Damtal.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Against all odds, migrant workers have embarked upon a long journey on foot to their native places in Bihar notwithstanding special passenger trains being run to ferry stranded migrants back to their homes.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 14 (ANI): Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning), Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that the total number of people returning to the Union Territory through various modes of transport has crossed 50,000.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the number of workers getting employment under MGNREGA will double to reach close to 50 lakh in the state by the end of this month.
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Hundreds of migrant workers have started gathering at Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Sector-43 to board the buses to the Chandigarh railway station from where they will leave for Bihar in a Shramik Special train on Thursday.
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to provide all facilities to return migrants and also provide free transport to those wanting to leave for their home states amid the Covid crisis.