LIVE News Updates: All elephants in Mudumalai camp test COVID-19 negative

All the 28 elephants of Theppakaadu camp in Mudumalai in Nilgiris district have tested negative for coronavirus.

The elephants had undergone the test three days ago as a precautionary measure after nine lions of the Anna Zoo in Chennai tested positive, an official release said on Saturday.

The samples were sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, the results of which were received today.

However, the Forest Department and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve would not let the guard down and would continue to follow necessary precautions to keep off the infection, the release said.

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Banmara & Jins Jara Kani villages of Kullu Kera panchayat, located at Jharkhand & Chhattisgarh border of Simdega Dist, have achieved 100% vaccination against COVID. Almost 50% of 18+ population of Garu block of Latehar district, a Naxal affected block, vaccinated: Jharkhand govt

BJP leader Rajib Banerjee arrives at Trinamool Congress's state secretary Kunal Ghosh's residence in Kolkata, West Bengal

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Karnataka government allows economic and other activities in a graded manner w.e.f. 6 am of June 14 to 6 am of June 21, wherein weekend and night curfew are proposed to be imposed

Delhi records 213 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in over three months, 28 deaths; positivity rate 0.30 per cent: Authorities

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Maharashtra's Mumbai, Raigad, Ratnagiri districts very likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall on 13th and 14th June: Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai

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Pandemic, inflation, unemployment

The one who is sitting silent even after seeing all

People know #ZimmedarKaun, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

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GST council cuts tax for black fungus drugs and other medicines needed to treat COVID-19, NDTV reported

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to PM Narendra Modi, requesting him to treat 'widespread' soil erosion by Ganga in Malda and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal as national disaster & release 'adequate' fund to check it

Two policemen and as many civilians were killed and at least three others injured on Saturday when militants opened fire targeting security forces in Sopore town of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Militants fired upon a joint party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police near Main Chowk Sopore in north Kashmir district around noon, they said.

The officials said in the firing, two police personnel and two civilians were killed.

At least three others, including a policeman, were injured in the attack, they said.

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UK hails G7 declaration on preventing future pandemics, news agency AFP reported

TMC leader Mukul Roy writes to the Ministry of Home Affairs for withdrawal of his Central security cover. MHA is yet to respond to the request: Sources

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We demand that govt brings a central protection law with provisions under CrPC & IPC and also ensure that all govt and private hospital have a mandatory security structure: IMA President Dr JA Jayalal

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Doctors serving in COVID wards have been beaten & brutally assaulted in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, UP, and Karnataka. It is responsibility of govt to ensure the safety & security of frontline workers who are working in a pandemic: IMA President Dr JA Jayalal

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Indian Medical Association (IMA) will lead a protest of healthcare workers on June 18 against assault on healthcare professionals with 'Save the Saviour' slogan. No hospitals will be closed. Doctors will wear black badge, black mask, or black shirt: IMA President Dr JA Jayalal

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Central Railway suspends local trains between Dadar-Kurla due to rising water level on tracks in Mumbai; trains running smoothly on other sections.

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Children are the future. They deserve education, health and smiles.

Let’s make every day #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BSP are coming together once again and we are going to sweep the elections in Punjab: SAD MLA NK Sharma in Chandigarh

Out of 117 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to contest on 20 seats, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to contest the remaining 97 seats: Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD President

Chances of third wave of Covid hitting us are quite real, Delhi govt preparing on war-footing to combat it: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

People of Delhi have come shoulder-to-shoulder in combating second Covid wave, our gratitude to industry sector too for joining fight: CM

Indications coming from UK on fear of third Covid wave, cases are rising there and we cannot afford to sit idle: CM Arvind Kejriwal

To strengthen preparations to fight Covid, 22 new PSA oxygen plants at nine hospitals across Delhi being added today: CM Arvind Kejriwal

We pray that third wave of Covid doesn't hit us, but if it happens Delhi has to again fight together: CM Arvind Kejriwal

We congratulate people of Delhi who have together faced Covid second wave with struggle and discipline and succeeded in controlling it

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Delhi: Fire breaks out at a clothing showroom in Central Market of Lajpat Nagar area; 16 fire tender on the spot

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Police & govt want to instigate farmers. If they (police) have been visiting the site for days, contact should have been established. They can file FIR, but there should be something to write in it: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

They (Police) must have been in civil dress & farmers might have mistaken them for channel people (media) who portray their movement in bad light. We don't engage in violence: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on farmers allegedly assaulting two policemen for clicking photos on June 10

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Four children were killed and two others injured as a massive landslide swept away a building in Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Friday at Thuampui neighbourhood in the Bawngkawn police station area in the northeastern part of the city, they said.

An Assam-type building, in which a seven-member family lived, was swept away by the retaining wall that collapsed due to a landslip, triggered by rains, police said.

Six of the seven family members were present in the house at the time of the incident, they said.

Four children, aged between three and 16, died on the spot. The head of the family, Lalbiakzuala (75), escaped from the debris and another member was rescued alive, police said.

The bodies were recovered from the debris during the rescue operation launched by police and local volunteers soon after the incident.

The last body to be recovered was that of a 16-year- old girl, who was killed along with her twin sister, around 6 am on Saturday, police said.

Three occupants of another building, which stood below, managed to escape when they heard the loud noise of the landslide.

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Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 30,850 as 358 more people tested positive for the infection while five new fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 138, a senior health official said on Saturday.

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Indian Medical Association (IMA) says 719 doctors died during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic; maximum 111 doctors lost their lives in Bihar, followed by Delhi (109)

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended 13 officers for unauthorised withdrawal of developmental funds.

An order issued on Friday evening by the principal secretary rural development department said that these officers had withdrawn funds from e-FMS (Electronic Financial Management System) accounts without any authorisation.

The suspended officers include two Assistant Commissioners Development (ACDs) and eight Block Development Officers (BDOs) belonging to the Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS).

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