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Officials Assure Gurugram Migrant Workers As Violence Triggers Exodus
Authorities in Gurugram visited slums and urged labourers to go to work without any fear in an attempt to stop the exodus of migrant workers from the city.
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Old Photos: Minister On Reports Of Workers' Mass Exodus During 3rd Wave
Media reports about mass exodus of migrant workers amid the third wave of the pandemic were untrue and states have been asked to be wary of rumour mongering on this issue, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
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Dhaka Faces Migrant Exodus As Bangladesh Tightens Covid Lockdown
Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.
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Centre, Delhi Government "Failed Miserably": High Court On Migrant Crisis
Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.
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Migrants Gone, Farm Owners And Local Workers Fight Over Wages In Punjab
The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.
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UP To Bring Back Migrant Workers From Other States In Phases: Top 10
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...
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Migrant Worker, Whose Pic Went Viral, To Walk Home Despite Fracture
When he stopped on a highway in Madhya Pradesh, and used scissors to gnaw through the plaster on his left leg, Bhanwarlal became a national screenshot of the exodus of migrant workers who are walking home to their villages after the abrupt declaration of a total lockdown across India.
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Opinion: Migrant Worker Exodus Is No Confidence Vote Against Centre
India's unity, so crucial in the battle to save India's people from Coronavirus, will be strengthened if the government of India would keep the democratic and federal character of the constitutional framework in mind when taking decisions which affect the whole country.
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In Yogi Adityanath's Letter To Arvind Kejriwal, An Appeal And Assurance On Migrants
As disturbing stories emerge of migrants workers - stranded amid nationwide lockdown over COVID-19 - struggling to reach their hometowns, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today wrote a letter to his Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kerjiwal.
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"Fear, Panic Bigger Problem Than Virus": Chief Justice On Migrant Exodus
The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger that the virus itself, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today as the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving big cities en masse for their hometowns because they don't have the resources to sustain during the 21-day coronavirus ...
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India's Highways Filled With Poor Families Walking Home
In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.
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"Forgot About Migrant Labourers": Congress Mocks Government
The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the government over the situation of migrant workers, saying the Narendra Modi government "forgot" about them. "Shouldn't the government have made preparations? This was not unexpected," the party said, referring to the sudden exodus by thousands of daily wagers whose income came to an abrupt halt with ...
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Coronavirus Cases In India Cross 1,000-Mark, 29 Dead: 10 Points
The government on Sunday asked states to ensure the 21-day lockdown, asking them to help curb the exodus of migrant workers from cities, as the overall number of COVID-19 positive people crossed the 1,000-mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared a 21-day lockdown last week, warned against violation of the restrictions, saying those doing so...
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
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Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Blames Congress For Attacks On Migrants
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today blamed the Congress for the attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in his state and claimed that police and people have managed to foil the opposition party's attempts to create an unrest.
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Officials Assure Gurugram Migrant Workers As Violence Triggers Exodus
Authorities in Gurugram visited slums and urged labourers to go to work without any fear in an attempt to stop the exodus of migrant workers from the city.
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Old Photos: Minister On Reports Of Workers' Mass Exodus During 3rd Wave
Media reports about mass exodus of migrant workers amid the third wave of the pandemic were untrue and states have been asked to be wary of rumour mongering on this issue, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
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Dhaka Faces Migrant Exodus As Bangladesh Tightens Covid Lockdown
Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.
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Centre, Delhi Government "Failed Miserably": High Court On Migrant Crisis
Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.
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Migrants Gone, Farm Owners And Local Workers Fight Over Wages In Punjab
The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.
-
UP To Bring Back Migrant Workers From Other States In Phases: Top 10
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...
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Migrant Worker, Whose Pic Went Viral, To Walk Home Despite Fracture
When he stopped on a highway in Madhya Pradesh, and used scissors to gnaw through the plaster on his left leg, Bhanwarlal became a national screenshot of the exodus of migrant workers who are walking home to their villages after the abrupt declaration of a total lockdown across India.
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Opinion: Migrant Worker Exodus Is No Confidence Vote Against Centre
India's unity, so crucial in the battle to save India's people from Coronavirus, will be strengthened if the government of India would keep the democratic and federal character of the constitutional framework in mind when taking decisions which affect the whole country.
-
In Yogi Adityanath's Letter To Arvind Kejriwal, An Appeal And Assurance On Migrants
As disturbing stories emerge of migrants workers - stranded amid nationwide lockdown over COVID-19 - struggling to reach their hometowns, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today wrote a letter to his Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kerjiwal.
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"Fear, Panic Bigger Problem Than Virus": Chief Justice On Migrant Exodus
The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger that the virus itself, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today as the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving big cities en masse for their hometowns because they don't have the resources to sustain during the 21-day coronavirus ...
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India's Highways Filled With Poor Families Walking Home
In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.
-
"Forgot About Migrant Labourers": Congress Mocks Government
The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the government over the situation of migrant workers, saying the Narendra Modi government "forgot" about them. "Shouldn't the government have made preparations? This was not unexpected," the party said, referring to the sudden exodus by thousands of daily wagers whose income came to an abrupt halt with ...
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Coronavirus Cases In India Cross 1,000-Mark, 29 Dead: 10 Points
The government on Sunday asked states to ensure the 21-day lockdown, asking them to help curb the exodus of migrant workers from cities, as the overall number of COVID-19 positive people crossed the 1,000-mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared a 21-day lockdown last week, warned against violation of the restrictions, saying those doing so...
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
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Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Blames Congress For Attacks On Migrants
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today blamed the Congress for the attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in his state and claimed that police and people have managed to foil the opposition party's attempts to create an unrest.
