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Delhi Lt Governor's "Take Back" Order On Covid Curbs Cases On Migrants
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the pandemic, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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Gujarat To Withdraw Over 500 Cases Of Lockdown Violation Against Migrants
The Gujarat government on Thursday said it has decided to withdraw more than 500 police cases that were filed against migrant labourers last year for defying the lockdown-related rules
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No Plan To Stop Train Services, No Covid Negative Certificate Needed Either: Railways
Railways said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the COVID-19 lockdown
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Migrants' Hardships Theme Of Many Durga Puja Pandals In Bengal
Many Durga Puja committees in West Bengal have chosen the theme of the hardships faced by migrant labourers while returning home during lockdown to COVID-19 pandemic issue for the five-day festival starting from October 22.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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After Backlash, Government's "Clarification" On Migrant Deaths
Facing opposition attacks for saying there is "no data" on migrant deaths in the coronavirus lockdown, the government today sought to clarify that there was "no mechanism" to collect such data in districts.
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Fake News Caused Migrant Exodus: Government's 2nd Shocker In Parliament
The mass movement of migrants after the country went into lockdown in March to fight the coronavirus was because of "fake news", the government said in parliament on Tuesday, delivering a new shocker a day after saying there was no data on migrant deaths, therefore "no question of" compensation.
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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"Promise Was To End Corona In 21 Days, Ended Jobs Instead": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for "destroying the unorganized sector" - which he had earlier called the backbone of the Indian economy - with the "sudden" nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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SpiceJet, Sonu Sood To Bring Back 1,500 Indian Students From Kyrgyzstan
After helping hundreds of migrant labourers return home at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, Actor Sonu Sood has joined hands with SpiceJet to evacuate 1,500 Indian students from Kyrgyzstan.
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"No Jobs, How To Survive": Bihar Migrants Who Returned Amid Lockdown Leave
How long can a migrant labourer and his family of five survive without food - this was the question asked by Umesh Das, a resident of Bihar's Benipur district
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No Work For Them Under MGNREGA, UP Villagers Start Cleaning Canal For Free
Unable to find work under the MGNREGA, a group of villagers in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, have started the task of cleaning a canal so that water supply reaches the farm lands.
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"Something Fishy": Karnataka Quizzed Over Rs 5,000 To Migrants Amid Lockdown
Karnataka government asked to explain how it distributed Rs 5,000 each to 1.25 lakh migrant construction labourers despite lacking basic contact details such as names, addresses or even the districts in which they lived
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Delhi Lt Governor's "Take Back" Order On Covid Curbs Cases On Migrants
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the pandemic, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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Gujarat To Withdraw Over 500 Cases Of Lockdown Violation Against Migrants
The Gujarat government on Thursday said it has decided to withdraw more than 500 police cases that were filed against migrant labourers last year for defying the lockdown-related rules
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No Plan To Stop Train Services, No Covid Negative Certificate Needed Either: Railways
Railways said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the COVID-19 lockdown
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Migrants' Hardships Theme Of Many Durga Puja Pandals In Bengal
Many Durga Puja committees in West Bengal have chosen the theme of the hardships faced by migrant labourers while returning home during lockdown to COVID-19 pandemic issue for the five-day festival starting from October 22.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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After Backlash, Government's "Clarification" On Migrant Deaths
Facing opposition attacks for saying there is "no data" on migrant deaths in the coronavirus lockdown, the government today sought to clarify that there was "no mechanism" to collect such data in districts.
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Fake News Caused Migrant Exodus: Government's 2nd Shocker In Parliament
The mass movement of migrants after the country went into lockdown in March to fight the coronavirus was because of "fake news", the government said in parliament on Tuesday, delivering a new shocker a day after saying there was no data on migrant deaths, therefore "no question of" compensation.
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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"Promise Was To End Corona In 21 Days, Ended Jobs Instead": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for "destroying the unorganized sector" - which he had earlier called the backbone of the Indian economy - with the "sudden" nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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SpiceJet, Sonu Sood To Bring Back 1,500 Indian Students From Kyrgyzstan
After helping hundreds of migrant labourers return home at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, Actor Sonu Sood has joined hands with SpiceJet to evacuate 1,500 Indian students from Kyrgyzstan.
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"No Jobs, How To Survive": Bihar Migrants Who Returned Amid Lockdown Leave
How long can a migrant labourer and his family of five survive without food - this was the question asked by Umesh Das, a resident of Bihar's Benipur district
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No Work For Them Under MGNREGA, UP Villagers Start Cleaning Canal For Free
Unable to find work under the MGNREGA, a group of villagers in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, have started the task of cleaning a canal so that water supply reaches the farm lands.
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"Something Fishy": Karnataka Quizzed Over Rs 5,000 To Migrants Amid Lockdown
Karnataka government asked to explain how it distributed Rs 5,000 each to 1.25 lakh migrant construction labourers despite lacking basic contact details such as names, addresses or even the districts in which they lived
