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India has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental crisis after an oil spill from a Japanese ship, a government official said on Sunday.

"An incident involving video of communally sensitive nature, has gone viral on social media which seems to have been maliciously posted to create communal tension," they said in a statement.

A state police release here said Rs 20.61 crore fine has so far been levied against violators and 6.81 lakh vehicles seized for violations.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, in his order, said there is a ban on more than two persons gathering at any place, carrying of any kinds of weapons and convening any public meetings.

The death toll due to coronavirus infection climbed to 49,980 with 944 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

While police have arrested an accomplice of the main accused after the August 13 incident which occurred in Parnertehsil, the latter is on the run, an officer said.

The series will look back at the party's history and its contributions to India during its nearly 135-year-old history.

The state's COVID-19 death toll rose to 515 after 15 people succumbed to the disease, a bulletin issued by the department said on Saturday.

A group of women was working in a paddy field at Hardi village under Sarangarh police station when they were struck by the bolt from sky around 11 am, said Raigarh superintendent of police Santosh Singh.

In a statement posted online on Friday, Temasek Holdings said it has its roots in Singapore, where there is no place for xenophobia, racism or hate speech.

He also said some "people-friendly plans" are being drawn up in about 110 acres of land near Byappanahalli Metrostation, that includes growing plants with a wide variety of species with organic diversity.

The 35-year-old assistant commandant (AC), who joined the Central Reserve Police Force in 2013, has been decorated with the "6th bar to Police Medal for Gallantry" on the eve of the Independence Day.

RBI has told the high court that against a total deposit liability of approximately Rs 10,000 crore as on March 26, 2020, liquid assets available with the PMC bank were to the tune of Rs 2,955.73 crore.

The agency also carried out searches at six locations in Kerala's Malappuram and Kozhikode districts earlier in the day.

No public processions are allowed while buying and installing private Ganesha idols or while immersing the idols in wells, said the government order issued on Friday.

According to data shared by ChildFund, only 40% in the communities the group is working with have any kind of smartphone or laptop available at their homes. The probability of the device being available to the children for their online classes is much les...