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Atikh Rashid
Atikh is Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express' Pune bureau and reports on local issues, politics, governance and cinema. He tweets @ThePikaro
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When Colour Queen of India said ‘Hullo’
June 11, 2020 16:27 IST
Telephone companies were among the most prominent advertisers in film magazines of the late 1930s and 1940s. These ads had stars and starlets of the Hindi film industry seductively holding the receiver to their ears.
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
How oppressive containment measures during Poona plague led to assassination of British officerSubscriber Only
June 09, 2020 19:36 IST
Indian Civil Service officer Charles Walter Rand felt the need for strong measures to "stamp out plague from Poona" and deployed the military to search infected persons. Soon, reports and rumours of harassment of locals - especially of Indian women - at the hands of British soldiers started emerging from the city.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
Migrant workers gone, Pune Metro grapples with shortage of labourers; work speed down to 20 %Subscriber Only
June 01, 2020 00:20 IST
While the project employed over 4500 workers at its numerous sites, now only 1040 workers have stayed back; contractors are desperately trying to rope in fresh lots of labourers from north India. But will they come, and when?
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
Pune: Ferried to station to catch train, & left behind, workers demand answersSubscriber Only
May 31, 2020 06:39 IST
While 1,548 of the migrant workers were accommodated in the train, which left for West Bengal on Saturday afternoon, there was no space for the remaining 400 workers. Nearly 200 others, desperate to go back to Bengal, had reached the station on their own.
Sun, May 31, 2020
Dist admn plans to wrap up Shramik Special effort on Saturday, with 95 trains & 1.2 lakh migrants sent homeSubscriber Only
May 28, 2020 23:44 IST
A number of migrant workers apparently took other means of transport such as buses, trucks, bikes or bicycles, and in some cases, walked all the way home. Authorities, however, are reluctant to concede that migrants used unauthorised means of transport in their desperation to reach home.
Thu, May 28, 2020
Migrant workers return home against all odds — only to be seen as carriers of the virusSubscriber Only
May 20, 2020 17:45 IST
Discords and quarrels over the quarantine of migrants have become commonplace in villages, with old caste-linked or political animosities resurfacing
Wed, May 20, 2020
Maharashtra: Fights over quarantine of returning migrants becomes a headache for village panchayatsSubscriber Only
May 19, 2020 23:45 IST
According to officials, almost every district in Marathwada or Vidarbha has received about 80,000 to 1 lakh migrants returning from Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nashik and Nagpur.
Tue, May 19, 2020
Crowds of migrants heading out of Pune start thinning on highwaysSubscriber Only
May 18, 2020 14:14 IST
On Sunday, flocks of migrants desperate to return to their home states from Pune had considerably thinned at the 'exit points' of national highways.
Mon, May 18, 2020
Crowds of migrants heading out of Pune start thinning on highwaysSubscriber Only
May 17, 2020 22:30 IST
However, stray groups of workers keen to go to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh could be seen on Pune-Ahmednagar Road.
Sun, May 17, 2020
UP govt’s mandatory Covid test policy delayed return of migrants: Pune commissionerSubscriber Only
May 14, 2020 22:03 IST
1.12 lakh registered for inter-state transport, only 16,064 sent via trains so far
Thu, May 14, 2020
Social distancing norms forgotten, hundreds jostle for a few bus seatsSubscriber Only
May 12, 2020 23:27 IST
Although fares are three to four times higher than usual, it has not deterred migrants who are queuing up to secure a seat after undergoing primary screening by a doctor present at the spot, who checks the temperature and issues a medical certificate.
Wed, May 13, 2020
Indians returning from abroad to pay for hotel stay during compulsory institutional quarantineSubscriber Only
May 11, 2020 23:53 IST
They will be housed at four different city hospitals for 14 days.
Mon, May 11, 2020
Pune Collector orders ‘rest houses’ along highways for migrants going homeSubscriber Only
May 10, 2020 18:43 IST
'Don't want to encourage walking to home states, but we need a humane approach to the issue,' says Collector Naval Kishore Ram.
