Punjab govt helps 1.10 lakh migrants to reach their home states amid lockdown

May 13, 2020

Chandigarh [India], May 13 : The Punjab government on Wednesday informed that it has spent more than Rs 6 crore to fund the movement...

8.3 lakh migrants in Punjab register to return to their states amid lockdown

May 05, 2020

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 5 : Punjab Special Chief Secretary KBS Sidhu on Tuesday said 8.30 lakh migrants have registered to head out of...

Punjab CM urges PM Modi for special trains to facilitate return of migrants to their home states

Apr 30, 2020

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 1 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to advise Railway...

Only 2 pc of those returned to Bihar from Punjab contracted virus: Capt Amarinder Singh

Jun 03, 2020

Chandigarh [India], June 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that only 2 per cent of migrants, who have returned...

Sixth special train with over 1000 migrants leaves for Bihar from Punjab

May 12, 2020

SAS Nagar (Punjab) [India], May 12 : Providing relief to hundreds of migrant workers, the sixth Shramik special train carrying 1,201 workers, who were...

Farmers in Ludhiana face shortage of labourers as they begin paddy cultivation

Jun 11, 2020

Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 11 : As cultivation of paddy crop begins, farmers in Ludhiana are facing a shortage of labourers as migrants went...