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Supreme Court Bar Association secretary Ashok Arora said the apex court may consider using video-conferencing to ensure there are fewer lawyers and litigants in courtrooms.

Unhappy with the state government's reply during a debate on the issue, opposition Congress members staged a walkout while the BJP demanded either a CBI probe or a House Committee inquiry into the matter.

On January 28, the stand-up comedian was banned by IndiGo from flying with the airline for six months for allegedly heckling a private TV news anchor. Air India, GoAir and SpiceJet later imposed similar restrictions.

In its report tabled in Parliament on Thursday, it also urged the ministry of civil aviation to provide adequate funds to ensure the project is not delayed further.

The girl's father lodged an FIR against one Manoj with whom she was last seen, who has since been arrested, police said, adding that he has also confessed to the crime.

The decision by the Shiv Sena-led government is being seen as a snub to BJP leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who faced allegations of favouring the leading private bank where his wife works at a senior position.

Bhubaneswar Kalita from Assam, Jyotiraditya Scindia from Madhya Pradesh, and Udayanraje Bhosale from Maharashtra — all of whom had resigned from the Congress — were on the BJP's list of candidates released on Wednesday.

The ruling party said evidence show that stones and petrol bombs were stored in huge quantity to fuel the violence.

The medical association said public health systems in various states have withstood the pressure caused by the spread of the contagious viral disease and have to remain alert as the number of confirmed cases increased to 60 cases on Wednesday.

The Allahabad High Court had on Monday ordered the Lucknow District Administration to remove hoardings identifying anti-CAA protesters that had been put up across the state capital.

The two Covid-19 patients were part of a group of 40 people which landed at Mumbai airport on March 1 from Dubai and had taken a cab to Pune.

On Monday, the government informed a division bench of Justices Amjad Sayyed and Anuja Prabhudessai that a resolution has been issued accepting most of the recommendations submitted by the committee

These crew and passengers on board 596 vessels were not allowed to disembark as a precautionery measure to contain any possible spread of the virus.

One more case was reported positive for coronavirus by state officials in Karnataka, but there was no immediate confirmation from the Union health ministry.

Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands of people.

Moody's baseline forecasts assume that the number of cases would keep increasing globally and there would be travel restrictions through the April-June period.