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  Bihar: Truck-bus collide in Bhagalpur; 9 migrant labourers dead, several injured

  India | May 19, 2020 10:44 IST

  At least 9 labourers dead and several injured after a truck and a bus collided in Naugachhia, Bhagalpur. The truck in which the labourers were travelling, fell off the road following the collision. The rescue operation is underway.

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  Migrants pelt stones at police, public in Ahmedabad

  India | May 18, 2020 12:05 IST

  Nearly 100 migrant workers gathered on a busy road connecting IIM Ahmedabad with Vastrapur area here on Monday and pelted stones at police and people passing by during the lockdown, an official said. A local claimed the migrant workers were demanding that they be allowed to go back to their native places.

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  Assam to provide work to returning migrant labourers under MGNREGA

  India | May 18, 2020 0:31 IST

  Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday ordered issuing job cards to migrant workers returning to the state from different parts of the country due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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  'Photo-op': Union Minister RK Singh hits out at Rahul Gandhi after meeting with migrant labourers

  India | May 16, 2020 21:03 IST

  "Did he remember migrant labourers only after 50 days? Our government, at Centre and in states, has been arranging food, trains for them... He met them just for photo-op. There should be some sensitivity," said Union Minister RK Singh

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  23 labourers dead and several injured as 2 truck collide in Auraiya

  News | May 16, 2020 8:21 IST

  As many as 23 labourers from Rajasthan died and 13 others were injured on Saturday after the truck they were travelling in, collided with another truck in UP's Auraiya. Meanwhile, the injured have been shifted to a hospital.

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  Two trucks collide in UP's Auraiya, 24 migrant labourers dead

  India | May 16, 2020 9:27 IST

  As many as 24 labourers from Rajasthan died and 13 others were injured on Saturday after the truck they were travelling in, collided with another truck in UP's Auraiya. Meanwhile, the injured have been shifted to a hospital. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter and said that all the victims will be given adequate relief facilities.

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  PM Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crore package; Watch full Debate

  News | May 13, 2020 13:20 IST

  PM Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crore package to combat coronavirus outbreak in the country

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  Migrant labourer walking to Bihar killed near Ambala after being hit by car

  India | May 12, 2020 11:26 IST

  A migrant labourer was killed while another was seriously injured when a car hit them on the Ambala-Jagadhri highway near Ambala Cantonment on Tuesday morning, police said.

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  Migrant workers leave Mumbai for UP in taxis, auto rickshaws

  India | May 11, 2020 14:15 IST

  Sujit Singh, an auto driver from Mumbai's Vakola area said he left for Uttar Pradesh in a group of about 50 auto-rickshaws from their area on Saturday and on Monday morning reached Madhya Pradesh, travelling via Nashik.

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  5 labourers dead, 11 injured after truck overturns in Narsinghpur, MP

  India | May 10, 2020 8:13 IST

  Yet another disturbing news of labourers dying has come from Patha village of Narsinghpur, MP. A truck carrying labourers from Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh overturned in Narsinghpur. In the accident, 5 labourers have died while another 11 have gotten injured.

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  Bengal not allowing migrant trains to enter state: Amit Shah writes to Mamata Banerjee

  India | May 09, 2020 11:36 IST

  Referring to the 'Shramik Special' trains being run by the central government to facilitate the transport of migrant workers from different parts of the country to various destinations, Amit Shah said in the letter that the Centre has facilitated more than two lakh migrants workers to reach home.

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  Bihar: 19 migrant labourers test COVID-19 positive; state tally at 579

  India | May 09, 2020 10:03 IST

  Bihar on Friday reported a total of 29 COVID-19 positive cases. The infected migrant labourers in Bihar hail from Samastipur, Khagaria, Saharsa, Bhagalpur, Banka and East Champaran.

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  Uttar Pradesh: 5 labourers jump off moving train; sent to quarantine centre

  India | May 08, 2020 11:46 IST

  The train was moving at a slow speed towards Sitapur around 5 am when the five labourers hailing from Shahjahanpur jumped from it, SHO, Government Railway Police (GRP), Ajit Kumar Singh said. 

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  160 migrants found traveling to UP in three trucks

  India | May 08, 2020 9:32 IST

  The Mumbai police on Thursday intercepted three trucks carrying 160 migrant labourers from the city to Utttar Pradesh, an official said. Drivers of the three trucks and another person were boooked for violation of lockdown, said an official of the RAK Marg police station. 

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  Video: Police lathicharge to disperse protesting migrants in Kerala's Ernakulam

  India | May 07, 2020 14:26 IST

  Migrant labourers who were protesting in Kerala's Ernakulam that they be sent back to their native places were lathicharged by cops on Thursday.

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  Karnataka govt withdraws request to run special trains for migrant labourers

  India | May 06, 2020 16:25 IST

  The Karnataka government has withdrawn its request to the railways to run special trains to ferry migrant labourers to their home states, hours after builders met Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to apprise him of the problems to the construction sector in case they left. 

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  Karnataka Congress pays Rs 1 crore for migrants' bus fare

  India | May 03, 2020 15:17 IST

  Accusing the ruling BJP government of cheating hundreds of migrant workers by first over-charging and collecting single journey fare from them, the Karnataka Congress donated Rs 1 crore to the state-run transport service to send the stranded workers to their native place free, a party official said on Sunday.

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  First 'Shramik Special' train carrying nearly 1,200 migrant labourers from Jaipur reaches Patna

  India | May 02, 2020 15:20 IST

  The 24-coach train departed at 10 pm on Friday from Jaipur and reached the Danapur railway station around 2 pm.

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  Maharashtra: 1,000 migrant labourers hit streets, demand return home

  India | May 02, 2020 13:42 IST

  Around 1,000 migrant labourers, mostly from northern parts of India, came on to the streets in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on Saturday to demand that arrangements be made for their return to the native places, police said.

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  Movement of migrant labourers not possible during lockdown: Home Ministry official

  India | April 15, 2020 18:52 IST

  The movement of migrant labourers will not be possible during the second phase of lockdown in India, an official of the Home Ministry said Wednesday.