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The top court also expressed displeasure over the fact that the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centre and the state were not being followed scrupulously in Gujarat.

The Trinamool Congress supremo lashed out at the BJP- led government at the Centre over the issue in a series of tweets.

In a tweet, Rajinikanth said that further details of his political party will be announced on December 31, as he promised to bring about an “honest, spiritual government”, hinting towards a “miracle”.

Accusing the BJP government of giving false promises about doubling farmer incomes, Yadav said that the ruling government has hatched a "conspiracy" to grab their land in the guise of farm laws.

No language will be imposed on any student but enabling provisions should be made so that bright students are not deprived of technical education due to lack of knowledge of the English language, said Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.

Now, these three legislations can become law only after the approval of the President, the sources said, adding that the Governor can hold the bills for as long as he wants.

Mohini Mohan Mishra, national secretary of the RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, said a separate legislation like the GST is required for both the Centre and the states to ensure that farmers get their dues.

A division bench of the high court said the community service at COVID centres shall be non-medical in nature and shall be for four six hours for a period of 5 to 15 days.

As per the new decision, a maximum of 2000 devotees would be allowed to have darshan at the hill temple on weekdays and 3000 on Saturdays and Sundays, which was 1,000 and 2,000 earlier respectively, state Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,32,647 pushing the national recovery rate to94.03 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

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The new bridge, which has been built in the place of an old one that collapsed in September 2018, will be inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee on Thursday at 5 pm.

There was leakage from an LPG cylinder in the house and when somebody tried to light a stove, there was a flare- up, police said.

The Indian delegation was led by Sachin Jain, Deputy Director General, Narcotics Control Board, Ministry of Home Affairs, while the US side was headed by White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Assistant Director Kemp Chester.

The Supreme Court said this while rapping the Jharkhand government for depriving an industrial unit of its legitimate entitlement to the policy benefits.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday night ordered an inquiry into the deaths, an official of the state public relations department said.