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During a search of the spot conducted later, the body of a male Naxal along with a .315 bore firearm, a tiffin bomb, two hand grenades, a couple of detonators, cordex wire, Maoist literature and items of daily use were recovered.

The 50-year-old man suffered a stroke on April 1 in a village near the Line of Control in Rajouri district of J&K. His son's decision to cycle 2,100 km from Mumbai to be with his father and the CRPF's intervention saved the 50-year-old man.

The Home Ministry said the visa granted to those foreigners, except diplomats and UN officials, who are supposed to come to India will remain suspended till May 3.

In her intervention at the session, Sitharaman stated that given the size of population, India could have become a major COVID hotspot.

Former BJP MP Som Marandi and five others, booked in connection with a "rail roko" agitation in March 2012, were arrested in February this year.

A probe has revealed that the racket has been operating from a remote village in Jharkhand's Jamtara district. The fraudsters know that amid the coronavirus crisis it would be relatively simple to dupe affluent people desperate for some alcohol, say offic...

Over 1.31 lakh migrant sugarcane workers have been allowed to return to their native villages amid the lockdown subject to the carrying out of medical tests in connection with the coronavirus outbreak.

The board also stated that the teachers will evaluate the copies from home. MPBSE added that the answer sheets of Class 10 and 12 could not be checked earlier due to coronavirus lockdown across the nation.

The Indian Railways passenger train made its maiden journey on April 16, 1853, from Mumbai to nearby Thane and had been providing services even during the World Wars as well as the 1974 railway strike.

In Gurugram, the district police have intercepted two ambulances carrying 16 persons heading for Bihar at the Badshahpur checkpost.

According to an official, the containment zone in Kishan Kunj Extension in East Delhi has also not reported any new case since the area was marked red zone on April 7. But test reports of 12 people from the locality are awaited.

According to the Delhi government, Gali No. 3, 4 and 5 in East Ram Nagar, Shahdara, and House No. 50 in Hauz Rani -- from Mother Dairy to Raja Ram Mohan School -- in South District were turned into red zones on Thursday.

Culley Clive Bryant came to India last October and recently visited the Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala. After the nationwide lockdown, he was forced to stay back in Tirupati and sent to quarantine on March 24.

Modi and Prime Minister Tshering discussed the regional situation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and updated each other about the steps being taken by their governments to control its effects, an official statement later said.

EPFO is committed to serve its members during this crisis, and its offices are functional to maintain the continuity of essential services even in difficult situations.

The findings of the report mark the "profound shifts in the wake of the Covid lockdowns and the resultant changes in the way consumer react and many of these behavioural changes are not transient but are likely to stay longer."