Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Karnataka government is awaiting the approval of 6 out of the 11 states, that it had written for consent, to operate trains for the movement of stranded people.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 8 (ANI): Stranded people including patients reached at Hatia Railway Station on Thursday via a special train from Tamil Nadu's Katpadi.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Around 100,000 Pakistanis, stranded abroad, want to return, but the their country lacks quarantine facilities, Dawn quoted Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui, as saying.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said that Railways has run 222 Shramik Special Trains for movement of stranded persons, and more than 2.5 lakh people have made use of this facility so far.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Air India's first flight carrying stranded Indian nationals from Singapore landed at Delhi airport on Friday. The evacuation flight was operated under the government's Vande Bharat Mission.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Dubai NRI Kannadigaru president and entrepreneur Naveed Magundi in a video message thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping stranded Indians in Arab countries to return home.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): A couple, who hails from Madhya Pradesh's Indore, said that they have three teenage daughters who are stranded in Amreli district of Gujarat due to the countrywide lockdown and have asked the administration for help.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Around 310 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), who were stuck in Punjab due to COVID-19 lockdown, arrived at Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport here and are all set to leave for the United Kingdom on Friday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 8 (ANI): First Air India flight of Vande Bharat Mission from Bangladesh capital Dhaka, carrying 167 stranded passengers who are all medical students, departed for Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Friday afternoon.
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Migrant workers, stranded in Karnataka due to lockdown, staged a protest on Friday at the Central Railway Station here, demanding to be sent back to their respective native places.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Air India's first flight that took off from Singapore carrying stranded Indian nationals onboard landed at the Delhi Airport on Friday afternoon.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Aam Admi Party on Friday accused Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of not fulfilling its obligation to pay the part of fare incurred on migrants returning to the state.