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SC asks Delhi, UP, Haryana to provide dry ration, meals to stranded migran
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday, issuing a slew of directions relating to migrants workers stranded in NCR due to COVID-19 lockdown, ordered Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh govrenments (for districts included in the NCR) to provide dry ration, open community
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Migrant workers trying to return to their native places after Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): After Maharashtra imposed Section 144 across the state, migrants labourers were seen gathered at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai's Kurla to board the trains to their native places.
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Fearing lockdown migrant workers returning to native places
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Amidst the spike in coronavirus cases, people at Delhi's Anand Vihar bus station were seen returning to their native places as they were fearing that the government may announce another lockdown soon like last year.
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Too little too late: Brinda Karat on Supreme Court order on migrant worker
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday expressed her dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court order on the plight of stranded migrant workers saying its efforts are too little too late.
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PM Modi writes to citizens on first anniversary of NDA 2.0 govt, says thei
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): As his government completes one year of its second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a letter to the people of the country listed out several initiatives, achievements and big decisions taken by his government, while expressing confidence of victory in
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Over 27 lakh migrant labourers have returned, more to come: UP Addl Chief
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Friday said that more than 27 lakh migrant labourers have returned to the state and added that efforts are being made to bring back all the stranded migrants workers.
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Housing society in Delhi's Pitampura area provide shelter to migrant worke
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): As the migrant workers continue to grapple with issues of food and shelter, a society in the national capital's Pitampura area provided around 30 migrants workers with shelter, equipped with all the basic amenities.
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Cong playing cheap politics, wasting time of govt by providing bogus list
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Rebel Congress MLA from Raebareli Aditi Singh on Wednesday lashed out at her own party for playing "cheap politics" over the issue of arranging 1,000 buses by general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to ferry stranded migrant labourers to their
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Many migrant workers who returned to UP test COVID-19 positive: Govt offic
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): A large number migrants workers who have returned to the state have tested COVID-19 positive, said Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad on Tuesday.
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Shramik special train brings back 1,383 migrants workers to Bhopal from Gu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): As many as 1,383 migrant labourers reached Bhopal on board a Shramik special train on Monday, from Morbi in Gujarat.
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SC stays Orissa HC order directing state to ensure migrants test negative
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Orissa High Court's order, which directed the state government to ensure that migrant workers who want to return to the state, be tested negative for COVID-19 before they board conveyance.
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'What choice do we have'; Migrants workers in Mumbai set off on long walks
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): With little or no money left in their pockets and no earning opportunities in the city, hundreds of migrant workers in Mumbai and nearby areas are setting off on long walks to their native villages hundreds of kilometres away.
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