'Thanks to monetary help from several people, we are comfortable and living...
Will the government wait for a new law or start counting the invisible...
Six months after the lockdown was imposed, two dozen migrant workers were...
Several opposition members, including from the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham and...
Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the government revelation that it has no idea...
Labour ministry guidelines say workers returning to cities must get housing,...
The employers, many of whom had virtually abandoned the migrant labourers,...
Forty-nine migrant workers have been inducted by the state government as...
'The government there at one point did not even permit migrant labourers to...
Noting there have been instances of "excess" by police and paramilitary...
If solutions are not found, adequately and in good time, things could simply...
In one case, the folks at SWAN discovered that of the Rs 1,500 they'd...
Launching the scheme, Modi said during the nationwide lockdown, the talent...
Migrants hailing from Gonda, Ambedkar Nagar, Unnao and other parts in Uttar...
The actor, who has been catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in...
The top court also directed authorities to consider withdrawing all cases...
The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said that the troubles of the...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the worst Covid-19 affected state of...
A Mumbai Police official said the actor was stopped by the Railway Protection...
'We might have lacked somewhere but our commitment was absolute. We might...
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah took note of the...
The decision was praised by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who said it...
The death triggered panic in the compartment with people suspecting that...
'Politicians's slogans on social distancing, showered like petals from their...
All the real and imagined achievements of the Modi government's first year in...
Shyel Trehan, an alumna of the 2000 batch of the National Law School, was one...
The group, comprising on 147 women and 20 men, were airlifted by an Air Asia...
The apex court, which passed interim directions, said all migrant workers who...
Recounting the experiences of the morning, one which they will remember all...
Migrants are no longer sure if they would be able to live by Modi's mantra of...
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
The four-and-a-half-year-old son of Bihari migrants based in Delhi died at...
Their dreams of returning home finally taking wing after two months of...
Referring to various media reports showing the 'unfortunate and miserable...
Of the total trains, 2,875 have terminated, while 401 are in transit.The top...
Kumar had registered for the Shramik Special train.Everyday, he hoped his...
Cautioning that there will be social and psychological consequences for the...
The RJD leader was moved by the latter's tale of grief and loss and made his...
Those who took first flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport...
The corona-fuelled lockdown having shattered their dreams, they are now...
'I have dedicated the video to the kindest people of this great nation.'
'All governments disappointed us. Now we don't have faith in any of them'
'I like it when my daughter talks in English fluently. She is smarter in...
The Railways said it had intentionally changed the route.
'"We have lost our jobs, we have lost our savings, we have been beaten up for...
Officials said 1,500 people had registered to return to their respective...
The documentary captures the pain and helplessness the migrant labourers and...
Dominic Xavier's take on the horrific hardships millions of migrants have...
What worries state officials is that Bihar expects to receive more than 1...
'Unlike Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, there is no opportunity for workers to...
A meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday afternoon...
"Over 5.42 lakh migrants were screened by health workers and among them 1,230...
'Children need milk. If there is no money, how can one buy it'
Migrant labourers in South 24 Parganas who lost their jobs due to the...
'Many are coming hungry and thirsty.' 'Some told us they were stopped from...
He also rejected reports that have hinted possible increase in coronavirus...
Kumari, a lion-hearted 15-year-old, cycled all the way from Gurugram in...
Pintu Pawar's dead body was found on Monday at Dhanora in Beed district, 200...
The CM recently instructed officials to prepare a roadmap for providing local...
'There are 8-12 members living in the same accommodation. While in...
'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that...
'Indian Railways will run 200 non-AC trains daily as per the time table from...
The Western Railway in a statement later said a Shramik Special train was...
Rampukar's wife Bimal Devi had walked about 3-4 km towards the hospital on...
"I have only Rs 200 left with me. I have not even got the refund for the...
The SOP said the train schedule, protocols for entry and movement of...
'They say government is doing so much but ham to ab bhi yahi hain'
While Uttar Pradesh has allowed 837 trains, Bihar has permitted 428 and...
'This is a critical story that Modi seems to grasp far better -- almost...
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's office on Tuesday said the...
The accident took place at Kolwan village around 3.30 am when the bus was on...
'Reports of hitherto 'atmanirbhar' breadwinners having to stand in line for a...
