BJP obsessed with elections than saving lives amid pandemic: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is more obsessed with elections than saving the lives of the common people reeling under the second wave of the devastating pandemic.

Migration from Dubai, UK played key role in spreading COVID-19 in India, finds study

Shimla/UNI: The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi study found that Migration from Dubai and UK has played the key role in spreading Covid-19 in India during the initial phase of the pandemic.

UP: Father throws 3 daughters in Ghagra river

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP)/UNI: A man threw his three daughters into Ghagra river from Birhar bridge here on Monday morning, police sources said.

Mamata Banerjee accuses Railways of 'evacuating Maharashtra, spreading Corona to Bengal'

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Indian Railways of "evacuating Maharashtra and spreading Corona to Bengal" by sending special trains for migrants workers to the state without prior notice.

Cabinet gives nod to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package' for stranded migrants

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval for allocation of food grains from Central Pool to approximately 8 crore migrants at 5 kg per person per month free of cost till June.

Congress should send buses to Lucknow for migrants without delay, says BSP chief Mayawati

Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati also joined the war of words between the Uttar Pradesh government and Congress over operating buses for migrant workers.

Yashwant Sinha, AAP's Sanjay Singh detained for protest over migrants' situation

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha and some Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders were detained in Delhi on Monday after they sat on a dharna at the Rajghat over the migrants' condition.

Akhilesh Yadav slams UP govt for preventing migrants entry

Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for preventing the entry of migrant labourers in the state.

Mah HC asks Govt to provide details of special trains for migrants

Nagpur/UNI: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Union and Maharashtra government to give details of special trains running across the country ferrying migrants and others stranded amid lockdown and how long the services would be functional.

Piyush Goyal slams Mamata's arrangement of 105 trains for migrants, says WB needs more

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Mamata Banerjee announced that her government has organised for 105 trains to bring back people to Bengal, stuck in different parts of the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said he feels sad that the eastern state doesn't want to accept the migrants waiting to return home.

Over 1.4k migrant workers board Shramik Special train from Kolhapur

Kolhapur/UNI:  Around 1,440 migrant workers finally boarded a Uttar Pradesh-bound Shramik Special train from the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus here on Wednesday.

K'taka govt cancels spcl trains for migrants, oppn asks 'are they bonded labourers'?

Bengaluru/IBNS: Hours after the Karnataka Government cancelled special trains ferrying hundreds of stranded migrant workers home, opposition Congress on Wednesday condemned the move asking whether the country is still 'practicing bonded labour?'

Covid-19: Karnataka govt extends free bus service to migrant workers for 2 more days

Bengaluru/UNI:  Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa on Monday extended free bus services to migrant workers leaving to their native places for two more days.

Congress will pay migrants' train ticket fare: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the PM Narendra Modi-led Indian government for not giving migrants stranded by the coronavirus lockdown a free train ride to their home.

Pune Police intercepts around 150 migrant labourers walking towards Madhya Pradesh

Pune/UNI: The Pune district police on Wednesday morning intercepted around 150 migrant labourers including women and children who were walking towards Madhya Pradesh.