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The companies filed an application before the ministry's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) for initiation of anti-dumping investigations on imports of plain medium density fibre board having thickness of 6 mm and above produced by Kim Tin MDF J...

The statement to this effect by the CJI came, while he was holding the hearing through video conferencing, in a case in which arguments were being made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal.

The date of assessments getting barred on September 30, 2020, has now been extended to December 31,2020. Those getting barred on March 31, 2021, will be extended to September 30, 2021.

A day after this letter was issued, District Judge Girish Kathpalia issued directions to the judicial officers, administrative officers and staff officials posted at Tis Hazari Courts complex.

The apex court asked the state to file its reply affidavit on the plea within 10 days and said the matter would be heard thereafter.

The doctor had succumbed to the coronavirus infection on April 19. The ambulance in which his body was carried was vandalised by locas who feared the burial may lead to the spread of contagion in the area.

The operation is still going on, officials said. Some shepherds had informed the village head about seeing in the upper reaches movement of suspected persons, who were armed, they said.

Monsoon usually covers the Andaman and Nicobar islands around May 20. The onset date for Andaman and Nicobar was last month revised to May 22.

RPF Director General Arun Kumar said that the RPF personnel had visited the railway ministry office a week ago.

Banda Railway Station Manager SK Kushwaha said the 75-year-old woman belonged to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and was in the train that reached here around 06:00 am.

The state also wanted the stoppages in other states to be avoided to reduce the risk of exposure to passengers and run the trains as non stop services till it enters Kerala.

PM Narendra Modi said the definition of self-reliance has undergone a change in the globalised world and when India talks about it, it is different from being self-centred.

The PMO asked the Railways to furnish details of the total fund required, along with the names of the deceased, their next of kin and the seriously injured persons with their complete postal addresses.

However, the order, which has been issued by the Home Department, will come into effect only after guidelines are finalised, a senior official said.

The train reached Udhampur at 11.30 am after a delay of several hours and the passengers deboarded it as per the guidelines and moved to an identified holding area before being sent to their home districts in buses.

Khan approached the high court seeking anticipatory bail in the sedition case lodged against him, citing his old age, health issues and risk of the coronavirus or COVID-19 infection.