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Apart from Navreh, PM Modi also shared his wishes on Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Sajibu Cheiraoba and Chaitra Navratri, all beginning on Wednesday.

Not only milk, the demand for other dairy products like paneer, curd, ghee has also gone high as people are buying these items in large quantities than they they normally do, in anticipation of supply disruptions in view of lockdowns.

PM Modi’s speech on COVID-19 outbreak will be broadcasted live on several platforms. The viewers can watch it live on TV on Doordarshan.

However, the Union Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fishery Ministry said veterinarians and related officials should ensure strict personal hygiene and avoid public gathering.

Omar Abdullah spent 232 days in custody since the government announced abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state on August 5 last year.

In an official order, Bains a 1985 batch IAS officer, who was posted as Chairman of the Revenue Board has been appointed as the Chief Secretary.

Despite being advised by the civic authorities to remain in home quarantine, the student went to meet his friend at Dombivali in neighbouring Thane. The police took action against the student after civic authorities did not find him at his residence in Na...

The locals at the cremation ground refused the entry of the body fearing infection and it was finally cremated in an electric crematorium after a 10-hour delay on Monday night.

The government earlier announced stricter measures in nine districts, including Bengaluru, where lockdown was declared on Sunday till March 31 to contain the spread of virus.

While two of them have travel history to London, the third patient, a native of Madurai district, does not have any recent travel history. This has raised concerns of community transmission of the coronavirus.

West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported their first deaths due to COVID-19, while seven fatalities were earlier reported from Maharashtra (two), Bihar, Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat, and Punjab.

Special prayers began amid restrictions forced upon the organisers by the coronavirus threat. The puja will continue on Tuesday and the idols will be shifted to the new structure on Wednesday morning.

The chief minister said as a precaution interstate services, including UPSRTC buses, have been suspended for now.

Experts have questioned the feasibility of smog towers, saying they are not suitable to Delhi's meteorological conditions.

About 50 officials and volunteers are examining and responding to every feed that comes in on a Telegram group that was launched for COVID-19 myth-busting last week.

Health Minister B Sriramulu convened a meeting with officials to review the situation in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and with the Mysuru-based firm through a video conference.