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Centre have no contingency plans for mass exodus : Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed Centre alleging that it has no contingency plan in place for the migrants who are leaving big cities in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown.
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UP Police distribute free food to needy during lockdown in Moradabad
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The local police here on Saurday distributed free food packets to two poor families, who were reeling from hunger.
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Uncertain about their future, migrants begin journey on foot to homes in U
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): With a national lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, scores of migrants here were seen heading back to their hometowns on foot to nearby districts in Uttar Pradesh.
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Hit by lockdown, daily wagers, migrants walk for days to reach their homes
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): With Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging people to remain indoors while announcing the 21-day countrywide lockdown earlier this week to combat COVID-19, daily wagers and migrants have been hit hard by this move and are trying to return to their native places
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Coronavirus lockdown: Migrants walk on foot, board buses at UP's Ghaziabad
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Hundreds of migrant workers reached Ghaziabad's Lal Kuan on Saturday after taking an arduous trek on foot through Delhi and Gurugram and other cities.
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Many CMs requested me to look after people from their states, will take ca
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that that the state government will take care of people who are fleeing to their native places amid nationwide lockdown and requested them to stay at their place.
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People moving towards home stopped by police at Delhi-UP border
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Police stopped people in large numbers late Friday evening who tried to cross the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border at Ghazipur.
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Fear of starvation driving migrants out of national capital
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The fear of starvation due to lockdown is driving out migrant labourers from the national capital.
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UP govt asks police, DMs to arrange food, shelter for migrants amid lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday issued a notification asking police officials and District Magistrates (DMs) to arrange food and shelter for migrant workers who are facing difficulties due to the 21-day lockdown announced to contain the s
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Migrant workers go jobless and homeless due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): As the country has been put under complete lockdown for 21 days, several migrants who had come to the national capital for job have now been left jobless and with no hope of returning back to their homes any time soon.
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No of migrants from J-K residing in parts of country is 64,951
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the number of registered migrant families from Jammu and Kashmir currently residing in Jammu is 43,618, in Delhi/NCR is 19,338 and in other States/UTs is 1,995.
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Amid migrant influx from Turkey, EU leaders praise Greece as Europe's 'shi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar 5 (ANI): European Union leaders have praised Greece for acting as a Europe's "shield" in deterring migrants at a time when the country's northern borders with Turkey have witnessed days of clashes between police and migrants desperate to cross over.
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