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Preliminary investigations suggest Vicky, a resident of Gopalganj district, was in a state of mental distress and committed suicide, police said.

The three women from Hazaribagh, including a teenager, walked for three days along with migrant labourers across the UP-Rajasthan border and stayed in a jungle to take cover from their rapists.

The chief minister also warned that it could pave the way for disbanding the minimum support price regime as well as the foodgrain procurement regime, triggering unrest among the state's farmers.

This year, the Amarnath Yatra is likely to begin in the last week of July and its duration shortened to 15 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.

An order issued from the headquarters of the force on June 3 said "an imperative need is felt to make these establishments functional immediately".

Indigenously developed ELISA testing kits for COVID-19 have been found to be sensitive and specific for the detection of novel coronavirus antibodie.

The deaths came to light late on Thursday night when the restaurant owner contacted the police, stating that he was unable to get in touch with two of his employees, manager Harish Shetty (42) and waiter N Pandit (58), an official said.

The Ministry of Home Affair, in its circular, had asked all employers to make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction for the period their establishments were under closure during the lockdown to contain COVID-19.

Delhi had the second-lowest Mortality Rate of just 1.59 per cent amongst the severely affected major cities of India (only after Chennai) on May 20. That number has increased to 2.56 per cent in a fortnight.

The phenomenon is termed as an auto-triggered event, which is processed automatically by the software. 'It's not an incident, which means that there was no earthquake,' said Jagadeesh, Scientific Officer, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre...

A doctor said the woman is admitted at the Nahan Medical College and she has been allowed to keep the baby with her after taking some precautions..

The 15-year-old elephant is suspected to have consumed a pineapple filled with powerful firecrackers which exploded in the animal's mouth and it died in the Velliyar River about a week later.

Delhi police asserted that the petitioners have created a patently false picture of police brutality and a concerted and well-orchestrated effort has been made to mislead the court.

The apex health research body has so far approved three batches of 'COVID Kavach ELISA IgG kits' developed by Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Animal lover BT Srinivas, 55, took to his Twitter account to announce the bounty. The businessman is the general secretary of the United Federation of Residents' Welfare Associations in the city.

Militants fired upon a police party near Yaripora Chowk in the south Kashmir district in the afternoon, a police official said.