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Yogi Adityanath government forms Commission for employment and welfare of migrants returned to the state

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

The Kaamgar, Shramik (Seva Ayojan and Rojgaar) Kalyan Ayog in UP will look after the employment and welfare of the returned migrants.

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25 lakh migrant workers returned to state so far amidst Coronavirus pandemic: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

The Yogi Adityanath govt has been working relentlessly to provide employment and various other facilities to the migrant workers who have returned to the state amidst the nationwide lockdown

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UP: Police books over two dozen people for gathering in large groups to offer Eid namaz in a Muzaffarnagar Mosque

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

Defying administration's repeated appeals, a raft of Muslims congregated at the mosque in Kajian colony in Muzaffarnagar to offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr

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Migrant workers coming to Maharashtra will need to take permission from ‘us’: MNS chief Raj Thackeray says UP migrant can vote only in UP

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

UP CM Yogi Adityanath had yesterday said at a webinar that states wanting the services of UP's manpower will first have to obtain consent from the state government to avail their services

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No state can take manpower from UP without permission: State Govt to try create employment opportunities for migrants within the state

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

Yogi Adityanath further added that a 'Migration Commission' will be set up so that those migrants who have come back home in Uttar Pradesh could be facilitated in providing employment opportunities.

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UP: Yogi Adityanath allows demolition of over 100 shops inside Gorakhnath temple for road widening, orders alternate shops be given to those affected

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Yogi Adityanath, who is also the Mahant of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur has allowed authorities to demolish a part of the temple boundary to necessitate road-widening work

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Uttar Pradesh: Complaint filed against quarantined members of the Muslim community in Mau for threatening and misbehaving with ASHA workers

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

The quarantine members reportedly threatened ASHA workers with death when the latter advised them to follow lockdown and quarantine guidelines

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Stone-pelting on policemen by Muslim mobs reported in Bokaro and Bahraich during Friday Namaz, social distancing norms violated in Moradabad

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

More than 200 people gathered at a Mosque to offer 'namaaz' at Narayanpur under Pindrajora police station in Bokaro district on Friday despite there is a ban on religious congregations.

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