Only Essential Activities For 15 Days In Maharashtra, Other Top Stories

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced severe, curfew-like restrictions on public movement over the next 15 days across the state, starting today. In Madhya Pradesh, bodies are piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds, reflecting a steep rise in Covid cases, but there seems to be an unexplained gap between the official daily death count released by the state government and the ground reality. Thousands of tourists are flocking to Kashmir Valley as the second wave of Covid - the world's biggest surge - is sweeping through the country.