The Congress said the decision to go back or stay in the state should be with the labourers and not the government, with the former being free to choose health or work.

Union Home Minister Shah, in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said the West Bengal government is not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state that may further create hardship for the labourers.

The newspaper, Saamana, however, did not make it clear whether it blamed the BJP-led Centre or the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government for the tragedy.

Migrant camps were "very prone" to spreading the disease, IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino told reporters in an online briefing.

Earlier, Sonu Sood started a ration drive to help the needy during the ongoing lockdown. He also offered his hotel in Juhu for healthcare workers.

Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to...

The West Bengal government on Saturday refuted the allegations of non-cooperation by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said that it has facilitated the return of around 6,000 migrants stranded outside...

While nearly eight lakh migrant workers stranded in Haryana have registered themselves on a government portal to return to their native states, over 1.5 lakh of them have applied on the same portal...

New Delhi, May 09: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to allow trains with migrants to reach the state. Shah in his letter pointed out that Bengal was not allowing the

New Delhi, May 09: The West Bengal government has allowed 8 trains with migrants following a letter by Union Home Minister, Amit Shah. Union Home Minister, Amit Shah had written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to allow

The court also suggested that the government should publicise the decision so that migrant workers learn about it.

His appeal came on a day 16 migrants were crushed under a goods train in Maharashtra when they were sleeping on rail tracks during their return home in Madhya Pradesh.

In a statement, Thorat, who is also the state Congress president, alleged that arbitrary decisions taken by many states regarding migrant workers had worsened the situation.

After several failed crossings from Libya to Italy and a long spell in detention, Nigerian migrant Olu had pinned his hopes on being evacuated from the besieged city of Tripoli with his family.

To control the situation, police resorted to lathi-charge, following which the crowd was dispersed.

Shah said that the Centre has facilitated more than two lakh migrants workers to reach home. However, the central government is not getting the Bengal government's support in helping migrant labourers reach home, the Home Minister said.

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Some lockdown images and words get seared to your consciousness. That of a migrant woman carrying a big bag on her head, a child on her right hip, walking from Mumbai to Karnataka to go home under a scorching May sun. A smiling migrant worker saying philosophically that they are trying to cover long distances on foot 'Ram-bharose' (at the mercy of God).

Delhi government on Friday said it would bear the cost of train travel of migrant workers if their home states didn’t respond on the issue.

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The Indian Railways has operated 302 ‘Shramik Special' trains since May 1 and ferried home more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said. The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, they said.

The Indian Railways has operated 302 ‘Shramik Special' trains since May 1 and ferried home more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said. The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, they said.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk to chief ministers of those states who are not allowing migrant workers to come back home.

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The Supreme Court stayed the order after the Centre said it was ‘unworkable’ and passed without consultation.

The Congress leader said the Centre seemed oblivious that thousands of migrant workers had started walking to their home states.

While courts have an important role in ensuring that the rights of citizens are protected, it is essential that they avoid adjudicating on policy matters.

The Union home minister had alleged that the state government was being unjust to migrant workers by not allowing ‘Sharmik’ special trains.

The party said that the workers had applied to the state government for passes to return home, but the administration did not act on it.

If workers or their home States cannot pay, T.N. will cover the cost under SDRF

TrueNat machines will be used for the first time in the State for virus screening

The Centre said it feared that the order may have a “cascading effect” on migrants of other States as well

All returnees are taken to centres from buses and trains

About 300 of those who had been detained leave by train to Uttar Pradesh

The incident took place in Mora village near the industrial town of Hazira.

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‘Venturing to walk to reach their home States will put their lives in danger’

Buses arranged to take them to their places of work

As many as 9,194 migrants working in different districts and States have returned to the district after the government granted permission for the tran

They complain of poor facilities and lack of food