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In response to the Centre's request for a written submission of issues faced by the state, the Chief Minister has highlighted the pending issues that need the urgent attention of the government of India for reference and follow up.

The contractual employees who have been fired are now awaiting rehire or compensation from the company.

So far, 10 people have been arrested by the special cell of the Delhi police for alleged involvement in the communal riots.

There is no third stage spread as of now because all those who have been infected with the virus lately have some or the other kind of contact with the affected, the minister told reporters.

The company has received approval from the state regulator to manufacture varied dosages of HCQ tablets and HCQ sulfate tablets among others at Khatraj plant, Lincoln Pharma said in a statement.

The woman was taken to an orthopaedic surgeon and post treatment, she decided to stay with her parents instead of going back to her husband.

The world's top five spenders, which also included Russia and Saudi Arabia, together accounted for over 60 percent of total military expenditure.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said there are motivated elements which have been planting disinformation in a section of media over the last few days and attributing it to the government sources.

Toeing the Centre's line, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday decided to freeze DA hike for its employees. The increase in the inflation-linked allowance was due from January 1, 2020.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, Bankura MP Subhas Sarkar, along with other leaders and workers, held placards in hand during the sit-in at their respective residences from 11 am to 1 pm.

Besides the 164 passengers who had boarded from Kochi, the flight carried 49 others from Kolkata from where it had a stopover in the Kerala city.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar also directed the authorities to ensure that all the helplines and Whatsapp numbers through which victims can seek help are kept functional and to respond to calls or messages received on them.

According to Etah District Magistrate Sukhlal Bharti, as many as 214 workers working in the neighbouring state and hailing from Etah district are to come back to the district in nine buses.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the families of each of the deceased, an official release said.

Sources in the Delhi Health Department have told News18.com that of 1,068 coronavirus positive Tablighis in Delhi, around 300 have decided to donate plasma to severely ill patients.

The chief minister said his state will take a decision on extending the lockdown beyond May 3 by the end of this month.