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Telangana
Paralysed gulf migrant loses medical aid, family alleges fraud by agency
Hyderabad: The family of a Gulf migrant returnee has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged fraud by a recruiting agency in Telangana’s Jagityal district. Kokeni…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man gets death sentence for rape, murder of 5-yr-old
Hyderabad: The metropolitan session court, Cyberabad of LB Nagar on Tuesday awarded a death sentence to a migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh for rape and murder of a 5-year-old. Dinesh…
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Hyderabad News
Year on, still no help for kin of migrant worker who died in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A year after a migrant worker from Chhattisgarh, Gajapathi Jangde fell from the fourth floor of a construction site and died, his family is seeking justice and compensation from the…
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India
No seats on bus, train; migrant workers return to Surat on flight
Surat: It was my first air journey, said an excited Satish Soni, a migrant worker who returned to Gujarat’s Surat to join his job back. As he was not getting bus or train…
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Telangana
Over 37,000 migrant workers return back to Telangana in search of work
Hyderabad: Amid COVID–19 pandemic as many as three lakh migrants have waved off from the city back to their home town which they felt was more secured. Furthermore, the immigration…
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News
Two-thirds of migrants have returned to cities or wish to do so: Survey
New Delhi: Nearly two-thirds of migrant workers who had left for their homes due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown have either returned to cities or wish to do so in the…
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India
Migrants denied entry in Bengal village, living in forest
Kolkata: As many as 13 migrant workers who came to their native village in West Bengal’s Bankura district were denied entry at the quarantine centre by the locals. As a…
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Crime
Migrant labourer commits suicide in UP
Banda: A migrant labourer who recently returned from Surat allegedly committed suicide in Amlohara village here, police said on Saturday. Mani Shankar Mishra (35) killed himself by hanging from the…
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Crime
Migrant labourer commits suicide due to financial woes
Chitrkoot: A migrant labourer, who returned from Surat about three months ago, allegedly committed suicide as he did not have money for his wife’s treatment, police said on Friday. Shiv…
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India
Elderly migrant labourer dies in UP after returning from Punjab
Banda: A 60-year-old migrant labourer who was returning from Punjab where he worked in a brick kiln died near his native village under Naraini police station area here, police said…
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India
C’garh CM says returnee migrants to get jobs in power firms
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government will try to provide employment to migrant labourers who have returned from other states due to the lockdown, in state-run power companies depending on their skills,…
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Photos
Photos: Migrants make footpath their home
Hyderabad: Migrants make footpath their home as they don’t have enough money to purchase train tickets to return their native places, at Secunderabad railway station on Tuesday. (Photo: Laeeq)
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India
35 migrants injured as bus falls into ditch in UP
Etawah: At least 35 migrant labourers were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a bus carrying them from Rajasthan to Hamirpur fell into a ditch, police said on Friday. The…
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Purzon ki Purzour Pukar!
Khalid Noor Mohammed Hum they bus inke liye ek purza magarJab rukee machine inki, tho hum ho gaye be ghar. Bhatak rahe hain hum dagar, dagar;Jin shahr ko, nagar ko…
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India
Bengal CM urges Centre to give Rs 10,000 each to migrants
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the central government to provide one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 each to migrant labourers and others in the unorganised…
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Featured News
Cry, my beloved country
Mohammad Wajihuddin My heart sank as I saw the viral video of a toddler tugging at the bed sheet shrouding his dead mother at Muzaffarpur railway station. The child is…
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India
Migrant worker’s body found near quarantine centre in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker, who had returned from Mumbai recently, was found dead near a quarantine centre in Odisha’s Cuttack district, police said on Monday. The deceased was identified as…
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Entertainment
Big B sponsors 10 buses for UP migrants
Mumbai: Moved by the plight of stranded migrants, Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan has come forward to contribute his mite to their cause. After the Friday afternoon ‘namaz’, a fleet of…
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India
Auto driver uses money saved for wedding to feed migrants
Pune: In a novel gesture, a 30-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, who saved Rs 2 lakh for his marriage but postponed the ceremony due to the lockdown, is now using the money…
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