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Man held for attempt to disrupt harmony




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After Showering Flowers, Ghaziabad RWAs Tell Doctors to Not Return Home Citing Covid-19 Fear

The Ghaziabad municipal administration has appealed to residents welfare associations and local councillors to advise doctors and healthcare staff working in Delhi to stay there and not return home.




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Nearly 80% of 3,390 Coronavirus Cases in Last 24 Hours in 4 States, 70% of 103 Deaths in 2 States

Of the total new Covid-19 cases reported, 78 per cent are from four states – Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.




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IAF's MiG-29 Fighter Jet Crashes in Punjab, Pilot Taken to Hospital

The pilot ejected out the aircraft successfully and was admitted to a hospital in Hoshiarpur for check-up.




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UP Woman Constable's Husband, 8 In-laws Booked for Dowry Death

The constable, who was on medical leave, had married Dharmendra five years ago and the couple had a three-year-old daughter.




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Vande Bharat Mission: First Batch of 168 Indian Students stranded in Bangladesh Leaves for Home

More such flights are also being readied by the authorities to facilitate other Indians as part of the Operation Vande Bharat - A homecoming', India's massive repatriation operation to bring home its citizens stranded abroad.




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Covid-19 Cases in Mumbai Will Decline in 15 to 20 Days, Says Maharashtra Health Minister

Out of the 17,974 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, 11,394 were reported from Mumbai alone.




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BJP MLA in UP Claims Cow Slaughter Incidents Are Increasing in Bahraich Amid Lockdown

Sureshwar Singh had written to the state's additional chief secretary (home) on May 6 saying: After lockdown, the incidents of cow slaughter are on the rise in Bahraich district. Except calves and bulls, cows are seen in very less numbers."




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Reliance Jio Gets Third High-Profile Investor In Vista Equity

US-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has bought a 2.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 crore.




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How TN Squandered a Week in Controlling Covid-19 Cluster at Chennai’s Koyambedu Market

Between the first case and the day the market closed on May 4, officials held several talks with sellers about shifting operations. The back and forth proved costly.




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UP Migrant Couple Cycling Home to Chhattisgarh Crushed to Death in Lucknow, 2 Children Critical

The migrant family was headed to Chhattisgarh on a bicycle after they reportedly ran out of resources during the ongoing lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.




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SBI Shuts Kolkata LHO Wing After Employee Tests Positive for Covid-19

State Bank of India has closed down a section of the Local Head Office (LHO) here after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, a senior official said on Friday.




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Hundreds of Migrant Workers Throng Mangaluru Railway Station, Demand to be Sent Back Home Immediately

Police quoted the migrants as saying that they were stuck in the city without jobs, money and adequate food and that they were even willing to walk to their home states if the special trains were not operated immediately.




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Social Stigma, Low Testing Behind WB's High Covid-19 Mortality Rate: Experts

Social stigma and low testing are the key reasons for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in West Bengal, where the disease, like elsewhere in the country, is still an urban phenomenon, experts say.




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18 Migrant Workers Travelling Back Home Injured After Truck Turns Turtle in UP

The conditions of six of these migrants is reported to be critical. Those seriously injured have been referred to Prayagraj. Police has also informed the affected migrants' families of the mishap.




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Vizag Gas Leak: NGT Slaps Interim Penalty of Rs 50 Cr on LG Polymers India, Issues Notices to Centre

NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, set up a 5-member Committee to probe Thursday's gas leak incident in the chemical factory, in which 11 people were killed and 1,000 were exposed.




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Air India Flight Carrying 234 Passengers from Singapore Lands at Delhi Under Vande Bharat Mission

The flight was part of the Vande Bharat mission which started on Thursday to bring back stranded Indian nationals home amid the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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'Soon, No one Will be Left to Treat Covid-19 Patients': West Bengal Doctors' Forum Rings Alarm Bells

The Forum has written a letter to Chief Secretary Rajiv Sinha, who assured that the government will do whatever is needed for the safety and security of the doctors and health care workers in Bengal.




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Rajnath Singh Flags Off Crucial Link Road to Kailash Mansarovar via Video Conferencing

After inaugurating the road through video-conferencing, Rajnath Singh said pilgrims going to Kailash Mansarovar will now be able to complete their journey in one week instead of up to three weeks.




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With 396 Deaths in 6,600-plus Cases, Gujarat Has Worst Covid-19 Mortality Rate Among Most Affected States

Overall, the national mortality rate was 3.34 as on Friday morning and the recovery rate stood at 29.35 per cent. India has confirmed 56,342 confirmed Covid-19 cases so far.




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Telangana Government Releases Rs 7,000 Crore for Agriculture Support Scheme

State Finance Minister T Harish Rao and agriculture minister Niranjan Reddy announced that over 51 lakh farmers will be benefit from this, with each of them receiving cash assistance of Rs 5,000 per acre of land.




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Delhi Minorities Commission Chief Moves High Court for Anticipatory Bail in Sedition Case

The plea was mentioned for an urgent hearing and it has been allowed to be listed on May 12, Zafarul Islam Khan's advocate Vrinda Grover said.




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SC Asks States to Consider Online Sales & Home Delivery of Liquor to Check Covid-19 Spread

The apex court disposed of the plea challenging the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 1, allowing sales of liquor through direct contact sales during the lockdown period.




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29 More Test Covid-19 Positive from CATS Control Room in Delhi, Total 46 Infected

Between April 23 and May 2, at least 17 employees tested positive for the COVID-19 virus at the CATS control room. In the last one week, 29 more tested positive.




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Covid-19: 'Tribal People Can't Influence Govt Workers, Making Them Less Visible & More Vulnerable'

Then there are the particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) which are not being able to access healthcare that is critical to their survival because of social distancing norms.




