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Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar

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Disk-footed bat recorded for the first time in India. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

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BJP leaders from outside campaigning in Bengal responsible for spike in COVID-19 cases, says Mamata

Trinamool Congress supremo also blamed the Election Commission (EC) for curtailing her campaigning time.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during an election rally. File

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NPP snubs ally BJP in Meghalaya tribal council

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Stakes claim for power, seeks support of GNC member and three independents. Congress emerges as the single largest party.

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. File

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6 COVID-19 patients die due to low pressure oxygen in Madhya Pradesh hospital

The incident took place at the Government Medical College Hospital in Shahdol on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday

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Disk-footed bat recorded for the first time in India. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Meghalaya records India’s first bat with sticky disks

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during an election rally. File

BJP leaders from outside campaigning in Bengal responsible for spike in COVID-19 cases, says Mamata

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. File

NPP snubs ally BJP in Meghalaya tribal council

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6 COVID-19 patients die due to low pressure oxygen in Madhya Pradesh hospital

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An election officer marks the finger of a voter with indelible ink before letting her proceed to cast her vote for local panchayat elections at a polling station on the outskirts of Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, April 15, 2021. India

Voting for second phase of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls to be held on Monday

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Oxygen cylinders are refilled at a private gas company in Mumbai on April 17, 2021.

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Coronavirus | No response from PM on call for oxygen, says Maharashtra CMO

Workers unload oxygen cylinders from a truck at a hospital, used for COVID-19 patients at NMCH, amid rising coronavirus cases across the country, in Patna, Bihar on April. 17, 2021.

Superintendent of Bihar’s COVID-19 dedicated hospital writes to govt. to relieve him due to lack of oxygen supply

Amarnath Tewary NMCH Superintendent Vinod Kumar Singh wrote in a letter ‘despite my several reminders, the hospital is not being provided adequate oxygen supply which has put lives of dozens of patients in danger’.

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Madhya Pradesh | 59.9% voting in Damoh Assembly bypoll

PTI A total of 22 candidates contested the bypoll, but the main contest is between Rahul Lodhi of the BJP and Ajay Tandon of the Congress

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Odisha family haunted by COVID-19 deaths

Satyasundar Barik The Sahus from Ganjam lost four bread winners to COVID in 2020.

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Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate for the Kokrajhar East constituency Pramila Rani Brahma shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at a polling station, during the third and final phase of Assam Assembly Elections 2021, at Kokrajhar, on April 6, 2021.

Now, Assam’s BPF sends its candidates abroad

Special Correspondent Regional party outdoes Mahajot ally Congress and the All India United Democratic Front, who packed their candidates off to Rajasthan

Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station, during the 3rd phase of the Assam Assembly election, at Uttarpara in Baksa district on April 6, 2021.

Assam Assembly elections | Anchalik Gana Morcha urges EC to videograph counting process

PTI The three-phase Assam Assembly elections were held on March 27, April 1 and April 6

West Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during an election rally. File

BJP leaders from outside campaigning in Bengal responsible for spike in COVID-19 cases, says Mamata

PTI Trinamool Congress supremo also blamed the Election Commission (EC) for curtailing her campaigning time.

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A health worker sanitise voters at a polling station during the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata on April 17, 2021.

ELECTIONS 2021 | Phase 5 witnesses high turnout and sporadic violence

Shiv Sahay Singh 78.36% electors had exercised their franchise till 5 p.m. in the polling held in 45 Assembly constituencies.

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Karan Johar’s Dharma productions replaces Kartik Aaryan in ‘Dostana 2’

Without taking any names, the production house issued a statement about replacement in the film

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Disk-footed bat recorded for the first time in India.

Meghalaya records India’s first bat with sticky disks

Voting for second phase of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls to be held on Monday

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6 COVID-19 patients die due to low pressure oxygen in Madhya Pradesh hospital

Superintendent of Bihar’s COVID-19 dedicated hospital writes to govt. to relieve him due to lack of oxygen supply

Polling for Pipili by-election on May 13, says official

Vehicles to be colour coded to limit movement in Mumbai

Coronavirus | Mandatory tests, 14-day quarantine for Kumbh Mela returnees in Odisha

ASHA and Anganwadi Workers will regularly visit the symptomatic returnees at home or TMCs to monitor their health conditions.

Coronavirus | Tripura CM recovers, wife also tests negative

Biplab Kumar Deb will soon join office, says official

Not quite a fair deal for farmers

Though farmers at Sohna are happy that they are getting Minimum Support Price, they complain about delayed payment from the Haryana govt. and lack of amenities at mandis

Coronavirus | U.P. government dismisses rumours on COVID-19 testing

‘False rumours are being spread that private labs are not testing samples’

Resume talks with farmers, says Dushyant Chautala

Set up a team of senior Cabinet Ministers: Haryana Dy. CM

Over 56% turnout in three Rajasthan Assembly constituencies

Congress and BJP are locked in direct contest in the seats

Coronavirus | Shiv Sena blames Centre, EC for second wave of COVID-19 in India

From West Bengal, BJP workers are going back to their homes in different parts of the country with COVID-19, the Shiv Sena said

Coronavirus | Maharashtra’s restrictions could be extended beyond May 1: State Health Minister

Speaking to reporters in Jalna, over 400 kilometres from here, Mr. Tope said people have been supportive of the restrictions

Withdraw advisory on live reporting J&K encounters: Editors Guild

Security forces trying to escape scrutiny, it says

Nagaland forms panel on listing indigenous inhabitants

The NRC-like exercise seeks to filter out the non-original residents of the State

Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad gets bail in Dumka treasury case

Paves the way for his release from prison after 39 months

COVID-19 surge: All-party meet in Bihar today, Assembly Secretariat shut after 44 staff test positive

Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha has ordered complete closure of Assembly Secretariat till April 25.

