Passengers Flout Norms, Rush Out Of Railway Station in Assam To Avoid Covid-19 Testing
3 years, 7 months ago

Passengers Flout Norms, Rush Out Of Railway Station in Assam To Avoid Covid-19 Testing

News 18  

As we battle the deadly virus, Assam has made Covid-19 testing mandatory on arrival for all train passengers to keep citizens safe. All boundaries of recklessness were crossed in an act fuelled by paranoia when around 400 train passengers who arrived at a railway station in Assam forcefully made their way out of the premises in order to avoid being tested for COVID-19. A video of the incident reported by NDTV shows people rushing out of the railway station as the police and officials look on. The incident — which brought to light people’s carelessness and authorities’ leniency — took place at the Jagi Road railway station, around 60 kilometres from Guwahati.

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West Central Railway To Impose Fine On Passengers Violating Covid-19 Norms
3 years, 1 month ago

West Central Railway To Impose Fine On Passengers Violating Covid-19 Norms

News 18  

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Stampede-like situation at Covid vaccination centres in Assam's Golaghat as people rush to get jabs
3 years, 6 months ago

Stampede-like situation at Covid vaccination centres in Assam's Golaghat as people rush to get jabs

India Today  

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98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital to Escape Mandatory Covid-19 Testing
3 years, 8 months ago

98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital to Escape Mandatory Covid-19 Testing

News 18  

A total of 98 air passengers fled a hospital to avoid mandatory Covid-19 testing after landing at Silchar airport in Assam's Cachar district, a health department official said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday, two days after 385 air passengers created disorder at the airport and a hospital and fled without undergoing the test. While 337 passengers were tested …

Migrants rush to Mumbai railway stations to catch trains amid talks of complete lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrants rush to Mumbai railway stations to catch trains amid talks of complete lockdown

India TV News  

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Mumbai's Local Trains to be Blamed for Surge in Covid-19 Cases? Here's What BMC Data Says
3 years, 10 months ago

Mumbai's Local Trains to be Blamed for Surge in Covid-19 Cases? Here's What BMC Data Says

News 18  

As Maharashtra battles a surge in Coronavirus cases, Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said a chunk on cases could be attributed to public movement as local trains resumed services. “One of my hunches is that the local trains in Mumbai, which carry almost 50 lakh people a day, were shut from last March till January 31, and only on February …

Top news of the day: India issues fresh air travel guidelines after reporting three COVID-19 variants; new Lt. Governor orders floor test in Puducherry on February 22, and more
3 years, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

The new SOP, which will come into effect at 11.59 p.m. on February 22 was released on late on February 17. Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararjan on February 18 ordered a floor test for the Congress government in the Union Territory on February 22, to ascertain whether it has majority in the wake of a spate of resignations by the …

2020 Take: Covid-19 Unravelled Gujarat's Industries, Migrants' March Induced Tears; Lions Roared Loud
4 years ago

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News 18  

Disruption of industrial activities due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, protests by jobless migrants eager to return home and hospital fires – all these and more kept Gujarat in the news during the year. Newly-elected BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Abhay Bharadwaj died on December 2 due while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 complications. Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel died …

Covid-19 Test Mandatory for People Coming to Lucknow from Other States on Diwali
4 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

People coming to Lucknow from other states, particularly Delhi and its adjoining areas, for Diwali will have to mandatorily undergo Covid-19 test at bus stands, railway stations and the airport, an official said on Friday. Thirteen teams of the Health Department have been deployed at all bus stands, railway stations and the airport for screening those coming to the state …

Festive Season in Mind, RPF Announces Covid-19 Guidelines for Train Travel
4 years, 3 months ago

Festive Season in Mind, RPF Announces Covid-19 Guidelines for Train Travel

News 18  

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Aakar Patel | ‘Unlock’ rules are illogical: If flights allowed, why not trains?
4 years, 4 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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With railways to run special trains for migrants without consent from destination states, concerns arise over containment efforts
4 years, 7 months ago

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Firstpost  

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Double trouble in Assam: Panic at premier hospital, migrant workers bringing in virus
4 years, 8 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Covid-19: With no trains, gypsies, labourers from north India stranded in Bengal towns
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19: With no trains, gypsies, labourers from north India stranded in Bengal towns

Hindustan Times  

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Before-and-after photos show how Indian Railways has come to halt amid Coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

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India TV News  

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Workers crowd trains for home as Indian cities close further
4 years, 9 months ago

Workers crowd trains for home as Indian cities close further

Associated Press  

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8 who travelled in AP Sampark Kranti Express test positive for COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

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India TV News  

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Coronavirus | Railways withdraws concessions to discourage travel
4 years, 9 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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Railways intensify screening of passengers
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The Hindu  

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3 railway staffers who came in contact with Odisha's first COVID-19 patient sent to self quarantine

India TV News  

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Covid-19 in India: 3 dead, 139 infected; 85 trains cancelled; Bengal, Haryana report 1st cases | Developments
4 years, 9 months ago

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India Today  

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3 railway staffers who came in contact with Odisha's 1st Covid-19 patient sent to self-quarantine
4 years, 9 months ago

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India Today  

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Passengers, colleagues rush to be tested after Hyderabad man tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 10 months ago

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Firstpost  

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