'They treat us like garbage. We are not humans for them'
She couldn't get a seat on the bus and neither could her son Sahab Lal, who...
Rampukar Pandit, whose mournful face became emblematic of the tragedy faced...
'I saw several people on roads who could not even afford to have one meal and...
Just 20 years old, Inderlal Kamalsingh Dhurve is a migrant labourer, a...
"They are calling us dramabaaz. What happened yesterday by stopping migrants...
The powerful image of the distraught man, struggling to reach home in...
"A group of agitated migrants resorted to vandalism by damaging vehicles on a...
24 migrant workers were declared dead on Saturday early morning when a...
Many of the tragedies occurred in the dark, which is when it is cooler to...
According to the food ministry, about 142 lakh migrants will benefit in Uttar...
The Congress leader, dressed in black pants and a white kurta, was seen...
To capture the information regarding movement of migrants and facilitate the...
PM Modi, BJP president J P Nadda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi...
Banerjee said on Thursday that her government made arrangements for 105 more...
During the last three days, more than 2 lakh persons have been transported...
PTI photographer Atul Yadav recounts his meeting with Rampukar Pandit on a...
The migrants said that they prefer trucks and tempos to go back to their...
'If we don't get any bus from here, we will start walking home.''What else...
'Ensure they board special trains to reach their native places'
Six migrant workers were killed and 95 others injured in separate road...
Out of the 932 trains which have been operated so far, 215 are in transit...
A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao refused to entertain an application...
As people crisscross the country, eager to return to their homes, the cases...
A large number of migrants were waiting for food and transport on...
He said the migrants and poor people had great expectations after the prime...
8 crore migrant workers will get 5 kilogram of grains per person and 1...
The same testing technique would also be used for monitoring in green zones...
"Hundreds of stranded people, who wanted to go to their hometowns, gathered...
A government official in Lucknow said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi...
Rs 2,000 crore will be earmarked for the purchase of ventilators and Rs 1,000...
A truck carrying a group of 54 migrant labourers and their families from...
'HEADLINE HUNTING. A NUMBER -20 LAKH CRORES. NO DETAILS'
There was no confirmation yet on whether the migrant had tested positive for...
After five weeks of lockdown, migrant workers' patience ran out and so did...
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others...
The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation,...
Union officials said with increasing possibility of further extension of the...
Bihar has accepted the most workers back with 100 trains, West Bengal has...
In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and union territories, Union...
While 287 trains have already reached their destinations, 79 trains are in...
Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is "injustice" to the...
Since the beginning of running the Shramik Special trains, Gujarat remained...
The migrants demanded that the district administration should arrange for...
Official figures say 1.8 lakh workers have returned home to Bihar....
'The government will have to provide something for migrant workers or...
"The mortal remains of the 16 migrant labourers, who died after they were run...
The migrant workers were walking along the rail tracks apparently to escape...
Thackeray said he was in constant touch with the Centre over the issue of...
On Thursday, the government wrote to Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,...
'Oh god, these workers will now spread the virus! Their only concern was to...
Several migrants in Bengaluru were desperate to return home as they were out...
Till Tuesday night, the national transporter had run 88 trains for the...
These workers do not have jobs and the Railways should not charge train fare...
A day after opposition parties, including the Congress launched a scathing...
Uttam Ghosh asks why the PM Cares fund could not have paid for the train...
Police said they received information that migrant labourers in the Jouria...
'Recently we held a video conference with a host (about 100) of US companies...
Appearing impatient to return to their native places, migrant workers pelted...
Gandhi noted that lakhs of migrants continue to walk hundreds of kilometres...
A controversy erupted on Monday after several opposition parties demanded...
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Monday the railways has subsidised 85 per...
The migrants were ferried to their villages in sanitised buses arranged by...
All of them were sent to a shelter for medical examination and a bus was...
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's decision to transport migrant...
The man collapsed after peddling for hours and had started his journey from...
Each train is likely to carry around 1,000-1,200 passengers, keeping in mind...
However, it will run special trains for migrants and others stranded across...
Thousands of migrants were stranded in places across the country since the...
Nothing is going to dramatically open up on May 3. There will be too many ifs...
As the Centre's decision ahead of the end of the 40-day lockdown brought...
