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Maharashtra govt sent 13 lakh migrants back to their homes by trains at it
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that the state government has sent 13 lakh migrant workers to their homes by train at its own expense.
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Centre to mitigate migrants' woes in mission mode, identifies 116 district
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Central government has prepared an ambitious plan for 116 districts in six States to help out the migrant labourers who have returned to their States and lost jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown, said sources on Sunday.
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'Will always be grateful to you': U'khand CM thanks Sonu Sood for sending
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday expressed gratitude to 'Dabangg' actor Sonu Sood for sending back migrants who were stranded in Mumbai and said that he will always remain grateful to him for his help.
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4,286 Shramik Special trains have carried over 58 lakh migrants till now:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Over 58 lakh migrants have been taken to their destinations by 4,286 Shramik special trains till now, said Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Saturday.
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Migrants walking home were provided with essential items whenever necessar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Central government has submitted before the Supreme Court that migrant labourers, who were found walking to their homes, were shifted to the nearest railway stations and essential items including food, water, medicines and clothes were provided to them wh
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SC to pronounce on Tuesday order on issue of stranded migrants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order for June 9 on a suo motu plea over the plight of migrant labourers stranded across the country amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Bihar Police cautions local administration regarding spurt in crime, law a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 5 (ANI): Additional Director General (law and order) Amit Kumar has expressed concern that the return of migrant labourers could lead to a spurt in crime and law and order issues in the state.
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SC allows lawyer to deposit Rs 25 lakh in court registry towards migrants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a Mumbai-based practicing lawyer to deposit Rs 25 lakh in the Apex Court registry to ensure that those migrants from Mumbai can travel to their respective states, including Uttar Pradesh, during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Why is a worker going from one state to another called 'migrant', question
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government is working on generating employment for all those who have returned to Bihar during the COVID-19 phase, and also slammed all those who had used the term 'migrants' for workers.
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Odisha govt to airlift over 300 migrants stranded in North-east states
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): Over 300 people from Odisha stranded in Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Assam are being brought by Air Asia Flight to Bhubaneswar by the state government.
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Only 2 pc of those returned to Bihar from Punjab contracted virus: Capt Am
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that only 2 per cent of migrants, who have returned to Bihar from his state, have contracted coronavirus.
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Sanjay Singh sending 33 stranded migrants to Patna with flight tickets fro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): A group of 33 migrants stranded in Delhi will fly to Patna with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh as he has decided to use the 34 air tickets in a year he is entitled to as a Member of Parliament (MP).
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