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633 Shramik special trains carry over 9 lakh migrant workers to their home
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 22 (ANI): A total of 633 Shramik special trains have been run from various places in Gujarat carrying migrant workers to their native places in different parts of the country.
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RPF starts nation-wide efforts to identify, act against touts
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): With the Indian Railways starting 15 pairs of AC special trains from May 12 and announcing 100 pairs of additional trains from June 1, there has been an increase in the number of complaints against touts. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has taken up the ta
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Indian Railways to re-open reservation counters from May 22
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Thursday said that the Indian Railways will be opening its reservation counters for booking of reserved tickets in a phased manner from May 22.
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South Central Railway releases list of 9 special trains to be run from Jun
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 22 (ANI): After the Ministry of Railways announced to run passenger trains from June 1, the South Central Railway has released a list of nine special trains that will be terminating/originating over South Central Railway.
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21 babies born in Shramik special trains since May 1
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): On May 8 Mamta, who was had boarded a Shramik Special train at Gujarat's Jamnagar went into labour and by the time she got off at her destination in Chhapra, Bihar had a baby in her arms.
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Mumbai: Thousands of migrants gather at grounds in Kandivali in hope of bo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 21 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus spread, hundreds of migrant labourers on Thursday gathered at the grounds in Kandivali's Mahavir Nagar in the hope to board Special Shramik trains to return home.
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200 more trains to operate from June 1, online bookings start tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Indian Railways on Wednesday released a list of 200 trains which will be operated from June 1. The online booking starts from May 21 at 10 am on the website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
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53 trains, 4,257 buses have facilitated travel of migrant workers from Har
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 20 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that 53 trains and 4,257 buses have facilitated the travel of migrant workers from the State to their native homes till now.
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Permission given for 206 more trains which will come in next 48 hours: UP
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Uttar Pradesh, Awanish Awasthi on Wednesday informed that permission for 206 more trains has been given which will come in the next 48 hours.
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Sitharaman says Priyanka Gandhi targeting UP government on issue of migran
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit out Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her barbs at the UP government on the issue of migrant workers, saying that states, where Congress was in power, had seen few trains arriving wit
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Shramik Special trains to now run without needing permission from receivin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]], May 20 (ANI): The Shramik Special trains, being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native places, will not need permission from the receiving states, according to Indian Railways official on Wednesday.
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Migrants desperate to return home, forced to stand in long queues under sc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar wore a different look on Wednesday with hundreds of homebound migrant labourers queuing up since morning to get their screening done before being taken to the New Delhi railways station from where they are scheduled to board a Sh
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