Live updates: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to contest bypoll from Bhabanipur
After Haryana' Masoodpur village, residents of Data, Umra, Majad and Majra villages have also announced their decision to defy lockdown norms. They have decided not to implement lockdown restrictions in the village and not to allow administrative officials to enter. After remaining shut for close to a month, commercial establishments providing non-essential items will open between 9 am and 3 pm from Friday in 36 cities and towns of Gujarat. This includes Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and other 32 cities. However, night curfew will remain in force from 8 pm to 6 am in all 36 cities until May 28. Stay with us for all live updates from across India.Read Less
Mamata Banerjee likely to contest bypoll from Bhabanipur assembly constituency
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee likely to contest bypoll from Bhabanipur assembly constituency after sitting MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay vacates seat: Party sources
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant extends curfew till May 31
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant has announced the extension of curfew up to May 31.
Environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of Covid-19 at AIIMS, Rishikesh
Calcutta HC orders house arrest of two Bengal ministers, MLA and former TMC leader
Calcutta high court orders house arrest of two Bengal ministers, MLA and former TMC leader -- held in Narada sting tapes case
AP high court cancels MPTC and ZPTC elections
AP high court cancels MPTC and ZPTC elections. Directs state election commission to issue fresh notification and conduct elections afresh.
Uttarakhand: Yamunotri highway remains closed at Kisala due to landslide following heavy rainfall.
Goa court likely to pronounce verdict in Tarun Tejpal case. Heavy police presence outside the court at Mapusa.
FIR registered against Barge P305 Captain Rakesh Ballav and others
An FIR registered against Barge P305 Captain Rakesh Ballav and others for putting lives of workers in danger during the cyclone. Offense is registered under 304(2), 338, 34 IPC at Yellowgate Police Station on the complaint of barge engineer of P305: Mumbai Police
Nagpur: Eight Maoists were killed in the police firing near Potegaon in eastern Vidarbha's Gadchiroli district in the early hours of Friday. The bodies were recovered along with arms and weapons.
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed near Moga in Punjab late last night. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when the accident happened: IAF officials
Four Hisar villages plan to defy lockdown, will keep shops open
After Masoodpur village, residents of Data, Umra, Majad and Majra villages have also announced their decision to defy lockdown norms. They have decided not to implement lockdown restrictions in the village and not to allow administrative officials to enter. Villagers said when the chief minister visited Hisar, police lathi-charged farmers and registered a case against them. Now, they said, all shops in the village would remain open as before, so that the administration take their struggle against farm bills seriously. READ MORE
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