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Keeping the coronavirus pandemic in mind, the Bihar Election Commission has also directed that only 1,000 voters be allowed at each polling booth and the number of booths be increased.

Police suspect that he committed suicide by jumping before a speeding train near Boripardhi village near Daund railway station in the morning.

The MHA sent a reminder to forces on Wednesday after it received no response to a letter for starting recruitment at the level of officers that was sent last month.

The coffee house located at 15, Bankim Chatterjee Street was closed on March 20 as a preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia visited the newly-built facility on Wednesday to review preparations.

The annual yatra which sees a huge congregation of kanwariyas in Haridwar to collect the holy Ganga water was cancelled this year in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava launched the "Corona Helpline for Delhi Police" through video-conferencing.

The defence minister will review the on-ground security situation amid the border standoff with China and the progress in talks with the Chinese military.

Ramdev said the Union ministry had asked him to use the term 'Covid management' in place of 'Covid treatment' and he is following the instruction.

The plea filed by Jammu-based lawyer Supriya Pandita has said that after the June 15 incident at the LAC, the citizens and trade associations in India are calling for boycott of Chinese goods in the country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Monday declared July 1 as state holiday to pay gratitude to doctors, nurses and other frontline warriors.

The districts are: Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jharsuguda.

This is for the first time in the last five days that the number of the average daily cases has fallen below 5,000 in the state.

Paswan's appeal to states came immediately after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) by five months till November.

Asserting that India has to be a data sovereign country, Kant also said apps must be transparent in terms of origin and final destination of data.

In a tweet, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's office said the MERC took a stock of rising consumer complaints related to exorbitant electricity bills.