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More than 6,50,000 Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic have been evacuated, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has directed officials to ensure that girl students after completing their graduation are given their passport along with their degrees.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the petitions connected with Vikas Dubey's encounter killing, including the one which was filed hours before the Uttar Pradesh gangster was gunned down near Kanpur.

Haryana's Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday urged the Congress leadership to do everything possible to persuade Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, saying his exit from the party will deal a severe blow to it.

The flood situation in Assam worsened drastically on Monday with six more persons losing their lives in rain-related incidents, even as the deluge affected nearly 22 lakh people across 27 districts, an official bulletin said.

Rajasthan Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ramesh Meena on Monday said that he is with Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot in the political crisis faced by the Congress government in the state.

A case was filed on Monday against 41 people who attended a wedding, violating the COVID-19 protocol, officials said.

Nepal's cable television operators on Monday partially lifted the ban imposed on Indian private news channels.

Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday commissioned a programme in Thane city to administer rapid antigen tests to detect COVID-19 quickly.

The Punjab government issued revised guidelines on Monday, completely disallowing public gatherings and restricting social gatherings to five attendees and marriages and other functions to 30 instead of the current 50.

The Gauhati High Court on Monday asked the Assam Health Department to submit before it all notifications regarding testing of asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 in the state.

There was no wreathe-laying ceremony. No gun salutes. No flag-raising. The Martyrs' Day commemoration was officially abandoned in Jammu and Kashmir today. It was the first time since Independence and Jammu and Kashmir's accession to Union of India, that the July 13 ceremony did not take place in Srinagar. In yet another significant move since provisions of Article 370 were scrapped last year, the Union Territory administration has cancelled Martyrs' Day holiday and commemoration function.

Divyanshi Jain from Lucknow has scored 600/600 in this year's CBSE Class 12 exams, despite already daunting challenges posed by the vast syllabus and an academic year shortened and strained by the coronavirus outbreak

Congress leader Hema Ram Choudhary, who is backing rebellious Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot in the continuing tussle for power, has demanded a change in the leadership of the state government.

Stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua, who received rape threats after a 2019 performance was claimed by some to have insulted Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji, may face legal action, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said.