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UK Set For More Legal Challenges Over Migrant Hotels
Britain's government was considering Wednesday whether to appeal a court ruling blocking the housing of asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as it scrambled to come up with contingency plans for the migrants.
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Doctor, 6 Workers Killed In Jammu And Kashmir Terror Attack
A doctor and six construction workers were killed when terrorists opened fire at a construction site at Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, official sources said Sunday. The number of casualties can go up, sources said.
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Jharkhand To Set Up "Labour Consulates" In Ladakh, Kerala For Its Migrants
Jharkhand has launched an initiative for the systemic registration of migrant workers in the source as well as destination districts.
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Spooked By Killings, Workers From Other States Line Up To Leave J&K
On a rainy morning in Srinagar, three children of Vikas Choudhary, a labourer from Bihar, are trembling in the cold as they wait for a taxi to leave Kashmir - upending a life of 18 years.
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No Work For Them Under MGNREGA, UP Villagers Start Cleaning Canal For Free
Unable to find work under the MGNREGA, a group of villagers in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, have started the task of cleaning a canal so that water supply reaches the farm lands.
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Priti Patel Heads Up UK's New Windrush Review Panel
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday launched a new cross-government review panel to address issues faced by the country's immigrant communities to mark the National Windrush Day, observed in honour of migrants brought to Britain to address labour shortages in the wake of World War II.
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Poster War In Patna On Lalu Yadav's 73rd Birthday
Bihar's veteran leader Lalu Prasad Yadav trended on Twitter today as his 73rd birthday became the occasion for a political skirmish with ally turned rival, the ruling Janata Dal United or JDU.
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₹10,000 for Each Migrant Labourer: Mamata Banerjee's Appeal To PM
Just ahead of the cabinet meeting in New Delhi today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee brought up the controversial PMCare Relief Fund and tweeted that every migrant labourer displaced by the lockdown should be given ₹10,000 from that fund as a "one-time assistance".
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UP Congress Chief Ajai Kumar Lallu Denied Bail By Special MP-MLA Court
A special MP-MLA court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajai Kumar Lallu, arrested on charges of alleged forgery of documents of buses arranged by his party for ferrying stranded migrant labourers during the coronavirus lockdown.
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RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It
The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.
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UK Set For More Legal Challenges Over Migrant Hotels
Britain's government was considering Wednesday whether to appeal a court ruling blocking the housing of asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as it scrambled to come up with contingency plans for the migrants.
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Doctor, 6 Workers Killed In Jammu And Kashmir Terror Attack
A doctor and six construction workers were killed when terrorists opened fire at a construction site at Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, official sources said Sunday. The number of casualties can go up, sources said.
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Jharkhand To Set Up "Labour Consulates" In Ladakh, Kerala For Its Migrants
Jharkhand has launched an initiative for the systemic registration of migrant workers in the source as well as destination districts.
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Spooked By Killings, Workers From Other States Line Up To Leave J&K
On a rainy morning in Srinagar, three children of Vikas Choudhary, a labourer from Bihar, are trembling in the cold as they wait for a taxi to leave Kashmir - upending a life of 18 years.
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No Work For Them Under MGNREGA, UP Villagers Start Cleaning Canal For Free
Unable to find work under the MGNREGA, a group of villagers in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, have started the task of cleaning a canal so that water supply reaches the farm lands.
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Priti Patel Heads Up UK's New Windrush Review Panel
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday launched a new cross-government review panel to address issues faced by the country's immigrant communities to mark the National Windrush Day, observed in honour of migrants brought to Britain to address labour shortages in the wake of World War II.
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Poster War In Patna On Lalu Yadav's 73rd Birthday
Bihar's veteran leader Lalu Prasad Yadav trended on Twitter today as his 73rd birthday became the occasion for a political skirmish with ally turned rival, the ruling Janata Dal United or JDU.
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₹10,000 for Each Migrant Labourer: Mamata Banerjee's Appeal To PM
Just ahead of the cabinet meeting in New Delhi today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee brought up the controversial PMCare Relief Fund and tweeted that every migrant labourer displaced by the lockdown should be given ₹10,000 from that fund as a "one-time assistance".
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UP Congress Chief Ajai Kumar Lallu Denied Bail By Special MP-MLA Court
A special MP-MLA court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajai Kumar Lallu, arrested on charges of alleged forgery of documents of buses arranged by his party for ferrying stranded migrant labourers during the coronavirus lockdown.
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RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It
The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.
