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Odisha CM urges people to sing 'Bande Utkala Janani' on May 30 to salute c
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 28 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the people of Odisha and the Odia population across the world on Thursday to sing 'Bande Utkala Janani', a patriotic Odia song, at 5:30 pm on May 30 to express respect for the COVID-19 frontline workers.
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Bihar: FIR against 9 migrants for complaining of poor facility at quaranti
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Madhepura (Bihar) [India], May 28 (ANI): At least nine migrant labourers, who peddled, hitchhiked and walked from as far as Punjab to reach home during the ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdown, have been booked and are facing arrest for complaining of no facilities at a quarantine centre in Bih
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Will continue efforts until all migrant workers are back home: Centre tell
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it will not stop its efforts until all the migrant labourers, stranded across the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, are sent back to their homes.
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Take migrant workers walking home to shelters, provide food, basic facilit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that the migrant workers found walking home should immediately be taken to shelters and should be provided with food and all other basic facilities.
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Rahul Gandhi demands measures for welfare of poor, migrant workers and rev
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday raised a set of four demands from the Centre for the welfare of poor people, migrant workers, and revival of small and medium enterprises (SME).
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Siddaramaiah urges Cong leaders, workers to participate in 'Speak Up India
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 28 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has requested MLAs, MPs, MLCs and party workers to participate in the Congress' 'Speak Up India' online campaign today.
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Centre, State govts not worried about plight of migrant workers: Mayawati
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday said that the Centre and State governments are not worried about the plight of migrant workers in the country.
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Complaint filed in NHRC against Railways, Bihar govt over viral Muzaffarpu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): A lawyer has filed a complaint in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding a video widely circulated on social media, wherein a woman died allegedly due to non-availability of food and basic facilities at Muzaffarpur Railway Station.
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Greater urgency needs to be shown by Centre, state govt to bring back stra
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 28 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday said that "greater urgency" needs to be shown, by both the Centre and the state government, to bring back stranded workers and others, who are walking back to their respective homes in Uttarakhand, by a pro
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over death of migrant worker in Saharanpur
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh government over the reported death of a migrant worker due to hunger in Saharanpur.
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Health Ministry issues advisory for re-processing, re-using of eye-protect
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 27 (ANI): The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday issued an advisory for re-processing and re-using of eye-protection goggles used by healthcare workers during COVID-19 fight.
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UP received 1337 trains carrying migrants from various states: UP govt
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Gorakhpur has become the first district in the country to receive more than 200 trains, by which over 2 lakh migrant workers have returned, amid the ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdown. While 1337 trains have arrived in Uttar Pradesh carrying migr
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