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the-migrants-stories-2020

How Life has CHANGED for Bihar's Bicycle Girl

'Thanks to monetary help from several people, we are comfortable and living...

Why India doesn't have any data on migrant workers

Will the government wait for a new law or start counting the invisible...

6 months on, migrants caught between hope and despair

Six months after the lockdown was imposed, two dozen migrant workers were...

Opposition attacks Centre on migrant workers crisis

Several opposition members, including from the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham and...

Dom's Take: Who cares for dead migrants?

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the government revelation that it has no idea...

Migrants must not bear cost of Covid: Centre to states

Labour ministry guidelines say workers returning to cities must get housing,...

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Amid China and Covid-19 let's not forget the migrants

If solutions are not found, adequately and in good time, things could simply...

'We want to give voice to the workers' misery'

In one case, the folks at SWAN discovered that of the Rs 1,500 they'd...

PM launches employment scheme for migrant workers

Launching the scheme, Modi said during the nationwide lockdown, the talent...

Hoping to go home, migrants walk to rlwy station daily

'They say government is doing so much but ham to ab bhi yahi hain'

20L migrants ferried through Shramik trains till date

While Uttar Pradesh has allowed 837 trains, Bihar has permitted 428 and...

Remains of the day as India exits lockdown

'This is a critical story that Modi seems to grasp far better -- almost...

Sonu Sood stopped from meeting migrants

A Mumbai Police official said the actor was stopped by the Railway Protection...

We might have made some mistakes: Shah on migrants

'We might have lacked somewhere but our commitment was absolute. We might...

SC says 15 days enough to send migrants home

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah took note of the...

We poor will just die, says migrant in viral image

Rampukar Pandit, whose mournful face became emblematic of the tragedy faced...

Driver uses money saved for wedding to feed migrants

'I saw several people on roads who could not even afford to have one meal and...

Modiji has failed us, says migrant

Just 20 years old, Inderlal Kamalsingh Dhurve is a migrant labourer, a...

Sonu Sood airlifts Odisha migrants from Kerala

The group, comprising on 147 women and 20 men, were airlifted by an Air Asia...

Don't charge migrants for bus/train back home, says SC

The apex court, which passed interim directions, said all migrant workers who...

Migrants reach home after 'ride' of a lifetime

Recounting the experiences of the morning, one which they will remember all...

Give free ration to 8 cr migrants: Centre to states

According to the food ministry, about 142 lakh migrants will benefit in Uttar...

Rahul interacts with migrant workers amid lockdown

The Congress leader, dressed in black pants and a white kurta, was seen...

Dashboard to monitor movement of migrants launched

To capture the information regarding movement of migrants and facilitate the...

Shramik trains ferried 44 lakh migrants since May 1

Of the total trains, 2,875 have terminated, while 401 are in transit.The top...

11 migrants reach Bihar from Gurgaon on cycle rickshaw

Kumar had registered for the Shramik Special train.Everyday, he hoped his...

'Greatest man-made tragedy in India since Partition'

Cautioning that there will be social and psychological consequences for the...

See: Why these migrants won't come back to Mumbai

'If we don't get any bus from here, we will start walking home.''What else...

Provide food, shelter to migrant: MHA to states

'Ensure they board special trains to reach their native places'

6 migrants killed, 95 injured in road accidents in UP

Six migrant workers were killed and 95 others injured in separate road...

Exodus shatters migrant kids' 'Big-city school' dreams

'I like it when my daughter talks in English fluently. She is smarter in...

Train ferrying migrants from Maha to UP reaches Odisha

The Railways said it had intentionally changed the route.

Why the poor won't trust this government anymore

'"We have lost our jobs, we have lost our savings, we have been beaten up for...

Govt announces free food grain to migrants for 2 mnths

8 crore migrant workers will get 5 kilogram of grains per person and 1...

Govt plans rapid pool testing of migrants, returnees

The same testing technique would also be used for monitoring in green zones...

1,000 migrants protesting in Mumbai to go home charged

"Hundreds of stranded people, who wanted to go to their hometowns, gathered...

Sonia calls Oppn meet to discuss migrants issue

A meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday afternoon...

1,230 migrant workers test Covid positive in UP

"Over 5.42 lakh migrants were screened by health workers and among them 1,230...

Migrant children battle heat, hunger and long journey

'Children need milk. If there is no money, how can one buy it'

Why migrants are leaving Mumbai on cycle

After five weeks of lockdown, migrant workers' patience ran out and so did...

What CMs told PM Modi during video meet on COVID-19

While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others...

Railways to run 100 'Shramik special' trains daily

The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation,...

How Yogi will tackle the homecoming migrants' crisis

The CM recently instructed officials to prepare a roadmap for providing local...

Why migrant workers in Surat are turning violent

'There are 8-12 members living in the same accommodation. While in...

Who botched up the migrant crisis?

'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that...

302 Shramik trains ferried 3.4 lakh migrants so far

Since the beginning of running the Shramik Special trains, Gujarat remained...

Migrants clash with cops in Surat, over 100 detained

The migrants demanded that the district administration should arrange for...

Bihar's great ghar wapsi: Is the state prepared?

Official figures say 1.8 lakh workers have returned home to Bihar....

Hoping to go home, migrants walk to rlwy station daily

'They say government is doing so much but ham to ab bhi yahi hain'

20L migrants ferried through Shramik trains till date

While Uttar Pradesh has allowed 837 trains, Bihar has permitted 428 and...

Remains of the day as India exits lockdown

'This is a critical story that Modi seems to grasp far better -- almost...

We poor will just die, says migrant in viral image

Rampukar Pandit, whose mournful face became emblematic of the tragedy faced...

Driver uses money saved for wedding to feed migrants

'I saw several people on roads who could not even afford to have one meal and...

Modiji has failed us, says migrant

Just 20 years old, Inderlal Kamalsingh Dhurve is a migrant labourer, a...

Give free ration to 8 cr migrants: Centre to states

According to the food ministry, about 142 lakh migrants will benefit in Uttar...

Rahul interacts with migrant workers amid lockdown

The Congress leader, dressed in black pants and a white kurta, was seen...

Dashboard to monitor movement of migrants launched

To capture the information regarding movement of migrants and facilitate the...

See: Why these migrants won't come back to Mumbai

'If we don't get any bus from here, we will start walking home.''What else...

Provide food, shelter to migrant: MHA to states

'Ensure they board special trains to reach their native places'

6 migrants killed, 95 injured in road accidents in UP

Six migrant workers were killed and 95 others injured in separate road...

Govt announces free food grain to migrants for 2 mnths

8 crore migrant workers will get 5 kilogram of grains per person and 1...

Govt plans rapid pool testing of migrants, returnees

The same testing technique would also be used for monitoring in green zones...

1,000 migrants protesting in Mumbai to go home charged

"Hundreds of stranded people, who wanted to go to their hometowns, gathered...

Why migrants are leaving Mumbai on cycle

After five weeks of lockdown, migrant workers' patience ran out and so did...

What CMs told PM Modi during video meet on COVID-19

While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others...

Railways to run 100 'Shramik special' trains daily

The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation,...

302 Shramik trains ferried 3.4 lakh migrants so far

Since the beginning of running the Shramik Special trains, Gujarat remained...

Migrants clash with cops in Surat, over 100 detained

The migrants demanded that the district administration should arrange for...

Bihar's great ghar wapsi: Is the state prepared?

Official figures say 1.8 lakh workers have returned home to Bihar....