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The revision was being effected following a 15 percent increase in excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), an official release said.

The officials said There was an Apprehension of a Gathering at Bhat's Funeral, which would have violated the lockdown protocols.

Srinagar Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Secretary of SMC along with 11 other Corporators, have self-quarantined after the councillor tested positive for coronavirus.

According to district administration officials, no new cases were found in the areas and so they decided to de-contain the areas.

A total of 406 new suspected cases were admitted in various hospitals in the city, while 220 patients were discharged after recovery, taking their total number to 2,128.

The first Shramik Special carrying 1,200 migrant workers left for Jharkhand from Punjab's Jalandhar railway station.

In a separate order, the MHA said it has extended on 'gratis' basis the visas of foreigners stranded in India due the lockdown. The extension will be for a period of 30 days beyond opening of international travel.

All of them have been shifted to the Army's Base hospital in Delhi Cantonment, officials said.

School education minister Govind Singh Dotasara informed that the ministry has allotted a free slot and school students of the state will now be able to listen to the educational content through AIR.

It alleged that the Indian security forces 'along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB) have continuously been targeting civilian areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons'.

Out of the 64 repatriation flights, 15 would be from Kerala, 11 each would be from Delhi and Tamil Nadu, seven each would be from Maharashtra and Telangana, and remaining flights would be from five other states.

The new cases include three from Bengaluru urban, two from Bagalkote, and one each from Ballari, Dakshina Kannada and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada.

The Instagram group, 'Bois Locker Room', allegedly involving a group of teenage boys from prominent South Delhi schools, created a storm on social media on Sunday when a user leaked the chats.

Ankit Sharma's body, bearing multiple stab injuries, was fished out from a drain in northeast Delhi's Chand bagh area.

After the son tested positive, both Mr Mehrotra and his wife also tested positive for the virus and were admitted to Delhi's LNJP hospital before being shifted to a Covid Care centre in Mandoli in Shahdra

Rahul Chhabra, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently the High Commissioner of India to Kenya.