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Thorat, who met the chief minister at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in Bandra, was accompanied by his ministerial colleague and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan.

Noting that this year's theme is 'Yoga at home' and 'Yoga with family', he said due to the pandemic, it has to be observed indoors.

India reported its first death on March 12 which means that it took 96 days to cross 10,000 deaths – the slowest (in terms of the number of days) amongst the eight countries.

He was 88, and was not diagnosed with COVID-19. He died of natural causes, they said, adding Jain's father-in-law was not keeping well for the past few days.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has agreed to send a 75-member tri-service contingent to participate in the parade, where contingents of other countries are also expected to participate, the release stated.

The Indian Navy has also been asked to raise its alert level in the Indian Ocean Region where Chinese Navy has been making regular forays.

The victims, hailing from Telangana, were returning home after offering prayers at the Lord Narasimha Swamy temple in Vedadri when their vehicle and the lorry laden with coal collided, they said.

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi had earlier said that by allowing commercial mining, the government has completely opened up the sector for investments.

Local news channels showed Minister of State Ishwarsinh Patel entering the premises of the Chief Minister's office without a mask.

Odisha Chief Minister said people showing coronavirus symptoms like cold, cough and fever will be kept in the facility. If the patient tests positive for COVID-19 then only he/she will be shifted to the special COVID Hospitals.

On Monday, the UP Police arrested three men in the Anamika Shukla case. The curious case involved teachers being recruited in state government schools on the basis of educational certificates of one woman - Anamika Shukla.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that the state wants the Centre to provide COVID-19 treatment drugs remdesivir and tocilizumab, and 500 ventilators for treatment of patients.

Several dozen graduates, postgraduates, diploma holders and even some techies who have lost their jobs in Bengaluru have gone back to their native places to earn a livelihood under MGNREGA.

While China accused the Indian army of provoking and attacking Chinese soldiers after a border meeting to de-escalate the ongoing tension, leading to a “physical conflict” between the two sides, the Indian government is yet to come out with an official st...

Rajesh Orang had joined the Army in 2015 after passing the higher secondary examination and belonged to the Bihar Regiment.

The Yogi Adityanath government had last year launched the chief minister's helpline number '1076'.