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Vizag Gas Tragedy Reawakens 1984 Nightmare for Bhopal: Has The City Learnt Lessons to Plug Leaks?

Among key initiatives post the 1984 incident in Bhopal, an institute was established in the city which offers training and awareness programmes in disaster management and related subjects for officials and executives of government departments, public and private sector undertakings and others.




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Migrants Run over by Train Applied for Transit Passes Week Ago, Walked after No Response From MP Govt

Sixteen workers were killed on Friday morning after they stopped for rest on the railway tracks in Aurangabad. They had walked 45 km from Jalna to Aurangabad, and were going towards Bhusawal, another 120 km, on foot in hopes of catching a train.




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PIL in Delhi HC Seeks Free Laptop, Phones to Poor Kids for Online Classes During Covid-19 Lockdown

A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi government, the municipal corporations and 10 private unaided schools here seeking their stand on the plea by an NGO, Justice for All, by June 10 -- the next date of hearing.




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Coronavirus: Plea in SC Seeks Direction to Centre to Approach ICJ For Compensation From China

The petition, filed by Madurai resident KK Ramesh, has alleged that Covid-19 has been "deliberately created by China as biological weapon against India".




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Telangana Govt Imposes Rs 1,000 Fine for No Mask in Public Place

The government issued fresh orders as the lockdown in the state was extended upto May 29 to contain the coronavirus spread.




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Relaxation of Labour Laws Sparks Debate on Relevance, Role in Dismal Unorganised Sector

Several state governments have eased labour laws to attract more investment and jump-start the cycle of demand after days of lockdown that has hit the economy badly.




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Covid-19: Haryana Government Decides to Extend Parole Granted to Prisoners by 6 Weeks

As many as 3,817 prisoners were released last month on interim or regular bail, parole or extended parole.




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Gautam Buddh Nagar Reports First Fatality as 60-Year-Old Man Dies of Coronavirus

Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 202 positive cases of coronavirus till Thursday evening, and official figures for Friday were awaited.




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ICMR to Study Prevalence of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infected People to Check for Community Spread

Districts with high population and heavy inter-state movement of people will be selected for the study to represent the respective state, sources said.




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Maharashtra Tea Stall Worker Kills Employer for Refusing Money for Liquor

The incident occurred late evening on Wednesday and the accused, Ram Vilas Rajbhar (42), was arrested within hours, they said.




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Hundreds of Migrant Workers Protest at Railway Station in Mangaluru, Demand that They be Sent Home

The crowding of workers at the railway station is learnt to be prompted by a social media post which went viral giving false information that free special trains have been arranged for workers, sources said.




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Air India Flight Carrying 200 Indians From Sharjah to Arrive in Lucknow on Saturday

The government also said that Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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Nearly 2,000 Migrants Gather Outside Govt Office Following Rumour in Gujarat's Gota

On learning about the sudden rush of people at the deputy collector's office near Gota bridge, police officials immediately reached the spot and persuaded the migrants, mostly from UP and Bihar, to disperse.




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SC Declines to Hear PIL against Opening of SAIL and NBCC amid Lockdown

The petitioner contended the plea is in larger public interest raising grave issues and concerns of health and safety of lives of the people.




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Delhi Police Constable Thrashes Man For 'Hugging People', Suspended

The entire incident, which took place on Wednesday, was captured on a video which has gone viral on social media.




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Avoid Humiliating Lockdown Violators, Bombay High Court Tells Nagpur Police

The petition contended that while the police force is, by and large, discharging its duties in an exemplary manner, there are several instances which would be a 'blot' on the police machinery.




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30 More BSF Personnel Test Positive for Covid-19, Total Cases Rise to 223

The border guarding force has the maximum confirmed cases of the disease among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), also known as paramilitary forces.




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CBSE to Conduct Pending Board Exams for Classes 10 and 12 from July 1 to July 15

The CBSE will announce a detailed schedule of the exams later in the evening.




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Fake Bus Service For Bihar Migrant Workers in Delhi-NCR Busted, 2 Held

Two men were arrested and two privately-operated buses impounded during the police action around 1.30 am on a Noida-Greater Noida road.




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Annual 15-Day Lockdown to Ward off Pollution: Ex-SC Judge Deepak Gupta's Advice for Cleaner Air & Water

Justice Gupta, who retired on Wednesday after spending three years on the Green Bench of the top court, said “there was lack of will” by the government to do what it takes for cleaner air and clearer water.




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India's Covid-19 Recovery Rate Stands at 29.36% with Nil Cases from 216 Districts, Says Health Ministry

The ministry asserted that if dos and don'ts are followed, the peak in number of COVID-19 cases can be avoided.




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Ten Indonesians Who Had Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event Get Bail

The group arrived in Mumbai later, but allegedly did not inform the authorities about their participation in the event and thus avoided quarantine.




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Rail Safety Watchdog Calls for 'Abundant Caution' to Avoid Recurrence of Aurangabad-like Accidents

The Commission of Railway Safety said that all-out efforts must be made to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future.




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Union Minister Paswan Says States Not Doing Enough For Free Distribution of Pulses Under PDS

Nearly a month's supply of pulses has already been dispatched to several states and union territories, but they have managed to distribute only 53,617 tonnes to ration card holders under the Public Distribution System (PDS), he said.




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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Announces Rs 5L as Compensation for MP Workers Crushed Under Train in Maha

Minister Meena Singh and some officials have been rushed to Aurangabad by a special plane to facilitate treatment of the survivors. CM Chouhan said the deceased, who hailed from MP's Shahdol, would be cremated near the accident site.