Migrants
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India
EC mulls postal ballots for NRIs, but excludes migrants from Gulf
New Delhi: Over a year after the bill lapsed, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has yet again approached the government to permit proxy voting—i.e. to permit non-residential Indians (NRIs)…
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Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Six migrant workers from Jharkhand killed in road accident
Hyderabad: Six migrant workers were killed and four others seriously injured in a ghastly road accident in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. The accident occurred on the…
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World
Germany: ‘Migrants could be gassed,’ politician comments; sacked
Berlin: A long-standing member and a former spokesperson of Germany’s far-right political party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) was sacked after reports emerged that he had discussed the gassing or shooting of migrants. AfD’s Christian…
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Telangana
Cases on surge in rural Telangana, migrants return back to the city
Hyderabad: The Telangana medical and health department indicate that there has been more or less a consistent fall in the number of positive cases in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits…
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India
Maha should take steps to send back stuck migrants: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday that the Maharashtra government should take steps to ensure that migrant workers still waiting to return to their native places are sent back…
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Bollywood News
Taapsee recites poem on migrant crisis with haunting voiceover
MUMBAI: Actor Taapsee Pannu recites heart-wrenching poem on migrants amidst the novel Coronavirus, 1.42 minute-long video titled ‘Pravaasi’ highlights the condition on migrants during the recent lockdown. In the video, Taapsee can…
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India
Migrant woman gives birth on way home
Muzaffarnagar: A migrant woman gave birth to a boy in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district when she was on her way from Himachal Pradesh to her native place with her husband,…
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Entertainment
Another kind gesture, Sonu Sood sends Assam migrants home
Silchar: Bollywood Actor and producer Sonu Sood has again turned into a good samaritan for 180 stranded migrant workers from Assam. In yet another kind gesture, Sood arranged an Air…
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Bangalore News
Chartered flight brings 179 migrants to Raipur from Bengaluru
Raipur/Bengaluru: Helped by a group of law school graduates and generous donors, 179 stranded migrant workers, including women and children, were airlifted from Bengaluru to Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Thursday in…
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NRIs Corner
Indian Americans Forum conducts webinar on plight of migrants
Chicago: Indian Americans Forum conducted webinar meeting on plight of migrant workers, presented the concern of humanitarian crisis of migrant workers during COVID pandemic and offered solutions to the government…
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Videos
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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 sector…
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Photos
Photos of the week (02-06-2020)
St. Paul: Police in riot gear walk through a cloud of blue smoke as they advance on protesters near the Minneapolis 5th Precinct, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests…
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Sports
Sehwag sends home-cooked food for migrant workers
New Delhi: Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is being lauded on social media after he revealed sending meals for migrant workers as coronavirus continues to cause havoc in the country. Sehwag…
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World
Shooting at smuggling warehouse in Libya kills 30 migrants
Cairo: The family of a slain Libyan human trafficker attacked a group of migrants in a town that recently changed hands amid the fighting over the country’s capital, killing 26…
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News
Migrant labour dies at station; baby plays with mother’s shroud
Patna: In one of the most tragic visuals emerging from the daily reports of migrants stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, a shocking video of a baby playing with a shroud covering…
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News
1600 migrants in Shramik starved without food until help arrived
Guntakal: The special Shramik trains carrying migrants from Mumbai to Villupuram in Tamil Nadu comprising of 1600 passengers starved for food and water. These migrants who started for their 36 hours…
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India
SC on migrant workers’ crisis: Steps taken, but there are lapses
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of problems of migrant labourers who were stranded in different parts of the country during the nationwide lockdown to contain…
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Politics
Priyanka raps Yogi on migrants testing positive remark
NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, here on Monday, took a jibe at UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his statement that people returning to the state from…
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News
South Central Railway serves food to over 3 lakh needy
Hyderabad: South Central Railway has been able to distribute free food to over 03 Lakhs needy people facing hard times due to the COVID – 19. The zone had taken…
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