Politics

Since taking oath as the chief minister on March 23 in a brief ceremony amid the coronavirus outbreak, Chouhan is yet to form his Cabinet.

PM Modi announced that the lockdown will be extended till May 3, stressing that it was a necessary move to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A case was registered against A John Kumar on a complaint from the Revenue Department officials that the MLA along with others was distributing rice bags to over 150 people near his house in neighbouring Nellithope village.

Azad said around 80 per cent of the leaders from various political parties, who interacted with the prime minister through video-conferencing, favoured extending the lockdown.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said it was shocking that the government had been permitting export of diagnostic equipment until now.

BS Yediyurappa made his stand clear in a letter to former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda.

Pawar said congregation such as the one held last month in Delhi's Nizamuddin area by Tablighi Jamaat could have been avoided, and urged people to ensure there is no repeat of such meetings on Shab-e-Barat.

The chief minister added that a total of 71 people from the state have been identified who attended the Markaz at Nizamuddin in New Delhi last month and all of them are in isolation.

He said being a government-issued order and not a law made by Parliament, the new gazette notification regarding domicile rules for Jammu and Kashmir was not immune to a judicial review.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Bengal has been put under complete lockdown and preparedness for a larger coronavirus outbreak has been undertaken by authorities.

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic sweeping across the world had caused serious public health concerns, anguish and apprehensions in India, she wrote in her letter to the Prime Minister.

Asserting that the party supports the lockdown, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, however, said the Congress was 'deeply disappointed' by lack of coherent strategy or a clear way ahead on the part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The top court lifted the model code of conduct in the state imposed due to the local body polls and directed that the Election Commission shall impose the model code four weeks before the notified date of polling.

The bench declined the offer of the rebel Congress MLAs saying it would not be appropriate and also refused to send its Registrar General to meet them. It then deferred the hearing for Thursday at 10.30 am.

Suresh Prabhu was tested following his recent visit from virus-hit Saudi Arabia, to attend the second Sherpas meeting last week.

Some opposition members protested against Union Minister Nityanand Rai's statements, leading DMK leader T R Baalu stating they should be allowed to ask supplementary questions.