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  UP: 3 women migrants killed, over 12 injured as truck overturns on Jhansi-Mirzapur highway

  India | May 19, 2020 8:22 IST

  Three migrant women workers were killed and at least 12 were injured as their truck overturned on the Jhansi-Mirzapur highway in Uttar Pradesh last night. Injured have been admitted to nearby hospital.

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  20 migrants in Ayodhya, 10 in Hamirpur injured in mishaps

  India | May 18, 2020 11:26 IST

  Twenty migrant workers were injured when a mini-truck rammed into a truck in Ayodhya district on Monday morning.

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  Railways operated 1,300 Shramik trains since May 1; ferried over 17 lakh migrants: Officials

  India | May 18, 2020 0:26 IST

  The Indian Railways has operated 1,300 'Shramik Special' trains since May 1, ferrying more than 17 lakh workers, it said on Sunday.

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  Have patience, you will be brought home: Nitish to stuck migrant workers from Bihar

  India | May 17, 2020 21:05 IST

  As hundreds of migrant workers returning to Bihar from other parts of the country, chief minister Nitish Kumar has urged them keep patience and said arrangements will be made to ferry them to their respective destinations.

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  UP buses to carry migrants, no movement on foot

  India | May 17, 2020 9:50 IST

  The UP State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has started deploying buses in various districts of Uttar Pradesh to carry migrants to their respective destinations.

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  Centre ready to run ‘Shramik Special’ trains to all districts with rail connectivity

  India | May 16, 2020 23:15 IST

  The Centre said that the move would provide significant relief to the migrants across the country who are seeking to go to their home states

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  Auraiya accident: PMO announces Rs 2 lakh compensation for dead migrant workers' families

  India | May 16, 2020 21:18 IST

  At least 24 migrant workers were killed and 36 injured when a trailer rammed into a stationary truck, both carrying passengers, on a highway near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Saturday

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  'Migrant workers made our homes, can't we send them back to their homes': Sonu Sood

  Celebrities | May 16, 2020 21:56 IST

  Sonu Sood once again proves why he's a real Hero. After arranging buses for migrants of Karnataka, the actor has now arranged buses for migrant workers to go to their respective houses in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & Jharkhand. Speaking exclusively to India TV he has urged people to help them reach their homes.

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  Rahul Gandhi interacts with home-bound migrant workers amid lockdown

  India | May 16, 2020 21:07 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday interacted with a group of migrant labourers in New Delhi. Gandhi was sitting on the footpath near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover and speaking with the migrant labourers about their ordeal. Gandhi asked Congress workers to make arrangements for the return of the migrant workers.

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  Migrant workers head to UP on cycles from Nagpur

  News | May 16, 2020 15:02 IST

  Determined to reach their homes, migrant workers began their treacherous journey from Nagpur.

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  First 'Shramik' special train from Ghaziabad leaves for Bihar carrying 1,420 migrant workers

  India | May 15, 2020 21:53 IST

  The first 'Shramik' special train from Ghaziabad left for Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Friday with 1,420 stranded migrant workers onboard, officials said. The special train with a total of 22 coaches left around 9 pm from Ghaziabad old railway station.

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  Sitharaman announces affordable rental housing complexes for migrant workers, urban poor

  Business | May 14, 2020 17:03 IST

  ​Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday addressed the concerns of the migrant workers amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in India. Announcing the second tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore package, the finance minister said that the government will launch a scheme under PMAY for migrant workers, urban poor to provide ease of living at an affordable rent.

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  Telangana stares at third wave of COVID-19 infections from returning migrants

  India | May 14, 2020 15:02 IST

  Initially it was foreign returnees, then came the second wave with the return of attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and now with the arrival of thousands of migrants, Telangana stares at a third wave of Covid-19 infections.

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  Migrant workers walk hundreds of kilometres to reach their villages

  News | May 14, 2020 12:41 IST

  As coronavirus lockdown hampers movement of migrants across the nation, some bravehearts walk hundreds of kilometres to reach their villages. In one such incident, migrant worker wheels 8-months pregnant wife, child on makeshift cart for 700 km.

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  Around 1,000 migrants protest in Mumbai; demand to go home, police use force

  India | May 14, 2020 8:25 IST

  Around 1,000 migrant labourers gathered at Nagpada in South Mumbai on Wednesday morning to press for their demand that they be sent back to their hometowns in northern parts of India immediately, an official said.

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  Uttar Pradesh: 2 killed, 60 migrants injured in Kanpur accident

  India | May 13, 2020 12:45 IST

  A woman and child were killed and over 60 migrant workers returning home from Gujarat were injured when a small truck rammed into a larger one stationed on the roadside in Kanpur Dehat district in the intervening night of Tuesday/Wednesday.

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  Over 2.80 lakh migrants returned to UP through 233 trains: Govt

  News | May 12, 2020 18:48 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish K Awasthi on May 12 informed about the latest developments of the state in regards to migrants who have returned amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

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  On May 11, number of cured patients higher than active COVID-19 cases in UP: Govt

  News | May 12, 2020 18:46 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad on May 12 informed that for the first time the state has higher number of discharged people than active cases of COVID-19 on May 11.

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  UP's migrant workers stage protest after being stopped at Maharashtra-MP border

  News | May 12, 2020 14:59 IST

  Uttar Pradesh's migrant workers protested after being stopped at Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border in Barwani district on May 12.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Lakhs of migrants still walking on roads to reach their native places

  Aaj Ki Baat | May 12, 2020 23:01 IST

  Why Lakhs of migrant workers are still walking on roads to reach their native places, Watch Aaj ki baat with Rajat Sharma at India TV.