Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the state government is committed to ensuring the safe return of the migrant labourers of the state stranded elsewhere in the country.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Odisha government has increased the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel with effect from Sunday.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 16 (ANI): Manipur Chief Secretary J Suresh Babu on Saturday clarified that the State government has not appealed anyone to come back, and the government has issued permits to different people and vehicles only on the request of those who want to return.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that the state government will bear the entire cost of movement for its migrant workers by special trains from other states to West Bengal.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said that the state government has deposited Rs 13,600 crore into the accounts of people under different schemes in the last one and a half months.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): In the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, the first phase of Census 2021 and the updation of National Population Register (NPR) has been postponed until further orders in Uttar Pradesh, informed the state government on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed grief over the death of 24 migrant labourers who were killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district and once again urged state governments to give permission for Shramik trains.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 16 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy slammed the Karnataka government led by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa for deciding to shut down Santhwana centres (which assist women who are victims of domestic violence, rape, etc.), in the state.
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], May 16 (ANI): Churches in Mizoram have accepted the state government's request to use church halls as quarantine facilities amid coronavirus crisis.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 16 (ANI): Odisha government announced on Friday that all students, studying in state government schools in classes 1 to 8 and those in classes 9 and 11 will be promoted.
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Friday criticised the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for allegedly carrying out 'false propaganda' against the state government.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to up the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and has launched an attack over its stance on trains carrying migrant labourers to the state in the crisis created by coronavirus.