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Confusion over Covid-19 Deaths in Delhi as Govt Data Shows Fewer Fatalities than Hospital Figures

The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based on data collected from 10 hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College.




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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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Three Northeast States Hike Duty on Liquor by 25% to Generate Revenue

Several states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already raised the taxes on liquor to give boost to their revenue.




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Chennai and Coronavirus: Two Major Clusters, Rapid Spike in Central and South Zones

While many other districts across Tamil Nadu, even ones which saw an initial spike, have managed to reduce cases, Chennai firmly remains in the red zone with 2644 active cases.




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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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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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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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With Disciplined Approach to Lockdown, this MP Village Close to Indore Puts Unruly Cities to Shame

With a population of around 25,000, the gram panchayat is a hub of potato chips (dry & raw) manufacturing units and attracts potato suppliers, traders and workers who find employment here.




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Andra Prasdesh to Reduce Retail Liquor Outlets to 2,934 by May End

Retail liquor business in the state is currently run by the government, through the AP State Beverages Corporation Limited,




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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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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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Punjab Govt Advances Paddy Sowing, Transplantation Dates by 10 Days

Farmers had raised concerns about labour shortage resulting from migrant labourers returning to their homes in view of the Covid-19 crisis.




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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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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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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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Publicity Pandemic: Breaking Lockdown Rules, Ruling MLAs in Andhra Pradesh Spur Mass Gatherings

The leaders are apparently trying to cash in on the Covid-19 situation in a bid to impress chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy through distribution of essential articles​ ahead of a cabinet expansion.




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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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LJP Chief Says Over 14 Lakh People Not Getting Ration Benefits in Bihar, Seeks Nitish Kumar's Response

LJP Chief Chirag Paswan said the Bihar government has not issued ration cards amid the coronavirus lockdown despite repeated statements by the Centre




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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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'Why Not Shelve Bullet Train?' Congress Flays Govt's 'Inhumane' Move to Freeze DA Hikes

The government on Thursday froze inflation-linked allowance for its 1.1 crore employees and pensioners, a move states are likely to replicate, helping save a combined Rs 1.2 lakh crore that could be used to combat the coronavirus crisis.




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Telangana BJP Chief Stages Hunger Protest in Support of Farmers, Demand MSP be Paid to Them

Taking a dig at the TRS-led state government, Sanjay asked ministers to make a field visit to know the ground reality and the problems faced by the farmers.




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'Bankrupt Leadership' of Congress Opposing Every Govt Measure in Fighting Coronavirus: BJP

Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the entire country is together in fighting the coronavirus but the Congress is busy "fighting" Modi and the government.




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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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Owaisi Demands Relief for Migrant Labourers, Transport Facility after Lockdown to Go to Their Homes

The Hyderabad MP alleged that the lockdown was announced in an unplanned manner without providing relief to migrant labourers from states, including Bihar, UP, West Bengal and Jharkhand.




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Govt Must Formulate Early Exit Strategy from Covid-19 Lockdown, Says Congress' Ashwani Kumar

Kumar said the prime minister must remain sympathetic to the needs of states, just as they have by and large deferred to Central advisories.




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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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'Don't Hide Data': Priyanka Gandhi Demands Transparency Over Coronavirus Testing in UP

"UP has stopped testing for the past two days and should start testing on a large scale, while adopting transparency in this regard. Hiding data and the truth can prove fatal," Priyanka Gandhi said.




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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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Franklin Templeton Winding Up Six Debt Schemes a Matter of Grave Concern: P Chidambaram

His remarks came two days after Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund voluntarily decided to wind up its six debt schemes due to liquidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis.




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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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Former Governor, Veteran Congress Leader Devanand Konwar Passes Away in Guwahati

He was governor of Bihar from July 24, 2009 to March 8, 2013 and of Tripura between March 25, 2013 and June 29, 2014. He had also served as governor (additional charge) of West Bengal from December 2009 to January 2010.




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Aggressive Testing Key to Fight Battle Against Covid-19, Says Manmohan Singh

The Congress shared the thoughts of various leaders in a video to resolve the current crisis relating to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. The leaders are members of a consultative group headed by Singh and formulate the party's views on various matters.




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RSS Taking Food Items from NGOs, Distributing Them to BJP Members in ‘Modi’ Packets: Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party chief also questioned why the ‘Kutumb Shakha’ of the RSS is being held despite a nationwide lockdown.




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Mayor's 'Save Agra' Letter to Adityanath Amid Covid-19 Sparks Row, Priyanka Gandhi Voices Concern

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 27 with two more fatalities, while 177 fresh cases were reported on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,793.




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Maharashtra Govt 'Suppressing' Enormity of Covid-19 Pandemic, Says Devendra Fadnavis

The people of the state are paying a heavy price because of the poor response to the crisis by the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance government in the state, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly alleged.




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Clear Bottlenecks, Ramp Up Testing to Detect Covid-19, Rahul Gandhi Tells Modi Govt

The Congress leader demanded that 1 lakh tests should be done from the current 40,000 as the country has testing kits in stock.




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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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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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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Pitches for 'Swadeshi', 'Swavlamban' for India in Post-Coronavirus World

Bhagwat, who appeared hopeful of the pandemic ending soon and lifting of the lockdown, said the world will take time to fall in order after the big upset but the way ahead depends on self-reliance and being indigenous.




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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.