Migrant Labourers
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Gujarat: Three migrant labourers killed during illegal mining operation, two arrested
Gujarat | Feb 16, 2024, 09:08 PM ISTAll of the labourers hailed from Rajasthan and were working in Gujarat's Carbocell mine when they died, according to officials. After the incident, the police swung into action and arrested two people accused of illegal occupation of the mines.
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Bihar migrant fake video: After Manish Kashyap, another accused arrested from Muzaffarpur
Bihar | Mar 19, 2023, 10:54 PM ISTAs per the officials, these people were involved in making fake videos wherein they showcased the migrant labourers from Bihar were allegedly brutally tortured in Tamil Nadu.
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Bihar migrant workers attack: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai booked for inciting violence | DEETS
India | Mar 05, 2023, 01:40 PM ISTBihar migrant workers attack; Hitting out at the state government, he said, "DMK's MPs' vile comments on North Indians, DMK minister calling them Panipuri Wala, and their alliance partners demanding their exodus has triggered what we see today.
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NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave
India | Jun 02, 2021, 07:13 AM ISTThe national body has observed that the issues that arose during the pandemic have led to "adverse mental health outcomes, particularly among the vulnerable groups," it said.
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COVID-19: Migrants coming to Uttar Pradesh to be quarantined
India | Apr 18, 2021, 09:50 AM ISTSimilarly, govt has also ramped up surveillance at airports, railway stations and bus stops. Those with symptoms are being tested while others are being asked to quarantine at home.
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Migrant labourers leave Mumbai in jam-packed train due to COVID fear
News | Apr 09, 2021, 01:47 PM ISTCOVID-19 cases are continued to rise in Maharashtra. A UP-bound train was seen packed with migrant labourers at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai. They're leaving the city due to surge in COVID cases.
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Migrants denied entry in Bengal village, living in forest
India | Jul 20, 2020, 02:10 PM ISTAs many as 13 migrant workers who came to their native village in West Bengal's Bankura district were denied entry at the quarantine centre by the locals.
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8,900 labourers arrived in Pune in last few days amid COVID-19 situation: Collector
India | Jun 23, 2020, 09:12 AM ISTOver 8,900 labourers arrived in Pune in last few days and the labour department is monitoring the movement of migrant workers who are returning to the city
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Sonu Sood comes to rescue of Munna Bhai actor Surendra Rajan, assures to send him back to Satna
Celebrities | Jun 14, 2020, 01:27 PM ISTMunna Bhai M.B.B.S actor Surendra Rajan was stranded in Mumbai after the lockdown where he came to shoot a web series. When 'real-life hero' Sonu Sood came to know about his problem, he immediately offered his help and assured him that he would send him back to his hometown in Satna before June 18.
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Madhya Pradesh govt to organise job fairs for labourers
India | Jun 13, 2020, 10:55 AM ISTThe Madhya Pradesh government has decided to organise employment fairs across the state for labourers, including the migrant workers who returned home from different states after losing their jobs during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, an official said.
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Buses for migrants: Priyanka's aide approaches Allahabad HC for anticipatory bail in forgery case
India | Jun 12, 2020, 02:12 PM ISTThe row erupted on May 16 when Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi offered to provide 1,000 buses to ferry migrant workers to their homes in Uttar Pradesh.
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Railways probing fake duo demanding train fare from migrants
India | Jun 09, 2020, 03:45 PM ISTThe South Western Railway (SWR) zone has begun investigation to identify a duo who impersonated travelling ticket examiners (TTE) and demanded fare from migrants in a Shramik special train bound for Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka sets up portal for skilled migrants
India | Jun 07, 2020, 03:24 PM ISTThe tech-savvy Karnataka government has set up a dedicated portal to register for skilled jobs by migrant workers from outside the southern state, an official said on Sunday.
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AAP's Sanjay Singh sending 33 migrants home with flight tickets from MP quota
India | Jun 03, 2020, 12:43 PM ISTAAP leader Sanjay Singh has decided to use the 34 air tickets he is entitled to as an MP to help stranded migrant workers reach Patna from Delhi by flight, party sources said.
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Laghu Udyog Bharati starts online registration facility for migrant workers
India | Jun 03, 2020, 08:46 AM ISTLaghu Udyog Bharati, an organization of micro and small industries backed by RSS, has launched a registration facility for migrant workers on its web portal to help them find jobs.
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Diary of a Reporter: Pandemic should spur political unity but unfortunately it's not happening
India | May 29, 2020, 11:30 AM ISTToday, no one wants politics, but everyone understands that. Migrants crisis has spurred a political blame game at a time when it should have been avoided at all cost.
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Waive one-way ticket charges of migrants or levy fare from state govt: Gujarat HC directs Railways
India | May 24, 2020, 06:04 PM IST"We direct the railway authorities to waive one-way charges of these migrant labourers or in the alternative, for the state government to bear such charges," a division bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and I J Vora said on Friday.
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Migrant woes 'greatest manmade tragedy' in India since Partition: Ramchandra Guha
India | May 24, 2020, 01:47 PM ISTThe unfolding miseries of millions of poor people in the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown is the ”greatest manmade tragedy” in India since Partition, says historian and economist Ramchandra Guha.
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Home quarantined migrant worker hangs himself in UP
India | May 23, 2020, 02:33 PM ISTA home quarantined migrant labourer who returned from Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Friday in Musiwan village in the Kamasin police station area of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh.
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Migration of labourers hits bakery units in Mumbai
India | May 19, 2020, 11:44 AM ISTThe bakery business in Mumbai has been badly hit as a number of migrant labourers have gone back to their native places amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.