Migrants
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Hyderabad News
Migration story: The ‘mini Somalia’ in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki
Hyderabad: Leaving one’s homeland is never easy, and for many, it is often something unimaginable. And for the sake of a better future, those from war-torn countries are often forced to…
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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
Centre is monitoring illegal migrants in Hyderabad: Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said that the centre has reports on illegal migrants staying in the old city of Hyderabad and…
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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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Top Stories
‘Messiah of Migrants’ Sonu Sood shares a glimpse of ‘help mails’
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood who is being hailed constantly for his helping hands and efforts in helping the migrants reach home during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The ‘messaih of migrants’…
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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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Top Stories
Odisha Migrant-worker-turned rapper trends for his lockdown raps
Kalahandi: Duleshwar Tandi aka Rapper Dule Rocker has been trending on social media with searing lockdown raps. The lyrics talk about the plight of migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis.…
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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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Hyderabad News
‘House/shop for rent’ boards sprout as migrants leave Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Natives of other states are returning to their hometowns leaving Hyderabad and vacating their houses and shops. Boards like’ house or shop for rent’ or ‘space available for business’…
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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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Top Stories
Migrant workers face bleak future back home
Jaipur: Shravan Das, back home in Nagpur district after the lockdown, is worried. He has a family of six to take care of and there are no jobs in sight. It’s…
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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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India
Age no bar to help poor: 99-year-old woman packs food for migrants
Mumbai: A 99-year-old woman proved that age is no bar when it comes to helping people who are in need. In a video which went viral on social media, she…
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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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India
Heartbreak: Migrant toddler tries to wake dead mother
Muzaffarpur: A toddler’s vain attempt to wake up his dead mother from eternal sleep on a railway platform in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Wednesday presented the most poignant picture of the massive…
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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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News
37 lakh migrants transported in 2813 Sharmik special trains
Hyderabad: Indian Railways has run 2813 Shramik Special trains, carrying over 37 lakh passengers, till 10 am of 24.05.2020. Congestion position has eased considerably and the mobility of trains has…
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News
196 special trains in 16 days, carried 2 lakh migrants: SCR
Hyderabad: The first Shramik Special Train departed from the zone on May 1, the South Central Railway (SCR) crosses 2 Lakh passengers in Shramik Special Trains. A total of 2,41,768…
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