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Delhi HC Extends by 45 Days Interim Bail of 2,177 Under-trial Prisoners amid Covid-19 Pandemic

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high.




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62-year-old Becomes Second Covid-19 Fatality in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar

The resident of Sector 66 was among the two people who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours




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Walking Back Home, Migrant Workers Create Ruckus on Being Stopped in UP's Amroha

The workers started arriving at the bridge from the Delhi side on Friday afternoon and wanted to go home at the earliest, officials said.




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After Ahmedabad and Surat, Now Total Lockdown in Gandhinagar from Sunday to Curb Covid-19 Spread

The lockdown order will be in effect from May 9, 6 PM in Kalol and 6 AM on Sunday in Gandhinagar.




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Naval Ship From Maldives With Over 600 Stranded Indians to Arrive on Sunday

INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, has departed from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board on Friday night.




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2 Indians Flown Back to Kerala from UAE Test Positive for Covid-19; State's Infection Toll Climbs to 505

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 23,596 people were currently under observation at their homes, and 334 at different hospitals.




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Accused of Being Coronavirus Carrier, Man Thrashed in UP's Aligarh; Six Booked

A 25-year-old man with serious injuries fell unconscious after the accused attacked him, alleging that he was a 'coronavirus carrier'.




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Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

Tripura has reported 118 cases, Assam 59, Meghalaya 12 cases, Manipur two while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each till Saturday morning 8 AM.




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224 New Covid-19 Cases Recorded in Delhi, Tally Climbs to 6,542

No fresh death due to the virus was reported in this period. Delhi has so far reported 68 deaths.




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Close Shave for Jharkhand Workers Walking on Railway Tracks to Return to Home in West Bengal

The labourers had managed to reach the temple town of Tarapith from Purba Bardhaman district during the lockdown and started on foot from there towards neighbouring Jharkhand on Friday night.




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Tamil Nadu Further Eases Curbs, Allows Private Firms to Resume Work With 33% Work Force

The government also extended the timings for groceries and vegetable shops from the present 5 pm till 7 pm, effective Monday, throughout Tamil Nadu.




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Crushed to Death in Sleep on Rail Tracks, Migrant Workers' Bodies Taken Home by Special Trains

The labourers, working in a steel factory in Jalna, left for their home in Madhya Pradesh on foot. Exhausted, they slept on the tracks near Karmad, not knowing that traffic of goods trains had not ceased despite lockdown.




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Man Held for Repeatedly Raping, Blackmailing 17-Year-Old in Rajasthan's Jhalawar

The accused, identified as Saddam Hussain Pinjara, was on Saturday produced before a Jhalawar court which sent him to two days' police remand.




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Prashant Kishor Travelled to Kolkata During Lockdown, Alleges Bihar BJP; Prove it, Says Poll Strategist

Kishor, who earlier worked with the BJP but turned into its strident critic of late, reacted with indignation, saying he would retire from public life if the allegations were proven true.




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Two Prisoners Shifted from Bengaluru to 'Green' District of Ramanagara Test Positive for Covid-19

Ramanagara is one of the eight districts in Karnataka that had not seen a single coronavirus case until now, despite being close to the capital city and falling en route the two red zone districts of Bengaluru and Mysure.




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In Letter to Modi, Kerala CM Seeks Help to Bring Back Bodies of Indian Expats Who Didn't Die of Covid-19

Indian embassies may be directed to issue necessary clearance without seeking individual approval from MHA to avoid delay, the letter read.




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'Why Were Positive Patients Traveling?' TMC's Derek O' Brien After 9 RPF Constables Contract Covid-19 in Bengal

Eight constables who tested positive for Covid-19 were posted in West Bengal, while one was stationed in Odisha.




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Bengal Governor Accuses Mamata Banerjee of 'Explicitly Appeasing' Minority Community

Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal.




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'Put Out of Work Lawyer Under Lockdown': In Centre-Bengal Feud, Mahua Moitra Aims Dart at Governor

In a five-page letter, Dhankhar responded to the CM, who accused him of 'forgetting' that she was the elected head of government in the state and he was merely a 'nominated' one.




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Shashi Tharoor Slams Modi Govt Over 'Faulty' Rapid Test Kits, Calls for Indigenous Production

Reacting to the reports of faulty test kits, Tharoor said he read comments on social media over the issue stating that what can the Modi government do about it as other countries also had the same experience.




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K'taka CM's Political Secretary Stages Stir with Supporters over Quarantined Foreigners at Resort

The agitation continued till late in the evening and despite local police officer’s intervention, MLA SR Vishwanath and his men left the spot only after the civic body was compelled to shift the foreigners to another facility.




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Polls or Fresh Oath? Sena Readies Strategy Amid Fears of Political Crisis in Maharashtra Due to Guv Impasse

For Uddhav Thackeray to continue as the CM of Maharashtra, he will have to become a member of the legislature before May 28. That is when his six-month-old term ends.




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No Need to Impose Hardship on Govt Servants by Halting DA/DR Hikes, Says Manmohan Singh

The remarks of the Congress leaders came two days after the Central government decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of DA to all its employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling due from January 1, 2020.




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Kerala Under Severe Financial Crisis Amid Coronavirus, Says State Finance Minister

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that while aimed to collect Rs 2,000 crores, the state government could raise only Rs 250 crores in April.




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Formulate a National Plan for Handling Coronavirus Crisis: Congress to Modi Govt

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the government should rethink on lockdown measures as the country cannot have the 'lockdown of people and lockout of the economy'.




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Sonia Gandhi Writes to PM Modi; Seeks Economic Package for Revival of MSMEs

In a letter to Modi, Gandhi also made some suggestions for the revival of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), which is reeling under the adverse impact of the coronavirus lockdown.




