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Deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma on Monday that the district reported 90 new Covid-19 cases and one coronavirus-related death.

The state government today announced that cinema halls, swimming pools and auditoriums in the state will remain closed till the end of December.

Ministry of railways have decided to run special trains with revised timings from December 1 on their scheduled days.

As the state government had imposed prohibitory orders on gathering of people near water bodies for Boita Bandana, the Kartika Purnima festival was hardly celebrated in the state.

This is the first such instance of a person accused under section 6 of the POCSO Act being handed out the maximum punishment in the district as per an amendment in 2019 that the union government made to the legislation to serve as a deterrent.

A 26-year-old man identified as Hoshiyaar and hailing from Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly beaten to death by a hotel owner identified as Sanjay Kumar and his friend Anil, in a fight over drinking liquor in Gurugram, the police said on Monday.

Odisha recorded one of the lowest Covid-19 deaths on Sunday with four persons succumbing to the virus, taking the toll to 1,734 in the state. This is the first time in over 4 months that single day death fell below 5. On July 18, when three persons had died of Covid.

Students of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) on Sunday staged a demonstration in front of the residence of skill development and technical education minister, Premananda Nayak,

Expelled BJD MLA Pradeep Panigrahy said the party took action against him simply because he dared to raise his voice against the government’s alleged Covid mismanagement in Ganjam, which happens to be chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district.

The department of archaeology, museums and heritage has taken up repair and restoration works of the historical Wellesley Bridge, built across the Cauvery river at Srirangapatna.

The winter session of the state assembly was adjourned sine die on Sunday, a month ahead of schedule, citing no important official business even as the move was opposed by opposition parties. The session was scheduled to continue till December 31.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that the elementary schools in the northeastern state will reopen in a staggered manner from January 1, 2021.

The Rayagada district police in Odisha raided at least three gutka godwons situated in the district headquarters town and seized 330 bags of gutka worth over Rs 1 crore on Sunday night and arrested one person for running the illegal trade.

With anticipation of Covid vaccination drive to begin sometime in December or January, the Assam government has constituted three committees to oversee the entire process.

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’, BJP on Sunday, in an effort to reach out to voters ahead of next year’s assembly polls, held a ‘Booth Ki Baat’ programme in 28,000 booths spread across the state

Assam’s fish production has gone up to 3.73 lakh metric tonne (MT) in 2019-20 from 2.94 lakh MT during 2015-16 — a rise of 26.87% in four years. As such, the state has bagged four top honours in the fisheries sector, including the “best state” title among hilly states.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a police barrack building with pre-engineered technology at Jengraimukh in Majuli. He also virtually laid the foundation stones of another 71 such police barracks which will come up in different parts of the state.

Senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said people of Assam will never accept Congress if it teams up with the Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF to contest the assembly polls. Himanta’s statement comes at a time when the proposal of a Congress-AIUDF alliance is gaining momentum and both the parties are contesting together in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls.

The proxy candidate who appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains here was arrested in New Delhi on Sunday.

DMK president M K Stalin slammed the Central and state governments for what he termed were the "flawed policies" that pushed Tirupur industries into deep trouble.

Tamil Nadu's daily Covid-19 toll dropped to single digits for the first time after 179 days on Sunday. The nine people who died were all aged above 50 and had comorbidities such as diabetes or hypertension. The overall case fatality ratio has dipped to 1.5%.