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The main accused is the son of a former village head Naher Singh, police said, adding that Singh and four other villagers have been arrested.

Public transport in large metros such as Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi may only be restored in a phased manner days after the lockdown ends, said officials.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 211 districts are now reporting COVID-19 cases, posing a high risk of further spread of the virus unless contained.

The portal developed by two student interns at All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) was launched by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Friday.

With a spike in the number of novel coronavirus cases, the state has started implementing the cluster containment strategy, as directed by the central government.

The doctors have also demanded enhanced security outside and within the hospitals where the Markaz evacuees have been admitted.

Balasaheb Thorat said it was time for the PM to take some firm policy decisions to fight the outbreak and give relief to people rather than 'create an event' out of the issue.

Earlier, a 69-year-old man who recently returned from the USA died of COVID-19 at the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra district on March 23.

So far, around 400 Covid-19 positive cases and about 12 deaths in the country were found to have links with the Nizamuddin Markaz.

A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta, which heard the matter through video-conferencing, observed that the court cannot force the government to listen to all the ideas as people may come up with millions of ideas.

A five-member team from the health department had gone to Taatpatti Bakhal on Wednesday to quarantine relatives and acquaintances of a COVID-19 patient, when an unruly mob attacked them with stones, injuring two women doctors.

PM Modi said people’s curfew, ringing bells, clapping hands and clanging plates have all made the nation realise its collective strength in these testing times.

In a digital press conference, he said of the 2,346 people evacuated from the Markaz, 108 have tested positive for coronavirus.

"He tested COVID-19 positive at PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) around midnight Thursday and passed away around the same time," officials said.

The brother-in-law of the deceased had been given responsibility by the village panchayat to prepare a list of people who had returned home amid the pandemic.

An analysis of all travel advisories issued by the government showed that until February 26, nearly a month after the first Covid-19 case was detected in India, all advisories pertained only to China.