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TMC Dubs IMCT 'India's Most Callous Team' and Says They're Visiting Bengal to Spread Political Virus

The central teams have been visiting hospitals and quarantine centres and meeting officials in Kolkata and Siliguri.




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BJP MPs From Bengal Attack Mamata Govt For its Handling of Coronavirus Crisis

BJP leaders Debasree Chaudhuri and another MP, Sukanta Majumdar, alleged that they were served with quarantine notices by the local administration so that they could not step outside to provide ration and other relief material to the masses.




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Priyanka Gandhi Calls for 'Transparency and Right Treatment' to Stop Covid-19 Spread in Agra

Priyanka Gandhi's remarks came over Agra Mayor Naveen Jain's letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting him to 'save Agra'.




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Shouldn't Alienate a Community for Mistake, Says Bhagwat, Adds Warning on Covid Misuse by ‘Anti-India Forces’

The RSS chief said there are 'anti-India forces' who are waiting to use the pandemic to break the country.




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Bengal BJP Members Hold Sit-in at Home over Alleged Covid-19 Mismanagement by State Govt

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, Bankura MP Subhas Sarkar, along with other leaders and workers, held placards in hand during the sit-in at their respective residences from 11 am to 1 pm.




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Amid Lockdown ,AAP Jangpura MLA Video Calls Coronavirus Patients, Assures Issues to be Resolved Soon

Kumar’s Twitter feed revealed that the MLA has been at it for a few days now, earlier, he even reached out to BJP MLA Ramesh Bidhuri asking help for patient living in his constituency.




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Allow Free Rail Travel For Migrant Labourers to Reach Home: Adhir Writes to PM

Chowdhury said that a large portion of the migrant labourers are from the minority community and urged that the government feed these people during the month of Ramadan owing to their hapless condition.




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Tablighi Jamaat’s Conduct Criminal, but Muslim Community Can’t be Held Responsible for it, Says Abbas Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Jamaat does not represent the community and one can neither 'punish' nor hold the entire Muslim community 'responsible' for the Nizamuddin incident.




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'Don’t Feel Helpless, I Am There': Mamata's Assurance to Bengal Students Stuck in Kota Post Lockdown

Around 4,000-5,000 students hailing from West Bengal are staying in hostels and paying guest accommodations in Kota city, known for its coaching centres especially for engineering and medical aspirants.




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Chidambaram Welcomes RBI's Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday lauded the RBI's prompt action in announcing a Rs 50,000 crore special liquidity facility for mutual funds.




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Covid-19: Kumaraswamy Calls for Lowering Cost of Living

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has called for citizen-centric measures and stressed the need to lower the cost of living, as he cautioned the state and Central governments about the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on economy and people in-tuen.




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Priyanka Gandhi Raises Issue of 'Faulty' Covid-19 Kits Supplied to UP Medical Colleges

The Congress leader highlighted a letter by the Director General medical education in the state stating that faulty personal protective equipment (PPEs) were supplied and the same had got leaked in public domain.




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Some Earning Profits in Sale of Covid-19 Test Kits to Govt, PM Modi Must Intervene, Says Rahul Gandhi

The Congress cited media reports about rapid test kits for Covid-19 being sold at around 150 per cent profits to the government and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsibility for the same.




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Govt Must Make Public Details of All Purchases Made to fight Covid-19: Congress

Referring to a company engaged in supply of testing kits, Manish Tewari alleged that kits purchased at Rs 245 were being sold by the firm to ICMR at Rs 600 each while the same to Tamil Nadu government were sold at Rs 400 each.




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Ex-PM Manmohan Singh to Guide Group of Experts For Post-Covid-19 Revival Strategy For Punjab

On Saturday, the state government had constituted the group of experts, headed by noted economist and former deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia to revive the state's economy.




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Heard PM for Three Hours, Wish We Were Allowed to Speak: Mamata on CMs' Video Conference with Modi

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.




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Citing 'Contamination through Saliva', BJP MLA Asks People Not to Buy Vegetables from Muslim Vendors

BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari said that the statement was made last week during his visit to the office of nagar palika, where several government officials were present.




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Maharashtra Govt Harassing Journalists, Terrorising Media, Alleges Ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis

Fadnavis, leader of the opposition in the Assembly and former chief minister, was accompanied by Pravin Darekar, leader of opposition in the council, senior leaders Ashish Shelar and Vinod Tawde, as well as Mumbai party unit chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha.




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YSRCP's Local Body Poll Preparation Led to Covid-19 Surge in Andhra Pradesh: Chandrababu Naidu

Naidu also alleged that negligence of ruling party leaders sent a wrong message which led to neighbouring states constructing walls on borders with Andhra Pradesh.




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Decision on Parole to Lalu Awaited, Tejashwi Cites Reports of Doctors Attending Him Quarantined

The RJD supremo has been admitted in the private ward of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences which has been designated as a 'coronavirus hospital'.




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After 'Immunity Booster Kadha' for Covid-19 Patients, MP CM Now Recommends Bhajans as Morale-lifters

As the deadly virus continues to claim lives, people not just in India but outside too, are looking for additional methods, especially in connection with age-old traditions, to help fight the pandemic.




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'Sensationalising Facts': Late at Night, Sitharaman Issues 13-Tweet Rebuttal to RaGa's 'RBI List' Attack

Rahul Gandhi had attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks.




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Kerala Govt to Issue Ordinance for Cutting Salary of its Staff for Covid-19 Battle

The move comes a day after the High Court had stayed an order of the Left government for salary cut of its employees, observing that it lacked legal backing.




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Technical Loan Write-off Route Should Not be Applied for Fugitives: Chidambaram to Govt

His remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of 'phone banking' under the UPA regime and the Modi government is chasing them to recover the dues.