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Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on Saturday said the 'water bell' will be introduced in schools in the state to inculcate the habit of drinking adequate water.

President of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Nritya Gopal Das and three other members called on the prime minister at his residence here on Thursday and invited him to visit Ayodhya for the 'bhoomi pujan', or ground-breaking ceremony.

As part of the health initiative, the railways has also opened a "Dawa Dost" store at the station, a generic medicine store for passengers.

The arrested man, Aman Bahadur, is the son of a former BSP MLA, they said, adding Lucknow Police Commissioner Sujit Pandey has constituted a team to crack the case and nab the other accused.

The circular drew flak from the opposition parties with former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan calling it an 'undeclared emergency'.

The Young India Coordination Committee said that they will be giving a call of ‘Delhi Chalo’ to garner support for a mass anti-CAA, NRC, NPR rally in the month of March in the national capital.

Karuna Panja, the teacher's mother and only legal heir, had approached the school education department for payment of her dues and family pension, her lawyer Ashish Chowdhury said.

The law student, whose PIL has been admitted by the top court, also says the resourceful section of the reserved categories should have the option to forgo the benefits of reservation so that the less-privileged can get relief.

Mohan Bhagwat's remark came amid continued protests in several towns and cities of the country against CAA and NRC, moves branded by those opposing them as a reflection of 'Hindutva nationalism' that is detrimental to Muslims.

These personnel helped in preparing a jawans' residential barrack into a quarantine centre within 48 hours and kept it running for over a fortnight.

Shah is in Arunachal Pradesh to attend the 34th Statehood Day function and launch a number of projects related to industry and roads.

When KC Kuttan died, President Mahinda Rajapaksa had described him as a national icon, one who made Sri Lanka famous among the Westerners.

A man tried to forcibly open an aircraft door on the flight when it was taxiing for takeoff, prompting the captain to return to the parking bay and off-load him, an official said.

The Delhi High Court Bar Association has also requested its members to abstain from work on Thursday as a token of protest "as the said transfer is a rarest of rare case".

SII announced that a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 2,000 people in China.

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