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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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.
New Delhi/IBNS: The question of how to solve the problems of migrant workers in Mumbai has to be resolved by the Maharashtra government and not the federal government (New Delhi), Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee interacting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday on a video conversation said.