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Over three thousand home-bound people of Assam from outside and within the northeastern region entered the state on the first day of opening of the inter-state borders on Sunday, which were sealed for 40 days due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Thirteen people were arrested and challans issued to owners of 159 vehicles across Noida and Greater Noida on Sunday for allegedly defying curbs imposed due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, police said.

After keeping them closed during the first two phases of the lockdown which spanned over a period of almost 40 days, UP government on Sunday announced opening of liquor shops in red, orange and green zones. The decision would apply only in areas outside the containment zones.

Police arrested an accused identified as Mohammad Najim of Shivpuri Colony, Mahesh Nagar in Ambala Cantonment area on Sunday, for allegedly giving shelter to Tablighi Jamaat participants during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Four people in the district tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 146. While one of them is a 31-year-old pregnant mother from Saramedu, the other three patients belong to a family staying in Baba Street in Venkitapuram.

The number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh rose to 2,579 with 92 more people testing positive for the infection on Sunday, officials said. The virus has claimed 43 lives in the state so far.

After clearing around 36,000 quintals of sugarcane in its stock, Shahabad Cooperative Sugar Mill stopped operations on Saturday morning, its managing director Sushil Kumar said.

Ahead of the paddy transplantation season starting next month, Punjab agriculture department is working on a three-pronged strategy to overcome the acute labour shortage the state is likely to face. The department plans to tackle the problem by decreasing area under paddy transplantation, encouraging mechanised transplantation through direct seeding rice (DSR) and making local labour capable of smoothly undertaking transplantation as well as harvesting operations.

Eleven more policemen, including PRO of SSP/DIG and a woman LIU inspector, were tested positive for coronavirus in Kanpur in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of Covid -19 patients in the city to 235. With this, the tally of infected policemen in the city reached 24.

The spike in positive cases in Punjab over the last three days has put its mortality rate below the national average for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak in India. Mortality rate from among the total positive cases in Punjab has drastically fallen to 2.59% with 772 positive cases and 20 deaths. The national fatality rate on Saturday evening was 3.26% with 37,336 cases and 1,218 deaths. Mortality rate in the world is 7.02% from total positive cases of 34,21,671 and 2,40,316 deaths. A total of 10,93,091 persons have been cured... Читать дальше...

Chaos and violence reigned at inter-state borders as thousands of migrants were stranded after their vehicles were not allowed to cross over on Saturday, even as the state government was staring at a logistics nightmare with over 20 lakh wanting to return to their native states.

Panic gripped Kaithal on Saturday after some miscreants threw some currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and fled from the spot.

UP is set to follow Centre’s guidelines for relaxation when the third phase of lockdown starts on May 4. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to start “all economic activities” in accordance with Central guidelines.