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Constable Posted at Mandir Marg Police Station Tests Positive For Covid-19 in Delhi

The constable was placed in isolation and 11 more police personnel were quarantined at separate places.




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5 Hospitals Approved to Join WHO's Solidarity Trial to Find Treatment for Covid-19

Two hospitals from Ahmedabad and one each from Chennai, Jodhpur and Bhopal will conduct clinical trials on four treatment protocols remdesivir, combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir and ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a.




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27-Year-Old Set on Fire in Chhattisgarh's Korba District after She Resisted Molestation

The incident took place on the night of May 6 at a village under Bango police station limits. The accused were arrested on Thursday, said Pankaj Patel, Sub Divisional Officer of Police, Katghora area.




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Police Use Tear Gas as Residents Pelt Stones in Ahmedabad After Stricter Coronavirus Lockdown

Clashes erupted in the Shahpur locality of Ahmedabad when police and paramilitary forces tried to enforce the lockdown, asking people to stay indoors.




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Without Centre's Green Nod, LG Polymers in Vizag Expanded Ops 6 Times in 13 Years

The company also bypassed the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, which mandates that modernisation and expansion of existing projects needs an environmental clearance (EC).




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News18 Daybreak | As Covid-19 Cases in Maharashtra Cross 19,000-mark and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For

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AIIMS Director Rushes to Ahmedabad After Gujarat Sees Sharp Rise in Covid-19 Cases

Following directions from the Centre, Dr Guleria, who is a pulmonologist, and Dr Manish Soneja from the AIIMS department of medicine left for Ahmedabad on special Indian Air Force flight on Friday evening, official sources said.




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INS Jalashwa Sets Sail from Male to Kochi with 698 Indians as Part of Vande Bharat Mission

Priority was accorded to pregnant women and children to embark the ship first and bunk allocation was also undertaken by the ship's crew catering to age and medical requirements, officials said.




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Restaurant, Bars, Pubs in Karnataka Allowed to Sell Liquor Amid Lockdown as Takeaway

The order comes as Karnataka generated nearly Rs 200 crore in revenues due to the sale of alcohol this week.




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Only ‘Severe’ Covid-19 Patients to be Tested Before Hospital Discharge as India Braces for More Infections

The Centre in its revised guidelines said there will be no need for testing prior to discharge of mild and moderate Covid-19 cases, while severe patients will be tested once.




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Punjab Drug Kingpin Wanted for 532 Kilo Heroin Haul Arrested, Cops Probe Pak Route

The police said that the duo is suspected to have smuggled heroin in and other drugs from Pakistan by camouflaging as many as six rock salt consignments through the Indo-Pak border at Attari in Amritsar between 2018 and 2019.




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Chhattisgarh Cop Among 5 Killed in Encounter With Maoists in Rajnandgaon District

Four Maoists were also killed in the encounter that took place at Pardhauni village late on Friday




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'Inmates Have Right to Safety': Bombay HC Says Maha Govt Must Tackle Covid-19 Spread at Arthur Road Jail

The court directed the state government and prison department to take appropriate steps. The bench noted that there were several inmates above the age of 60 and others who suffered from ailments.




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PM Modi Remembers Reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale on 154th Birth Anniversary

Gokhale, the prime minister said, also provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement and made 'outstanding contributions towards education and social empowerment.'




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2 Mumbai Policemen Injured as 27-year-old Man Attacks Them with Large Chopper

The cops saw the man walking with a large chopper near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath and Boat Club and tried to stop him. When they tried to catch him, he attacked them with the chopper.




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Maharana Pratap Jayanti 2020: Rare Facts about the Braveheart

Maharana Pratap died of an injury received while tightening the string of a bow for hunting in the year 1597.




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3,320 Coronavirus Cases and 95 Deaths Recorded in 24 Hours as Total Infections Near 60,000-Mark

Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with a total number of cases rising to 19,063, followed by Gujarat which has reported 7,402 cases.




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Three Exporters Flee After Rs 411 Crore Loan Default, SBI Files Complaint with CBI After 4 Years

Besides SBI, other members of consortium are Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, IDBI, Central Bank of India and Corporation Bank, they said.




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Barring Pulwama, Mobile Phone Services Restored After 3 Days in Kashmir

Subscribers of BSNL postpaid services complained that SMS facility which was suspended on May 6, has still not been restored.




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Five Bihar Military Police Personnel Test Covid-19 Positive, State Tally Rises to 579

All the fresh cases are from Khajpura area of Patna and their infection trail is being ascertained by state health officials.




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Chennai-Based Ayurvedic Pharmacist Dies After Drinking Formula He Prepared to ‘Cure’ Coronavirus

The 47-year-old, who was a qualified ophthamologist, was rushed to a hospital when he fainted soon after ingesting the chemical component.




