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Speaking at the 73rd Raising Day of Delhi Police, the Minister said that police ensures peace and security in the country without religion and caste considerations. Hence, he said, police need to be respected.

The Indian Embassy in a tweet said that the final tests for the COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess would begin on February 17 and continue over multiple days.

The trigger behind the extreme step is not known yet. Police are trying to ascertain the identity and the age of the victims, a police official said.

Those children killed were in the age group of 10-12 and were returning home from school. The driver tried to open the doors of the bus after it caught fire but failed, police said.

The police action triggered demonstrations across cities as massive crowds gathered in places like Alandur, Mount Road and Tambaram in Chennai.

The antics of the software engineer, Jeet Kumar Paneri, did not go down well with the 22-year-old woman, his former friend and collegemate, and he landed behind bars here, police said.

The first legislature session of the year 2020 will begin on February 17, with Governor Vajubhai Vala addressing the joint sitting of legislative assembly and council on the first day.

EU Spokesperson Virginie Battu-Henriksson has acknowledged the positive steps taken by the government to restore normalcy, while pointing out the restrictions that still remain.

The cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3,711 people on board arrived at the Japanese coast early last week and was quarantined after a passenger who de-boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the carrier of the COVID-19 on the ship.

Commenting on Trump's maiden visit to India, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Alice G Wells, said the US president and prime minister Modi enjoyed a very special rapport.

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