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Migrants gather outside Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 29 (ANI): Accompanied by small children, several migrants gathered outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai on Friday to return to their native places.
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Over 27 lakh migrant labourers have returned, more to come: UP Addl Chief
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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SC order on migrant workers is disappointing, surprising: Brinda Karat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday said that the Supreme Court's order stating that no travel fare would be charged from migrant workers for their travel back home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown is disappointing and surpri
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Over 250 migrants head home on Shramik trains from Poonch
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 29 (ANI): More than 250 migrant workers have left Poonch district for their home district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Quarantine centres in Bihar 'worse than hell': Cong leader Ranjeet Ranjan
Updated : 5 years, 10 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, 10 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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Migrants allege authorities forced them to travel in overcrowded tempos in
Updated : 5 years, 10 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, 10 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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Bihar: FIR against 9 migrants for complaining of poor facility at quaranti
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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Villain in reel, hero in real; Sonu Sood explains why he asks migrants 'pa
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): As Covid lockdown forced hundreds of thousands of migrant labourers to take to the path of their homes on foot, a voice echoed - "paidal kyon jaaogey mere dost? (why do you walk friend)" - and an actor who is predominantly known for villainous on-screen pe
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East Coast Railway advises its division to strengthen security at stations
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The East Coast Railway has taken a decision to strengthen security at stations and increase RPF presence on platforms following reports of snatching of food items by passengers of Shramik Special trains at railway stations.
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Everyone has seen migrants' pain, except Centre: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Accusing the Central government of not listening to the plight of the migrants, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday demanded that the government provide Rs 7,500 to every needy family of the country for the next six months and a Rs 10,000 a
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