COVID-19 surge: Odisha CM wants vaccine in open market, priority to big cities

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik cautions against lockdown in metropolises that would have a cascading impact on other areas.

COVID-19 surge: Manipur clamps night curfew till April 30

There are 165 active cases now in the State with 31 infections being reported during the last 24 hours.

Coronavirus | In Lucknow, a desperate search for a hospital bed

Inadequate facilities have left patients and kin with few options amid surging cases

Coronavirus | Chandigarh announces weekend lockdown

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, Union Territory Chandigarh has announced a ‘weekend lockdown’ between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The decision to impose weekend

Coronavirus | Shortage of oxygen supply in Gujarat hospitals

Situation is worsening in smaller towns as the pandemic spreads to villages and rural areas

Coronavirus | Mamata blames BJP for surge in cases

Another candidate dies of infection in West Bengal.

Mumbai man donates ambulance

His mother had died without one in 2006

Bustard poaching in Pakistan desert shocks wildlife activists

Great Indian Bustard, the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird

Woman police officer arrested for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Jammu and Kashmir

She has been accused of obstructing a search operation by security forces.

Coronavirus | Surge in cases force political parties to shut offices in Bihar

BJP and Congress follow suit after RJD and JD(U) lead the way.

Coronavirus | Maharashtra to face shortage of Remdesivir for next 2 to 3 days: Minister

The FDA Minister blamed companies for delay in supply of the much sough-after COVID-19 drug.

Coronavirus | A 15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

The infant was born with the infection on April 1, as her mother had also contracted the disease, said Dinesh Navadiya, the trustee of Diamond Hospital said.

Naga tribe declines to pay ‘taxes’ to extremist groups

The Konyaks asked the groups to unite for people to be relieved of multiple taxation

Shiv Sena, NCP slam Fadnavis for ‘campaigning against Marathi candidate’ in Belgaum

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that political leaders from Maharashtra should not campaign against a Marathi-speaking candidate in Belgaum.

Mirwaiz Farooq under detention for last 20 months; not released even during Ramzan: Hurriyat

“It is extremely unfortunate and deeply hurts the sentiments of Muslims of Kashmir.”

COVID-19 surge: U.P. announces shutdown on Sundays till further notice

Those caught without a mask would be fined ₹1,000 while the penalty will increase 10-fold for the second offence.

Cooch Behar killing | West Bengal CID takes over probe in CISF firing that killed four

A Special Investigation Team of the CID has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.

COVID-19 negative medical certificate needed to enter Manipur from Sunday

The certificates obtained from the competent authority should be produced within 72 hours of the arrival to the border area gates and the Imphal international airport

Jammu and Kashmir LG asks officials to ensure locals get employment in major projects

Manoj Sinha also took a district-wise assessment of the availability of medicines, oxygen supply, and number of beds

Meghalaya govt. defends plan to dam river Umngot

People of 12 villages are opposed to the project

Bihar struggles to cope with rising COVID-19 cases

Hospitals in the State are facing an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders

Mehbooba Mufti’s mother seeks rescheduling of ED probe

The agency will issue a fresh summons to her

Village sarpanch accused of rape

A woman has accused a village sarpanch of a rape bid on her inside a crèche in a university campus in Palwal.The police have registered a case on

U.P. to open quarantine centres again

Uttar Pradesh is gearing up once again to set up quarantine centres for migrant workers returning home as the number of COVID-19 cases mount in the

Development through mining a major poll issue in Rajsamand

Congress’ Tansukh Bohra pitted against BJP’s Deepti Maheshwari for the seat in upcoming Rajasthan Assembly by-election

High Court concerned over Gujarat government’s COVID-19 management

‘Figures given by State are not matching with the actual number of positive cases’

Coronavirus | Odisha raises vaccine shortage issue again

Seeks urgent supply of at least 10 days stock of Covishield

Notify COVID-19 pandemic as natural disaster: Maharashtra CM writes to PM

Uddhav Thackeray appeals for oxygen supply under NDMA

Manipur High Court sets aside BJP legislator’s election

Okram Henry had won as a Congress candidate in 2017

Cong. single largest party in Garo Hills council polls in Meghalaya

National People’s Party which battled anti-incumbency takes second spot

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Workers unload oxygen cylinders from a truck at a hospital, used for COVID-19 patients at NMCH, amid rising coronavirus cases across the country, in Patna, Bihar on April. 17, 2021.

10K | Superintendent of Bihar’s COVID-19 dedicated hospital writes to govt. to relieve him due to lack of oxygen supply

Thousands of people gathered to get a glimpse of actor Vivekh at Virugambakkam on Saturday.

8K | Actor Vivekh cremated with police honours

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