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Migrant Worker Found Living In Dog Kennel On Rent In Kerala, Probe Ordered
A section of media has reported about a migrant worker from West Bengal who was found living in an old kennel located on the premises of a house owned by a native of Piravom in Ernakulam district.
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Court Sends Bengal Man To 10-Year-Jail For Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens
A migrant worker from West Bengal was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting two minor girls in this north Kerala district last year.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Reaches Out To Migrant Workers Amid 'Fake Videos' Panic
Tamil Nadu has a sizeable number of migrant worker population, with many from states like Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal among others being employed in various sectors, including construction.
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Elderly Woman Killed By Migrant Worker In Kerala, Body Dumped In Well: Cops
A 60-year-old housewife was allegedly killed by a migrant worker hailing from West Bengal and her body dumped in a well near her house in Kesavadasapuram area of Kerala's capital, police said.
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Girl, 15, Gang-raped In Kerala; Police Say Suspects Being Questioned
A day after a 15-year old girl, daughter of migrant workers from West Bengal, was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in Idukki district of Kerala, police on Monday said it was questioning several persons including those suspected of being involved
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Migrant Worker Arrested For Allegedly Raping Minor In Bengaluru: Police
The alleged rape of a minor girl by a migrant labourer from West Bengal and the demand by the girl's parents and local people urging the police to hand over the accused following his arrest led to tense moments at a police station.
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Migrant Workers At Bengal's Covid Hospital Wards Seek Job Security
Migrant workers hired by the West Bengal government to assist patients in COVID-19 wards at public hospitals protested on Monday outside the Health Department after some of them were released from duty because the number of patients has declined and the vaccine is here.
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Will Ensure Direct Cash Transfer To Underprivileged In Bengal If Elected: Congress
Slamming the TMC government in West Bengal for not doing anything for migrant workers who returned to the state during the lockdown, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Adhir Chowdhury Wednesday said the party will ensure direct cash transfer to every poor in the state if elected to power.
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Kolkata Durga Puja Pandal To Worship Migrant Mother As Goddess
A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is paying a special tribute to migrant workers with a statue depicting the Goddess as a migrant mother with her children.
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No Bengal District Included In Migrants Job Scheme As State Did Not Share Data: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that West Bengal government did not share data of returning migrant labourers with the Centre and no district of the state could be included as a beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan (PMGKRA).
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Mamata Banerjee Urges Centre To Give ₹10,000 Each To Migrant Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today appealed to the Centre to give one-time assistance of ₹10,000 each to migrant workers amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Migrant Dies On Train In UP, Co-Passengers Travel With Body To Bengal
A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police said on Sunday.
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Railways To Operate 2,600 Special Trains To Ferry 36 Lakh Migrants Home
The Railways has drawn up a schedule to operate 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days across the country to ferry around 36 lakh migrant workers, stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown, to their home states, Chairman of the Railway Board V K Yadav said on Saturday.
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Cyclone Amphan: Bengal Asks Railways Not To Send Shramik Trains Till May 26
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Railway Ministry not to send Shramik Special trains to the state till May 26 in view of Cyclone Amphan.
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After Mamata Banerjee vs Centre Clash, New Rules For Migrants' Trains
The set-up for a new confrontation between the centre and states was put in place today with an overhauling of the rules that were being followed so far to send migrant workers home on special "Shramik" trains. The receiving state's consent is no longer necessary for trains to pull in with workers.
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Migrant Worker Found Living In Dog Kennel On Rent In Kerala, Probe Ordered
A section of media has reported about a migrant worker from West Bengal who was found living in an old kennel located on the premises of a house owned by a native of Piravom in Ernakulam district.
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Court Sends Bengal Man To 10-Year-Jail For Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens
A migrant worker from West Bengal was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting two minor girls in this north Kerala district last year.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Reaches Out To Migrant Workers Amid 'Fake Videos' Panic
Tamil Nadu has a sizeable number of migrant worker population, with many from states like Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal among others being employed in various sectors, including construction.
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Elderly Woman Killed By Migrant Worker In Kerala, Body Dumped In Well: Cops
A 60-year-old housewife was allegedly killed by a migrant worker hailing from West Bengal and her body dumped in a well near her house in Kesavadasapuram area of Kerala's capital, police said.
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Girl, 15, Gang-raped In Kerala; Police Say Suspects Being Questioned
A day after a 15-year old girl, daughter of migrant workers from West Bengal, was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in Idukki district of Kerala, police on Monday said it was questioning several persons including those suspected of being involved
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Migrant Worker Arrested For Allegedly Raping Minor In Bengaluru: Police
The alleged rape of a minor girl by a migrant labourer from West Bengal and the demand by the girl's parents and local people urging the police to hand over the accused following his arrest led to tense moments at a police station.
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Migrant Workers At Bengal's Covid Hospital Wards Seek Job Security
Migrant workers hired by the West Bengal government to assist patients in COVID-19 wards at public hospitals protested on Monday outside the Health Department after some of them were released from duty because the number of patients has declined and the vaccine is here.
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Will Ensure Direct Cash Transfer To Underprivileged In Bengal If Elected: Congress
Slamming the TMC government in West Bengal for not doing anything for migrant workers who returned to the state during the lockdown, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Adhir Chowdhury Wednesday said the party will ensure direct cash transfer to every poor in the state if elected to power.
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Kolkata Durga Puja Pandal To Worship Migrant Mother As Goddess
A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is paying a special tribute to migrant workers with a statue depicting the Goddess as a migrant mother with her children.
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No Bengal District Included In Migrants Job Scheme As State Did Not Share Data: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that West Bengal government did not share data of returning migrant labourers with the Centre and no district of the state could be included as a beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan (PMGKRA).
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Mamata Banerjee Urges Centre To Give ₹10,000 Each To Migrant Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today appealed to the Centre to give one-time assistance of ₹10,000 each to migrant workers amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Migrant Dies On Train In UP, Co-Passengers Travel With Body To Bengal
A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police said on Sunday.
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Railways To Operate 2,600 Special Trains To Ferry 36 Lakh Migrants Home
The Railways has drawn up a schedule to operate 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days across the country to ferry around 36 lakh migrant workers, stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown, to their home states, Chairman of the Railway Board V K Yadav said on Saturday.
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Cyclone Amphan: Bengal Asks Railways Not To Send Shramik Trains Till May 26
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Railway Ministry not to send Shramik Special trains to the state till May 26 in view of Cyclone Amphan.
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After Mamata Banerjee vs Centre Clash, New Rules For Migrants' Trains
The set-up for a new confrontation between the centre and states was put in place today with an overhauling of the rules that were being followed so far to send migrant workers home on special "Shramik" trains. The receiving state's consent is no longer necessary for trains to pull in with workers.
