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Siddaramaiah calls Centre's relief measures 'disastrous'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday called the measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as 'disastrous' and said it is 'non-existent' in terms of benefits to poor migrants, labourers, contrac
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Punjab govt helps 1.10 lakh migrants to reach their home states amid lockd
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 13 (ANI): The Punjab government on Wednesday informed that it has spent more than Rs 6 crore to fund the movement of migrants and helped 1.10 lakh stranded migrants in the state to reach their native states.
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IPS officer pens down poem for migrant workers during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 13 (ANI): IPS officer Padam Singh on Wednesday penned down a poem for migrant workers in a bid to appreciate them for their dedication and motivate them during the lockdown.
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Special train with 1,473 migrant workers leaves from Goa for Himachal Prad
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 13 (ANI): As many as 1,473 migrant workers from Himachal Pradesh, who were stranded in Goa due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown, were sent back to their native villages by a special train.
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PM CARES Fund Trust allocates Rs 3,100 cr for migrant workers, purchasing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): PM CARES (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations) Fund Trust on Wednesday allocated Rs 3,100 crore for the fight against COVID-19 of which Rs 2,000 crore will be used for the purchase of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crore to aid mi
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Migrants arrive at Secunderabad Railway Station
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 13 (ANI): Several migrants arrived at Secunderabad Railway Station on Wednesday morning. They were stamped home quarantine by officials and allowed to go to their respective destinations.
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Migrants working in Madurai walk to Chennai to get train to Bihar
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): A group of migrant labourers working in Madurai reached Chennai on Wednesday, after walking for four days in order to get a train to Bihar.
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Third train carrying migrants from J-K reaches Udhampur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Department of Information and Public Relations, Jammu and Kashmir said that the third Shramik Special train carrying migrants from the Union Territory arrived at Udhampur on Wednesday morning.
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Adityanath condoles death of 2 migrant workers killed in Kanpur road accid
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of two migrant workers in a road accident in Kanpur rural today.
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Shramik special trains to depart from Old Delhi Railway Station now
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): All the 'Shramik special' trains from the national capital, which are being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native states, will now depart from Old Delhi railway station from Wednesday onwards.
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MP: Migrant worker delivers baby on road, walks another 150 km before find
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Shakuntala, a migrant worker who was walking back to her village in Madhya Pradesh, gave birth to a baby on the roadside, on Tuesday.
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Delhi's migrant worker populace longs to return home, even as work resumes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Despite all assurances and appeals by the state government, urging the migrant workers not to leave national capital as the work resumed amidst the lockdown, the workers stranded here are longing to go back to their native places through 'Sharmik' special tra
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