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Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,97,274 on Thursday as 1,385 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Fourteen fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus toll to 1,378, he said.

Bimal Gurung paraded the 17 councillors at a press conference in Kolkata, where they pledged support to the TMC in the Assembly elections likely to be held in April-May next year.

About three lakh candidates will appear in each shift. A total of 17,61,760 candidates have applied for the recruitment examination for 5,438 constable posts.

Biden on Thursday edged toward the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, but several battleground states were still in play, as Trump cried foul over the ongoing vote count.

The companies were also asked about having their own cars run by drivers with fixed salary. Both acknowledged that besides being cab aggregators, they have their own cars as well, Lekhi said.

The service had remained suspended since March when a nationwide lockdown was announced in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The incident took place in a village in Shirur tehsil on Tuesday night, when the victim, who works as a farm labourer, had gone to answer nature's call and was attacked by an unidentified man, deputy superintendent of police Rahul Dhas said.

Bineesh's father-in-law filed a petition before the police, stating that his family is being forced to sign documents and being detained at the house.

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The injured were taken to a civic-run hospital in Khopoli, an official said. Firefighting was on till early morning, he added.

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Reviewing Karnataka's preparedness and the measures taken for ensuring COVID- appropriate behaviour, he expressed satisfaction over India's progress in combating the coronavirus.

All these establishments were closed since lockdown was imposed to contain coronavirus in March. Last month the state had allowed hotels and bars to reopen.

Refunds of Rs 34,820 crore have been issued in 37,55,428 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs 94,370 crore have been issued in 1,93,059 cases, I-T department said in a tweet.

A powerful explosion in the godown around 11 am destroyed the structure and caused fire in adjacent godowns where labourers were packing ready-made garments, said officials.

The Delhi government has started conducting targeted COVID-19 tests in markets and other crowded areas to strengthen its surveillance mechanism.