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Topic: Migrant workers

CM Soren wants to bring migrants back on chartered flights, asks Amit Shah for permission

CM Hemant Soren's letter says Jharkhand govt will bear cost of flying the workers, 900 of whom are stuck in Ladakh, Northeast and Andaman & Nicobar islands.

How her Leftist advisors left Priyanka, and Congress, red faced in UP over buses for migrants

Congress leaders tell ThePrint Priyanka’s team fell into the trap of Yogi Adityanath government even as the party managed some publicity.

Dear intellectuals, migrant workers will come back. Here are the five reasons

Industrialisation is key because agriculture remains highly unproductive with 43.2 per cent share of total employment but contributes only 14.6 per cent to GDP.

‘Cruel joke’ — Congress MLA Aditi Singh attacks her party over buses for migrants

Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh tweeted that more than half of the 1,000 'buses' arranged by the Congress to send migrant workers back home were 'fake'.

Sambit Patra marks 6 ‘cars and autos’ on Priyanka Gandhi’s vehicle list, gets it 50% wrong

Sambit Patra claims in tweet that out of the 1,000 buses provided by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to ferry migrants in UP, some are actually ambulances, cars, autos and scooters.

India’s battling its biggest migrant labour crisis. And labour minister Gangwar is ‘missing’

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said little on the 8 crore migrant workers displaced because of the crisis. Colleagues say low profile is part of his working style.

6 people killed in UP as speeding truck hits pick up van

Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the accident & issued a directive to give Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured person.

Yogi-Priyanka row over migrants: Has Covid crisis brought out the worst in Indian politics?

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to send 500 buses each to Noida and Ghaziabad for migrant workers.

Not Lucknow, send 1,000 buses for migrants to Delhi-UP borders: Yogi govt after Priyanka mail

After a night of drama and exchange of letters, UP govt has asked Congress to furnish several details about transportation, and send the buses to Noida and Ghaziabad borders by noon.

9 migrant labourers killed in road accident in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district

The workers had started their journey on bicycles from Kolkata and had boarded a truck, which overturned in an attempt to avert a head-on collision with a bus.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?