Mon, May 11, 2020
Maharashtra’s internal migrants desperate to return homeSubscriber Only
May 07, 2020 00:25 IST
While state agencies have set their focus on transportation of inter-state migrants stuck in cities like Pune and Mumbai, very little is being done for internal migrants who came to big cities from poorer districts in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
Thu, May 07, 2020
Only MP has offered to pay migrant workers’ rail fare: Pune admnSubscriber Only
May 06, 2020 02:13 IST
Passengers from all other states will have to either pay their own fare, or political parties and NGOs, which have expressed willingness to pay, can contribute towards the bill if a train is arranged for their transport, Pune Divisional Commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar said.
Wed, May 06, 2020
Pune: More tests will push up numbers but graph will dip after May 20, says Dist CollectorSubscriber Only
May 05, 2020 23:43 IST
Pune District Collector Naval Kishore Ram said the number of daily tests was being increased to 1,000 tests per day, from about 700 to 850 per day now, in a couple of days.
Tue, May 05, 2020Migrant workers throng police stations in Pune, wonder where to get medical certificates fromSubscriber Only
May 05, 2020 10:30 IST
While a system has been put in a place to accept the applications, concerns of the migrant workers are far from over. Their immediate worry is getting medical certificates that have to be attached with the forms to enrol with the police to get a travel permit.
Tue, May 05, 2020
Maharashtra expands use of hydroxychloroquine as preventive measureSubscriber Only
April 23, 2020 21:26 IST
Earlier, the government had directed the authorities involved in the fight against COVID-19 to hand out hydroxychloroquine tablets to the non-diagnosed family members of COVID-19 patients and medical staff working at hospitals treating them.
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
Industrial units outside PMC, PCMC areas to be partially open with in situ workforceSubscriber Only
April 20, 2020 00:07 IST
Naval Kishore Ram, Pune district collector said the lockdown will remain in the present form in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities. However, officials said the lockdown will be made more stringent in the upcoming week, looking at the rising graph of cases and death in these areas.
Mon, Apr 20, 2020
125 Bahrain nationals board special flight at Pune AirportSubscriber Only
April 18, 2020 23:02 IST
The flight came to Pune Airport from Bahrain Saturday morning, took the passengers at the airport following screening by medical teams and then left for Chennai, where more passengers boarded the flight.
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
Man from Pune who slipped in despite check-posts is first Covid-19 patient in ‘Green Zone’ ParbhaniSubscriber Only
April 17, 2020 17:50 IST
Coronavirus lockdown: At least 14 persons deployed at Matori check-post at Ahmednagar-Beed border and five persons at Dhalegaon check-post at Beed-Parbhani border who came into his contact have been quarantined and are being tested for Covid-19.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
Baby born inside labourer’s shanty in Pune, family gets medical help after 20 daysSubscriber Only
April 16, 2020 21:24 IST
The family, which is dependent on food packets distributed at the Jain Mandir for their meals, didn't have any money to buy medicines or taking the ailing mother and the infant to a hospital.
Thu, Apr 16, 2020If we don’t get food, we will leave for home again, say migrant labourers stranded in PuneSubscriber Only
April 15, 2020 20:06 IST
Around 150 people – comprising migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, started their long journey home, about 1,000 km away, on foot, They were, however, intercepted by Pune police only two hours after their journey.
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
At Lohegaon govt hospital construction site, 30 workers go without foodSubscriber Only
April 14, 2020 23:15 IST
The current bunch of labourers came to work on the site three months ago. Most of the labourers hail from Katihar and Poornia districts of Bihar, while some are from Uttar Pradesh.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Pune: District admn, civic bodies, police to step up counselling and surveillance at shelter campsSubscriber Only
April 13, 2020 23:12 IST
According to the district administration, there are 161 shelter homes in the district, of which 51 are being run by government bodies and 110 by sugar factories.
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