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Quarantine centres in Bihar 'worse than hell': Cong leader Ranjeet Ranjan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha MP from Bihar Ranjeet Ranjan hit out at Nitish Kumar-led government for the FIR against nine migrants who complained of poor facilities at a quarantine centre at Madhepura in Bihar and said that such centres in the
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BSP welcomes SC's order on stranded migrants not being charged for travel
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order that no travel fare would be charged from migrant workers for their travel back home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Biscuits, water pouches should be arranged for migrant labourers travellin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has given instructions to make proper arrangements of biscuits and water pouches for the migrant labourers of Shramik special trains, having stoppage in railway stations in the state.
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MP Govt creates 'Rojgar Setu Yojana' to employ migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): The State Government has created 'Rojgar Setu Yojana' to employ migrant workers, who have come back to the State from other states amid coronavirus-induced lockdown, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday.
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Woman travelling in Shramik train goes into labour, gives birth to girl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 28 (ANI): A woman travelling in Shramik Special train went into labour on Wednesday evening forcing the train to halt at Sirari Railway station on Keul-Gaya line.
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Punjab CM hails 'Moga boy Sonu Sood' for helping migrant workers in crisis
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Calling Bollywood actor Sonu Sood as 'our Moga Boy,' Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lauded the actor for arranging hassle-free transportation and food for migrant labourers and help them reach their native places.
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Migrants allege authorities forced them to travel in overcrowded tempos in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): The migrant workers stranded here have complained that while transporting them to railway stations, the State authorities forced them to sit in large numbers in tempos, which led to the violation of social distancing norms.
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NHRC issues notice to Bihar, Gujarat govt, Railways over death of migrants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Taking suo moto cognizance based on media reports that many migrants have lost their lives during train journeys, the NHRC on Thursday issued notices to Chief Secretaries of Gujarat and Bihar, Chairman of Railway Board, and Union Home Secretary to file a r
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Thousands of migrant workers gather in Dharavi hoping to catch a ride back
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Thousands of stranded migrant workers gathered in the Dharavi area of Mumbai on Thursday flouting social distancing norms hoping to catch a ride back home amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Bihar: FIR against 9 migrants for complaining of poor facility at quaranti
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Madhepura (Bihar) [India], May 28 (ANI): At least nine migrant labourers, who peddled, hitchhiked and walked from as far as Punjab to reach home during the ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdown, have been booked and are facing arrest for complaining of no facilities at a quarantine centre in Bih
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Will continue efforts until all migrant workers are back home: Centre tell
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it will not stop its efforts until all the migrant labourers, stranded across the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, are sent back to their homes.
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Take migrant workers walking home to shelters, provide food, basic facilit
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that the migrant workers found walking home should immediately be taken to shelters and should be provided with food and all other basic facilities.
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