Centre, Opposition Clash Over Migrant Workers' Train Fare & Other Top Stories

The Times Of India is leading with the new relaxations in the lockdown saw a mix response on its first day in Delhi. The government clashed with Congress and other opposition parties over allegations that migrant workers were being asked to pay fares to travel to their hometowns with the railways saying the Centre wasn't collecting ticket money from passengers on the 'Shramik Specials'.

Hindustan Times: Chaos and confusion prevailed on the first day of India's extended lockdown- this is the third extension of the national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but with substantial relaxations in restrictions. A fierce political war broke out over the issue of train fare for the migrant workers returning home, with the Congress declaring that the party and its state committees would pay the fare to enable workers to return and accusing the Centre of being insensitive to their plight.

The Telegraph is leading with the railways charging migrants an additional Rs 50 to ferry them back to their homes. No government agency in India has even started collating the clinical details of patients with severe coronavirus disease, without which any meaningful analysis of the disease's features is impossible and the country's Covid-19 deaths remain mere statistics.

The Asian Age: In a political masterstroke, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday announced that as a gesture of " solidarity", her party's state units will bear the train fare of migrants labourers returning home. The first day of third extension of the national lockdown saw increased relaxations as commercial activities were allowed in several states and stand-alone shops in non- containment zones.