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The ministry stressed that critical services for women, children and adolescent should be provided irrespective of their COVID-19 status.

He said he wanted to apprise the top court of "certain pertinent measures" that may be considered by the Centre in order to alleviate the plight of migrant labourers, stranded or travelling long distances with great difficulty due to the lockdown.

Of the 170 deaths reported since Tuesday morning, 97 were in Maharashtra, 27 in Gujarat, 12 in Delhi, nine in Tamil Nadu, five each in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, three in Rajasthan and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Haryana, J...

The national transporter earlier in the day Tuesday had accused the state of not providing information about passengers as a result of which many Shramik Special trains could not be operationalised.

The locusts are currently active in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Rajasthan is currently the worst-affected state, according to the Union Environment ministry.

Omar, who arrived in Delhi on Monday for the first time since August 3 last year, said he was in the capital because he "needed a change of scene and some medical follow up".

BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Modi government's decision to impose the lockdown has ensured that India suffered much less than countries like the US, France and Spain.

Police in Kerala said phone records showed the man -- named as Sooraj -- had been in contact with serpent handlers and had also watched snake videos on the internet.

A fourth-grade multitasking staffer who attended office till May 19 tested positive on Monday and nine of his contacts at Rail Bhavan have been sent to home quarantine.

The official, identified as Chet Ram Meena, who is posted as assistant superintendent at the Jail 7, got himself tested at the Amrapali Hospital. He was asymptomatic.

For instance, the Kanpur Smart City ‘Command & Control Center' (ICCC) team has converted the ICCC into a war room with the Tech Mahindra team providing 24x7 support.

The active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 73,560, while 54,440 people have recovered and a patient has migrated to another country, according to the ministry's bulletin.

Hardeep Singh Puri's statement came even as the governments of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Assam, and the administration of Jammu and Kashmir decided that arriving passengers will have to stay in quarantine despite the Centre advising...

Out of the 2,570 trains, 505 are yet to reach their destination, while 2,065 trains have completed their journey.

Earlier this week, as the lockdown was extended for the fourth time, Mukesh Kumar decided Delhi was no longer the place for him or his family and they would head to their village in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, even if it meant walking every step of the 500 km d...

The tickets can also be booked at computerised PRS counters, including Post Offices and Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendras, as well as online through authorised agents of IRCTC and Common Service Centres.