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The assailants reportedly shot at him from a close range killing him instantly, while his friend also sustained injuries in the attack.

The measures are temporary and precautionary measures and the airline will be refunding the full amount to the impacted passengers, Indigo added.

The enraged family kept the bodies of both Sunder Pal (35) and Akash Kumar (19) in a stationary mini-truck on the roadside of Ram Park Colony main gate and staged a protest demanding the owner's arrest.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that old coal-fired power plants not meeting emission norms will be closed and their land will be put to alternative use.

Although the law and the proposed amendment sound great on paper, their implementation remain tough given that abortion is still widely stigmatised in India, and there is very little awareness about the laws.

Soon after the controversy, Father Joseph Puthenpurackal said he was not talking about Indian Muslims but those in living countries like Syria, and Iraq, where Christians are attacked.

The dispute arose after NSUI accused one of the teachers of discussing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) with school children and making disparaging remarks against a community.

The police said they have also urged the Board to form a medical panel to conduct a bone ossification test that will verify the age of the youth.

Calling the junior minister an 'anti-national', the JTA said that it was convinced that this shooting, which could have been fatal, was the direct result of the call to goli maro or shoot by MoS Anurag Thakur.

The truck driver fled the place after the accident, police said, adding that the bodies have been sent for post mortem.

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India reported its first case of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in Kerala on Thursday, prompting state government to step up its efforts to detect and prevent the spread of the virus.

A female medical student of a university in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. She is stable and is being monitored closely.

The woman was severely thrashed and hit with stones by angry locals and was later rushed to a hospital in critical condition where she succumbed to her injuries.

The incident happened in Gallamandi Pipariya area of Siddharthanagar Municipality in province No 5 of western Nepal.

During a visit to Goa on January 20, Singh, speaking to a group of people led by BJP MLA Alina Saldanha who opposed double tracking of a railway line in the state, called her 'Portuguese'.