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Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife, 11-year-old Son in Rajasthan's Bikaner

His wife was working as an auxiliary nurse midwife at a local sub health centre. She was living in a government quarter, the police said.




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'Scared About Future': Amid Delayed & Postponed CBSE Board Exams, Students Grapple With Anxiety

Similarly, for the students in northeast Delhi, the wait for the exams has become a "test of patience" as they were postponed first in the area due to law and order situation, and later due to the coronavirus outbreak, resulting in a four-month-long wait for the exams.




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Charged Rs 800 for a Rs 630 Ticket, Say Migrant Workers Who Took Special Trains From Surat to UP

Contrary to the claims that the migrants are not being asked to pay train fares, the labourers were not just made to bear the cost of travel but also overcharged.




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Case Registered Against 2 UP Men for Raping Minor Girl, Filming Act & Blackmailing Her for a Year

Police said the two accused youths from UP's Banda are absconding and efforts are on to nab them.




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BJP Corporators in Thane Refuse to Contribute to Virus Relief Fund Citing Lack of Transparency

In a letter to the Mayor, BJP leader Sanjay Waghule alleged that there was no transparency in the civic body's coronavirus relief activities, which is why party corporators would not make any contribution to the fund.




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India Positive | Paraplegic Soldiers Make Face Mask to Meet growing Demand

Inmates of Mohali’s Paraplegic Rehabilitation Center (PRC) and their family members residing there are making cloth face masks




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Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Put on Ventilator Support

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and other senior politicians of the state called up Jogi's family and enquired about the 74-year-old leader's health.




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No Proposal From Bengal to Run Special Trains, Says Railways Amid TMC-Amit Shah Tug of War Over Migrants

The Indian Railways reaction came minutes after the TMC said they planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana over the next three days.




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Delhi Violence: CPI-M Leaders Move HC for Early Hearing in Plea to Make Public List of Arrests

The application for early hearing said the country is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared nationwide lockdown due to which people are not allowed to go out except for essential services.




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CBSE Announces Class 10, 12 Board Exam Dates at cbse.nic.in, Here’s a Subject-wise List

CBSE students can check the press release on the official website of CBSE at cbse.nic.in.




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'We Are Committed to Bring You Back': MP CM Urges Migrants to be Patient, Ensures Their Safe Return

'Eleven trains carrying people from other states have already reached Madhya Pradesh and 10 more are coming on Saturday,' Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.




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Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian-origin Woman in Singapore Faces Charges for Refusing to Wear Face Mask

Retnamswamy is the second person of Indian origin to be remanded at the IMH for psychiatric evaluation after the incident involving face masks.




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Delhi HC Declines to Entertain Plea to Link Metro Card with Address Proof

In case the petitioners move a representation to the DMRC, it is supposed to dispose of the plea within four weeks by a reasoned order after taking inputs from authorities concerned.




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JNU Students Set to Return to Campus by June 25, Varsity Releases New Academic Calendar

The resumption of the classes are planned so that students can complete their remaining academic components. Examinations will be completed by July 31, said the JNU.




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PM Modi Extends Greetings to Russian President Putin on 75th Anniversary of Victory Day

In a tweet, PM Modi also noted that tens of thousands of Indian soldiers also made the sacrifice in the second World War.




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Narco-terrorist With Links To Kashmiri Terror Groups Nabbed by NIA in Haryana

NIA, along with Punjab and Haryana police, arrested alleged notorious narco-terrorist Ranjit Singh from Sirsa.




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RPSC Declares Result for Junior Legal Officer Written Exam 2019, Check Merit List at rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in

The RPSC Junior Legal Officer examination was held on December 26 and 27 last year. The answer key of the written exam was released on the website of RPSC on January 24.




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Four Held in Gujarat for Spreading Rumour about Amit Shah's Health

Amit Shah issued a statement saying that rumours about his health were being spread through social media.




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302 Shramik Special Trains Run So Far, Around 3.4 Lakh Migrants Ferried: Railways

The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, officials said.




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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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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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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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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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1.5 Lakh Migrant Workers Want to Return to Haryana: Home Minister Anil Vij

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said over 1.5 lakh migrant workers have applied on the government portal, expressing their willingness to return back to work in the state




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Bihar Dispatches 28 Ambulances to AES-affected Districts Including 8 to Muzaffarpur

East Champaran, West Champaran got five each, Sitamarhi four while Samastipur, Gopalganj and Siwan districts got two ambulances each, an official release said.




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Pune Man Kills His 5-month-old Daughter after Fight with Wife, Arrested

The accused strangled the infant to death, said a police official.




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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Warns Pak Against Attempts to Spread 'Narco Terrorism'

Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing, Singh said, hours after the NIA arrested a "notorious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups.