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Madhya Pradesh: BJP legislators to meet to elect CM candidate at 6pm

A meeting of the BJP Legislature Party in Madhya Pradesh will be held today to elect the next chief minister.

Delhi Budget: Kejriwal govt to implement Ayushman Bharat scheme, announces Manish Sisodia

The announcement to implement the government’s flagship in Delhi comes at a time when India has stepped up efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. 
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PM Modi holds interaction with media bosses over coronavirus scare in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a video conference with journaists and media heads on ways to deal with coronavirus outbreak in India.

Social distancing goes for a toss in Odisha as people defy lockdown

The Odisha government had ordered a lockdown of five districts and eight major towns for one week till March 29.

Andhra govt gets army of 2.5 lakh volunteers to screen every household to detect coronavirus cases

The Jagan Reddy government has deployed over 2.5 lakh volunteers with the responsibility of screening 50 households each.

Coronavirus climbs, flights grounded in India

More than half of scheduled flights from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru were cancelled on Sunday as India registered a climb in coronavirus cases, data show.

Fight against coronavirus: Full curfew in Punjab, CM Capt Amarinder Singh says no exemptions

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has announced full curfew in the state with no relaxations.

Coronavirus in India: Iltija Mufti writes to J&K LG, requests release of all detainees including mother

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's daughter has written a letter to Jammu and Kashmir L-G requesting release of detainees including her mother.

Jharkhand CM calls on people to stay at home, follow lockdown rules

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday urged people to follow the lockdown imposed by the state in the wake of coronavirus outbreak threat and said that the police and administration should ensure that laws are followed properly.

Stop all flights from landing in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi

The Bengal chief minister has said the government has stopped all inter-state movement and shut roads while Railway operations have also stopped. But allowing flights to still land in the state remains a threat to the prevention of coronavirus spread.

Ambulance with patient stuck in jam as Covid-19 lockdown comes into effect

An ambulance carrying a patient was stuck in a massive jam at Delhi-Noida border due to lockdown, which has been announced as an essential measure to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Lucknow's Ghantaghar sanitised after anti-CAA protest suspended over coronavirus

The Area around the ghantaghar (Clock Tower) was sanitised on Monday after women who were staging an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) demonstration here called off their protest temporarily earlier today.