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Sureshwar Singh had written to the state's additional chief secretary (home) on May 6 saying: After lockdown, the incidents of cow slaughter are on the rise in Bahraich district. Except calves and bulls, cows are seen in very less numbers."

The constable, who was on medical leave, had married Dharmendra five years ago and the couple had a three-year-old daughter.

The Congress leader demanded immediate support for migrant workers after 16 were run over by a train in Aurangabad on Friday morning while they were trying to return to their rural homes in Madhya Pradesh.

Gas leaked from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam in the early hours of Thursday and quickly spread to villages in a five-kilometre radius, killing at least 11 people and impacting about 1,000.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh HC issued notices to the state and the Central governments, while observing how such a plant was allowed to operate in the midst of human habitations.

The state governments will send the requisition to Railways and it will make allocation of these coaches to the sates and union territories.

The exam was earlier scheduled to be held on May 17, but was deferred due to the coronavirus lockdown.

The chief minister announced a committee to probe into the mishap and also said the government would talk to the LG Polymers management seeking job for the kin of the deceased in any of its businesses.

Mandya district, which is in the Orange Zone, has seen 28 positive cases till date of which 11 have recovered.

The Uttar Pradesh government had on March 25 announced the ban on the manufacture and sale of pan masala, stating the move will help stop the spread of coronavirus. The ban was imposed on the first day of the nationwide lockdown for an indefinite period.

The close contacts of the two sailors have been quarantined, according to spokesperson Wing Commander M S Hooda.

The death toll from the accident could increase, with at least 20 people on ventilator support. At least 246 people with health complications are undergoing treatment at King George Hospital, police said.

Former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon says as global realities are changing and internal problems are also not subsiding, there should be strategic autonomy and a leadership that doesn't legitimise hyper-nationalism.

The "Hyundai EMI Assurance" program will cover customers for a period of a year from the date of sale of the car, excluding the first three months.

The migrants, who reportedly came back from Gujarat, were sprayed with the disinfectants outside the Charbagh Railway Station where they were waiting with their belongings to catch a bus to their hometown.

The fresh accusation might deteriorate the already strained relations between the Centre and the West Bengal government and further escalate war of words.