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In pictures: Migrants head home, mosques gear up for Unlock 1.0 and more

The home ministry had last week said ''Unlock-1'' will be initiated in the country from June 8 under which the nationwide lockdown, will be relaxed to a great extent

Life and death in lockdown: Pictures from around India

Restrictions confining people to their homes entered the 66 day on Friday as the number of coronavirus cases steadily increases.

SC to hear plea over migrant workers' miseries amid lockdown today

Medha Patkar, in her petition, sought a direction for a uniform platform to be created which can be used by all migrants for the ticketing system.

In pictures: Migrants head home as Covid-19 pandemic spreads unabated

The coronavirus lockdown has triggered a massive movement of migrants across the country, who are eager to return to their native places

Railways operated 3,000 Shramik trains to send migrants home: Piyush Goyal

The Railways Minister urged the states to cooperate with his Ministry to help the workers

Cement being bought mostly in villages, tier-II cities: Shree Cement MD

H M Bangur expects demand to return once Covid-19 cases subside and the stimulus package ensures a robust supply side

Understanding the migrants

Availability of credible data is critical to integrating these workers in development programmes

'How can we stop it?' SC on plea to stop migrant workers walking to homes

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who had filed the plea, referred to recent incidents of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where migrant workers were killed in accidents on highways

Despite Shramik trains, it's a long walk back home for migrant workers

Harbinder, 54, a farmer hailing from a border area in Punjab, said he has been walking for two days and has very little savings.

Priyanka Gandhi urges UP CM to press 20,000 Roadways buses into service to bring back labourers

The Congress leader also appealed to the police that they should not use force against the labourers

Researchers urge govt to create common data portal for migrants' travel

The researchers pointed out, there is wide confusion among workers, despite the railways running Shramik Special trains to ferry them home since May 1

Stimulus good for sustenance, but supply chains need more for resilience

PDS and agriculture markets need reforms to develop superior food quality systems, writes Ajay Kakra.

All 9 Steps FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced in second tranche

Listen to the podcast to know about all the nine measures Finance Minister announced today

Clueless UP govt's moves have added to people's woes: Akhilesh Yadav

Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav spoke about the challenges before the state government and measures taken so far

14 migrants killed, 50 injured in two separate bus accidents in MP and UP

Eight migrants were killed in Madhya Pradesh, while six lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh

Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays, while contractors go missing

Several migrant workers who are back in West Bengal have not been paid dues for close to two and half months, when they slogged for close to eight hours a day

15 migrant workers run over by train while resting on their way back home

However, it is yet not clear from where this group hailed and where they were going

Covid-19 hinterland digest: Hard lockdowns in Gujarat, workers suffer

Over 100,000 have registered for travel back to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Haryana and Punjab

Migrant, who returned home in first special train recounts his journey

Mohammad Ansari, one of the 1,200 workers brought back to Jharkand from Telengana on a special train on May 1, recounts his journey

Railway board in a huddle as Congress offers to pay for travel of migrants

Sonia Gandhi said in a letter to the state units that every Pradesh Congress committee shall bear the cost of rail travel for every needy worker and migrant labourer