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Jharkhand govt to airlift 60 migrant workers from Leh today
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 29 (ANI): The Jharkhand government will airlift 60 stranded migrant workers from Batalik in Leh on Friday, officials from the Chief Minister's office said. These migrant labourers were working on a Border Road Organisation (BRO) project in the area.
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Moradabad's cleaning and hygiene industry suffers due to unavailability of
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): With lack of labourers available, Moradabad's cleaning and hygiene industry is bearing the brunt as the factory owners are unable to meet the market demand with a limited number of workers.
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COVID-19 fallout: Migrant workers stage protest at Amritsar by-pass road d
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 29 (ANI): Scores of migrant workers on Thursday held a protest at bypass road in Amritsar demanding to return home.
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SC order on migrant workers is disappointing, surprising: Brinda Karat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday said that the Supreme Court's order stating that no travel fare would be charged from migrant workers for their travel back home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown is disappointing and surpri
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Harry Connick Jr., Brad Pitt and more stars team up for 'United We Sing'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): Harry Connick Jr., Brad Pitt and more celebrities are teaming up for an upcoming star-studded special, 'United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes,' which will honour essential workers across America.
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Over 250 migrants head home on Shramik trains from Poonch
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 29 (ANI): More than 250 migrant workers have left Poonch district for their home district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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BSP welcomes SC's order on stranded migrants not being charged for travel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order that no travel fare would be charged from migrant workers for their travel back home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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MP Govt creates 'Rojgar Setu Yojana' to employ migrant workers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): The State Government has created 'Rojgar Setu Yojana' to employ migrant workers, who have come back to the State from other states amid coronavirus-induced lockdown, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday.
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Woman travelling in Shramik train goes into labour, gives birth to girl
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 28 (ANI): A woman travelling in Shramik Special train went into labour on Wednesday evening forcing the train to halt at Sirari Railway station on Keul-Gaya line.
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Punjab CM hails 'Moga boy Sonu Sood' for helping migrant workers in crisis
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Calling Bollywood actor Sonu Sood as 'our Moga Boy,' Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lauded the actor for arranging hassle-free transportation and food for migrant labourers and help them reach their native places.
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Migrants allege authorities forced them to travel in overcrowded tempos in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): The migrant workers stranded here have complained that while transporting them to railway stations, the State authorities forced them to sit in large numbers in tempos, which led to the violation of social distancing norms.
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Thousands of migrant workers gather in Dharavi hoping to catch a ride back
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Thousands of stranded migrant workers gathered in the Dharavi area of Mumbai on Thursday flouting social distancing norms hoping to catch a ride back home amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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