Asked during a press briefing if special trains and private vehicles will...
The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines to...
'We don't want to lead this hellish life. Enough is enough.'
In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for...
Vinay Dubey was granted bail on a cash surety of Rs 15,000.On April 14, the...
Participating in a video conference along with chief ministers of other...
"There are problems with regard to the inadequacy of testing facilities and...
This was not Sharad Pawar or Prithviraj Chavan speaking.It was Uddhav...
'There's a lot of confusion. It started because the President's tweet was...
'This country's backwardness is exposed when Indians bribe, coax and cajole...
According to an official statement, in a letter to Goyal, Pawar said that the...
According to the report, the magnitude of internal migration is about...
Crippled by poverty and the coronavirus lockdown, Sunil's family in...
Details of the Trump's executive order were not immediately known.
'Villages are much better prepared than towns as far as COVID-19 is concerned.'
However, there will be no inter-state movement of workers during the...
'I am an auto driver, and I am doing my best.'
'They are all worried about one thing -- what about tomorrow?'
'I'll survive for a month, but worry about what will happen if the lockdown...
'The situation is so bad that they are now sleeping on bridges or...
'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these...
Addressing a press conference via video conference, Gandhi also said the...
Rahul Kulkarni, journalist with a Marathi news channel, was arrested by...
Daily wagers are running out of resources, including ration and cash, and the...
'For them life is very difficult since there has been no universalisation of...
The accused, Rahul Kulkarni, based in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, has...
He had uploaded a video on social media in which he demanded that the...
With the lockdown extended till May 3 to stem the spread of the coronavirus,...
Though authorities and NGOs have made arrangements for their food, most of...
'They were only chanting one slogan, "Ghar jaana hai (we want to go home)".'
'The prime minister did not think that COVID-19 was a serious challenge as...
Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people...
Sheela Bhatt drives from New Delhi to Agra and Firozabad to capture the...
'Unless the State is a welfare State, unless the State has more welfare...
'It can lead to mass malnutrition.'
'We had no inkling this would come. Admittedly, we failed to inspire...
'It is clear that primary care would be extremely critical in providing care...
'Make sure you provide enough support (income, nutrition, healthcare, and...
'At this point of time, West Bengal is doing better than other states in...
In a video-conference with the Governors, Lieutenant Governors and...
'And Sir, you are at fault if they don't like you.'You don't boast of your...
'While the nation's prayers are answered and the virus disappears, there is...
The government on Wednesday issued a gazette notification announcing a slew...
'It is a ticking time bomb if the authorities don't come forward to help...
The Centre and state governments bonded and then fell apart during the...
After the incident, several migrants, including women and children,...
Sheela Bhatt visits a large urban basti a mere 20-minute drive from the prime...
The SC sought a status report from the Centre by Tuesday on the measures...
The 21-day lockdown is aimed at checking the spread of the coronavirus.
After covering several kilometres on foot along with their families, the...
'Wasn't it the PM's duty to reach out to the daily wagers of whom he claims...
'We will be required to take different steps than other large countries who...
States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities...
Hundreds of migrant workers from Delhi, Haryana and even Punjab reached Anand...
Some villages in Bihar have gone into lockdown, refusing entry of people even...
'I am jobless and don't have savings to sustain. Better I go home and do...
Bureaucratic insensitivity gave way to compassion with the state...
This barefoot pilgrimage home we're seeing all around us, and the way plenty...
Officials of the Transport Department, bus drivers and conductors were...
With lakhs of these workers stranded on highways and inter-state bus...
In his order, the DM said it had come to light that in the present situation...
The minister expressed hope that toll operators will respond to his call...
The Congress chief said citizens are making tremendous efforts for a better...
At the Ghazipur border, they huddled close together, only some with masks --...
The 21-day coronavirus lockdown in force since Wednesday has triggered a mass...
'All the hotels and restaurants from where I used to eat have been shut. I...
'You cannot implement such a huge exercise, which is bound to cause misery to...
With a nationwide lockdown in place, it may have become harder than usual for...
Maharashtra Police found over 300 migrant workers holed up inside two...
Pappu Qureshi, a good samaritan in Mumbai, helps feed more than 50 migrants,...
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus...
The labourers said there was no point in staying back in Gujarat without any...