Election Commission comes up with RVM to improve migrant workers' voting rights
Dec 30, 2022, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has come up with a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting (RVM) Machine to improve the voting rights of the migrant workers, media reports said.
'No death of migrant workers because government didn't count?' Rahul Gandhi slams Centre
Sep 15, 2020, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took to social media to slam the Narendra Modi government which has said there is no question of compensation as there is no data on the migrant workers' deaths during the anti-Covid-19 lockdown.
Kochi: 3 migrant workers held over gang rape of teenage girl
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Kochi/UNI: Three migrant workers were arrested over the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl at Manjummel in Ernakulam district in March, police sources said on Tuesday.
Migrant workers to get housing in cities as Narendra Modi cabinet clears scheme
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The union cabinet on Wednesday cleared a scheme to provide low-rent housing facilities in the cities to the migrant workers who have greatly suffered due to the anti-Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year, media reports said.
Modi to launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana in UP on June 26
Jun 24, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana in Uttar Pradesh on June 26 to provide employment to 1.25 crore people, mostly migrant workers.
PM Modi launches Rs 50,000 cr 'Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' for migrant workers
Jun 20, 2020, at 01:53 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 'Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' worth Rs. 50,000 crore to provide livelihood to the migrant labourers in their own villages.
PM Modi to launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on June 20 for benefit of returnee migrants
Jun 19, 2020, at 10:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on June 20 to boost livelihood opportunities in rural India.
Supreme Court asks states to send migrant workers back home within 15 days
Jun 09, 2020, at 11:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the states to identify the migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country due to anti-Covid-19 lockdown and send them back home within 15 days, media reports said.
Sonu Sood meets Uddhav Thackeray following Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's mocking
Jun 08, 2020, at 12:14 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Actor Sonu Sood met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday night within hours of being mocked by the ruling Shiv Sena's MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut over his relief works.
Help migrant workers battered by Covid outbreak with Rs. 10,000: Mamata appeals to Centre
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the central government to pay a one-time Rs. 10,000 to the migrant workers including people in unorganised sector battered by the pandemic Covid-19 which had forced the closure of all sectors for over two months in the country.
May 30, 2020, at 08:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: With his government completing one year in power since winning the general elections for the second straight term in 2019, PM Narendra Modi wrote a letter to his 'countrymen' to seek their blessings for reaching the mark and at the same time mentioned the 'tremendous suffering' that migrant workers and labourers are facing due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Railways to provide trains for migrant workers on states' request: Supreme Court
May 28, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the railways will have to provide trains for migrant workers upon the state governments' requests, drawing a line in the showdown between the Centre and various states over the plight of the country's poor amid lockdown, media reports said.
Nepal PM Oli defames India over returning migrants to offset his Covid-19 failures
May 26, 2020, at 07:32 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS: After blaming India for the surge in Coronavirus cases in his country, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has taken it too far accusing their big neighbour of sending Nepali migrant workers back home without prior testing for Covid-19, media reports said.
Jharkhand: Over two dozen migrants injured as bus overturns in Ramgarh
May 25, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Ramgarh/UNI: At least two dozen migrant workers were seriously injured as a bus overturned in Kehjia Ghati under Rajrappa Police Station area of this district.
After Yogi Adityanath's order, migrant workers from UP can only be hired with permission
May 25, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: In the backdrop of the migrant workers' crisis during the lockdown, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday ruled that no such worker from his state can be hired by other parts of the country without his government's permission.
UP Congress chief arrested over movement of buses for migrant workers
May 20, 2020, at 01:21 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has been arrested in connection with the protests by his party members over the inter-state movement of buses meant for migrant workers, media reports said.
May 18, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has lashed out at the Congress leadership for shifting the blame for Auraiya truck accident in which 26 migrants were killed and 30 injured, alleging that the ill-fated trucks were coming from Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Punjab and travelling to Bihar and Jharkhand.
6200 stranded citizens entered Meghalaya, 8500 persons exited
May 17, 2020, at 01:40 am
Shillong/UNI: Over 6000 residents of Meghalaya who were stranded across the country due to the lockdown returned to the State till Saturday, a government official said.
Bengal to bear all costs of special trains for migrant workers coming to state: Mamata govt
May 16, 2020, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a showdown with the Centre over Coronavirus-related issues, the Mamata Banerjee government on Saturday said West Bengal will bear all costs of special trains meant for the stranded migrant workers' return to the eastern state.
May 14, 2020, at 12:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said understanding the art of living with coronavirus is the way forward until a vaccine is developed as the pathogen is laboratory made.
Punjab govt spent Rs 6 crore to facilitate return of 1,10,000 migrants
May 13, 2020, at 07:03 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: The Punjab government has spent Rs 6 crore till date to facilitate return of 1,10,000 migrants to their native states in more than 90 trains, Vikas Pratap, State Nodal Officer, Railways informed here on Wednesday.
UP has turned into favourite destination for migrant workers: Yogi Adityanath
May 13, 2020, at 01:19 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that the state has turned into the most favourite destination of the migrant workers as till now over one million of them have reached the state and another over a million are expected this week.
Around 13k migrant workers have left from Pune so far: Collector
May 12, 2020, at 03:41 pm
Pune/UNI: Around 13,000 migrant workers, including intra-state inhabitants stranded here, have began their journey from this city towards their respective destinations till now, stated Collector Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday.
Home Ministry asks states to cooperate with railways over running of trains for migrant workers
May 11, 2020, at 01:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After facing criticism over its "unplanned lockdown" after several migrant workers were killed on railway tracks days ago, the Union Home Ministry on Monday wrote a letter to all states asking for cooperation with the railways for the running of Shramik Special Trains.
Bengal's Covid politics prevails as Amit Shah, Mamata govt wage war over care for 'migrant workers'
May 09, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: People of the country's one of the most populous state West Bengal woke up on Saturday to the prevailing politics amid the Covid-19 crisis as Union Home Minister Amit Shah sent a letter to the state government accusing it of not allowing trains to help migrant workers to return to their homes, receiving a counter-attack from the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Maharashtra:Â Freight train mows down 16 migrant labourers
May 08, 2020, at 01:26 pm
Aurangabad/Maharashtra/UNI/IBNS: The perilous journey of 16 migrant labourers met a devastating end on Friday when a cargo train plying between Badnapur and Karmad, about 25 km from here, crushed them all to death while they were sleeping on the railway tracks.
Maharashtra: 14 migrant workers die as train runs over them in Aurangabad, PM Modi expresses grief
May 08, 2020, at 09:22 am
Aurangabad/UNI/IBNS: At least 14 migrant workers were crushed to death on Friday as a freight train ran over them near Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, officials said.
Facing flak, Karnataka resumes train services for migrant workers
May 07, 2020, at 06:18 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: After facing flak for cancelling special trains for the stranded migrant workers, the Karnataka government has decided to resume services from Friday, media reports said.
Telangana runs 11 trains to different states on Wednesday
May 07, 2020, at 01:54 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has said that the state government has run 11 trains on Wednesday to different States -- Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.
After Yediyurappa's meeting with builders, Karnataka cancels trains for migrant workers
May 06, 2020, at 02:09 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government on Wednesday cancelled all trains which were about to take stranded migrant workers back to their homes, following a meeting between between Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and property builders, media reports said.