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The worst affected districts of the state so far are Nuh with 57 cases, Gurgaon with 51, Faridabad with 46, Palwal with 34, Sonipat with 22 and Panchkula with 18 cases.

Six of the healthcare workers who have tested positive are from the Super Speciality Paediatric Hospital & Post Graduate Teaching Institute, while there is one each from the ESI and the District hospitals, the officials said.

Forex traders said the rise of Indian rupee's value largely due to expectations of more stimulus measures from central banks to support their respective economies reeling under the coronavirus pandemic.

The CRPF letter said commando Sachin Savant was 'manhandled, ill-treated, paraded to the police station barefooted, kept in chains and handcuffs' by police personnel on COVID-19 lockdown duty in Examba village of the district.

A total of 1,885 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the state so far.

One of the four members is the Chief Security Officer to the Governor, while the rest include a medical staff (nurse), a butler and a house-keeping staff.

While the Centre has appointed 23 new secretaries as part of the reshuffle, the most significant transfers are of Tarun Bajaj and AK Sharma from the Prime Minister’s Office to two key posts that will play a big role in economic recovery.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal made the annoucement on Sunday.

The jawan has been booked under section 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty),504 & 505 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC.

The court said the country is going through an 'unprecedented medical crisis', with a disquiet over one's safety and the economy at a standstill, so the public interest must outweigh the private.

A pregnant woman, who hailed from a COVID-19 red zone area, died at a maternity hospital in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting authorities to order an inquiry into the death, officials said.

Singh gave a chronology of measures undertaken under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a proactive basis, as a result of which, he said, India's record was much better compared to most other countries of the world.

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.

The central team also sought to know details about steps taken by the Mamata Banerjee-led dispensation to identify and quarantine those who returned from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.

The directions from the Chief Minister came two days ahead of the scheduled meeting of the chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 27 via video conference.

It was the Begum of Bhopal who had started the tradition in 18th century. The Nawabi Army used to fire the cannon under the supervision of Shahar Qazi.