Migrant Workers

Migrant workers block national highway in Bengaluru, demand to be sent back home

Migrant workers blocked national highway near Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru on May 04.

Protesting migrant workers lathi-charged in West Godavari

Despite special trains ferrying migrant labourers to their native places, many of them have been unhappy over delay in their travel.

14 migrants tested corona positive after returning to Chhattisgarh: State's Health Minister

Health Minister of Chhattisgarh, TS Singh Deo, on May 03 informed that out of all the migrant workers who have returned from different states, 14 have so far tested positive in Chhattisgarh.

Watch: 18 migrant workers travelling to Lucknow in cement-mixing truck caught in Indore

In another incident of migrant labourers making desperate attempts to reach their homes amid the nationwide lockdown, the police in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Saturday came across 18 workers travelling while hiding inside a cement concrete mixer.

The machine mounted on a truck was travelling from Maharashtra to Lucknow, said the police.

2000 migrant workers stage protest at IIT Hyderabad amid lockdown

Amid nationwide lockdown, over 2000 migrant workers staged protest at IIT Hyderabad demanding to send them back to their states. They also pelted stones on police team deployed there in which one cop received minor injuries and the police vehicle was also damaged.