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On Wednesday, the Chennai Collector issued a notification to acquire the plush property at the upmarket Poes Garden locality here, for "public purpose".

Twitter users can tag @DelhiVsCorona and tweet with their queries regarding ration, checkups, hospital-related queries or any other COVID-19 related questions, the statement read.

More than four lakh Keralites (4,42,238) stranded in other states or outside the country since a nationwide lockdown was announced in India on March 24 have registered themselves on the online portal.

Over 7 lakh auto rickshaw and taxi drivers, who lost their incomes due to lockdown in place, will get one time compensation of Rs 5,000 each.

In the recent past, Google had done a series of doodle honouring those who have been working on the ground even during this time. The doodles honoured the work of 'coronavirus helpers' including healthcare workers, delivery persons etc.

The colleagues, family members and other people who came in contact with the sub-inspector have been quarantined, a police spokesperson said.

The exchange of fire and shelling was going on when the reports last came in from the area.

The review by the prime minister took note of the extraordinary coming together of academia, industry and government, combined with speedy but efficient regulatory process.

The only exception is being made for migrants from Madhya Pradesh as that government had informed Pune authorities that it will bear their travel expenses, he said.

The Karnataka government said additional instalments of Dearness Allowance due from July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 shall also not to be released until further orders.

Over 50 personnel of these forces, tasked with various internal security and border guarding duties, are now being treated at CAPFs' 200-bedded Referral Hospital located in Greater Noida.

While more than 1,000 migrant workers carrying luggage gathered in Nikol area in Ahmedabad following a rumour that buses would be run for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, several others came on streets in Varachha area of Surat city.

Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that the state was going through a difficult time and the court cannot interfere with the provisions of the ordinance.

COVID-19 cases in border guarding force BSF have climbed to 67, with the maximum reported in a Delhi battalion, deployed in the Jamia area for law and order duties, and from the frontier state of Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.

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With 35 deaths, the total number of the fatalities mounted to 583 in the state.