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Shekhawat expresses reservations over UP sending buses to Kota, says it ca
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has expressed reservations over the decision of Uttar Pradesh government to send buses to bring back students from Kota in Rajasthan during the lockdown.
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Iranian Envoy thanks India for help in rescuing stranded citizens
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Iranian Ambassador to India Dr Ali Chegeni has thanked his colleagues and New Delhi for helping stranded Iranians in India fly back to Iran on Friday.
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Visas of foreigners stranded in India due to COVID-19 can be extended free
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The Home Ministry has issued an order stating that the expired visas of foreign citizens, who are stranded in India due to COVID-19, can be extended without any charges till May 3.
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Envoy says over 2,200 stranded French citizens evacuated from India post l
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Over 2,200 French citizens who were stranded in India due to the COVID-19 lockdown have been evacuated till now, France's ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, said on Saturday, while appreciating the "excellent cooperation" of central and local authorities
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25 relief flights departed from Dabolim Airport so far, says official
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 18 (ANI): Some 25 relief flights carrying more than 4,700 stranded citizens from various countries have departed from the Dabolim International Airport so far, Goa Airport Director Gagan Malik said.
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Odisha govt asks district Collectors to review status of migrant workers,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Odisha government has asked all district administrations to conduct a review of the situation relating to migrant labourers and stranded persons in the state amid COVID-19 lockdown. It has also asked to ensure the safety of women and girls in
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Development programmes introduced for stranded at Delhi shelter home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): In a bid to keep people residing in shelter homes physically active as well as look after their mental wellbeing during the lockdown period, staff at the Karol Bagh Police Station in the national capital has introduced various development programmes.
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas takes care of migrant workers in Saharanpur
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Radha Soami Satsang Beas facility in Saharanpur has become a shelter house for hundreds of stranded migrant workers, who left for their homes during nationwide lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kerala HC adjourns till April 21 pleas over repatriation of citizens stran
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 17 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Friday adjourned till April 21 three different petitions seeking repatriation of Indian citizens stranded in Gulf countries amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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Is lockdown 2.0 locking the future of migrant labourers?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers and daily wage labourers stranded away from their homes and families in cities like Delhi amid lockdown are spending their time sleeping in parks and lining up for food at relief camps and government schools.
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Lockdown: 41 Pakistani nationals return home via Attari-Wagah border
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): As many as 41 Pakistani nationals, who were stranded in India during the lockdown due to coronavirus, were repatriated to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday.
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Teams of Goa Crime Branch supply ration to migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Crime Branch and ATS teams of Goa Police department are reaching out to the stranded migrant labourers in different parts of the state and providing them with free ration, the police said.
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