Migrants
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PM Modi, Rajnath Singh other leaders condole death of migrant workers in UP's Auraiya
India | May 16, 2020, 02:13 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday condoled the death of 24 migrant workers in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
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CM Gehlot directs officials to strengthen quarantine system at rural level
News | May 16, 2020, 01:15 PM ISTWhile discussing the quarantine arrangements with the Collectors, District and Sub Divisional level officers through video conference, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
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Truck carrying migrants overturns in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur; 5 dead, dozens injured
India | May 16, 2020, 02:46 PM ISTAt least 5 migrants have died while over 2 dozens injured after a truck carrying migrants overturned near Simra flyover on Sagar-Kanpur highway, in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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Ensure no migrant worker walks on foot, facilitate their travel: MHA to states
India | May 15, 2020, 11:25 PM ISTThe Union Home Ministry today asked states and union territories to ensure that there is no movement of migrant workers on roads and railway tracks. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, who wrote to Chief Secretaries, directed that the migrants be facilitated through special buses or Shramik special trains.
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Special trains to run for migrants in Noida. Check details
Fyi | May 15, 2020, 11:10 AM ISTSpecial trains are being arranged for migrants stuck in Gautam Buddh Nagar due to temporarily closure of industries, factories amid coronavirus outbreak. As per the instructions of the state government, special trains will be run for migrant labourers. The trains will be run from Dadri railway station and Dankaur Railway station.
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8 migrants killed, over 50 injured after truck-bus collision in Madhya Pradesh's Guna
India | May 14, 2020, 10:08 AM ISTAt least 8 migrants have been killed and over 50 are injured after the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Guna. The migrant labourers were travelling from Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh amid lockdown situation in the country.
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UP: Roadways bus runs over migrants. 6 killed, 4 critically injured
News | May 14, 2020, 09:20 AM ISTAt least 6 migrants have been killed and 4 others are critically injured after a UP roadways bus hit them near Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur border. The injured have been referred to Meerut Medical college.
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Section 144 imposed in nearby areas of New Delhi railway station
India | May 12, 2020, 02:15 PM ISTAs railways to resume services of select trains from today, Section 144 has been imposed in nearby areas around the New Delhi Railway Station as a precautionary measure.
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COVID-19: 'No money, no food', stranded workers continue to face hardships
News | May 11, 2020, 06:36 PM ISTDespite special trains being run to repatriate stranded labourers amid lockdown, several still continue to face hardships.
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Unaware of railway guidelines, migrants reach New Delhi station to book tickets, disappointed
India | May 11, 2020, 01:04 PM ISTEver since the Railway on Sunday announced to resume special/select passenger train services from tomorrow (Tuesday, May 12) onwards, several migrants took to New Delhi railways in order to purchase tickets on Monday not knowing that tickets can be booked using only IRCTC's official website.
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SER reduces speed of trains amid movement of migrants along tracks
India | May 11, 2020, 06:54 AM ISTThe South Eastern Railway has decided to reduce the speed of all goods and special trains to 40 km per hour in its Kharagpur-Bhadkar section till Monday morning owing to the movement of migrant workers at different places along the railway tracks, an official said in Kolkata on Sunday.
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First batch of trains of Indian Railways to resume service from Delhi on May 12
India | May 10, 2020, 09:39 PM ISTThe trains will be separate from 'Shramik Special' trains for stranded migrants, which will continue to ply as they are now, the Railways has said
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Registration begins for stranded migrant labourers in Kerala
India | May 01, 2020, 11:53 AM ISTWith the Centre taking a considerate stand on operating non-stop trains to carry migrant labourers stuck in various states, which will help them to return to their home states, Kerala on Friday started the registration process for it.
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India TV IMPACT: BMC swings into action, makes arrangements for nearly 150 stranded migrants
India | Apr 03, 2020, 06:33 PM ISTIndia TV had on March 27 reported on the plight of these migrants, stranded at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus station, who were unable to travel back to their respective hometowns due to disruption in railway services
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Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants: SC to Centre
India | Mar 31, 2020, 04:38 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct 'bhajan-kirtan' and 'namaz' to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Major lapse: Buses full of migrants allowed out of Ranchi
India | Mar 31, 2020, 04:00 PM ISTAs the fear of community spread of coronavirus looms large, a major lapse on the part of the Jharkhand government officials has emerged in Ranchi. The District Magistrate allowed 8 buses full of people to move out of the city on March 29 without getting them medically tested.
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Migrants from Etawah quarantine in schools post return from neighbouring states
News | Mar 30, 2020, 04:21 PM ISTMigrant workers who have returned to the various villages of UP's Etawah district from Delhi and other places, are being quarantined at the local primary schools and junior schools which have been turned into quarantine centres.
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Bodies of five women recovered from capsized boat in Italy
World | Nov 25, 2019, 07:04 AM ISTItalian rescuers saved a total of 149 people, including 133 men, 13 women, and three children, in the aftermath of the shipwreck, but survivors said some 20 people are missing.
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Trump administration pays NGOs who helped migrants
World | Oct 12, 2019, 06:50 PM ISTThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized $7.8 million in an initial wave of funding, part of $30 million in aid set aside for border communities in a $4.6 billion emergency aid package Congress approved in June that mostly went to federal agencies.
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250 migrant children in Texas moved from 'horrific cells' after outcry
World | Jun 25, 2019, 06:41 PM ISTAt least 250 migrant children have been moved from an overcrowded border station in the US state of Texas where they had been "locked up in horrific cells with an open toilet in the middle of the room", the media reported.