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The Union Territory of Chandigarh has witnessed a surge in coronavirus infections. It has so far reported 887 COVID-19 cases with 13 deaths.

He highlighted a media report in this regard that claimed that the Railway Ministry is facing a financial crunch which will affect its infrastructure projects.

He referred to the Vedas and concluded his oath with 'Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti', the Prime Minister observed.

The direction comes after the Delhi assembly in a recent communication to Dev flagged 'violations of protocols' by government officers in responding to communications of public representatives.

According to the officials, the customers who visited the bank have also been advised to voluntarily appear for coronavirus tests.

The judge and his son were admitted in the local Padhar Hospital after they took ill on July 23..

After the skeletal remains were found in Pascal Square locality, Vakola police checked missing person complaints andzeroed in on a 10-day-old one from the locality which may have a link, said an official.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 4,237, while 3,521 people have recovered from the disease..

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His sample was taken on Friday morning after he had a high fever for the last two-three days, the doctor said, adding that his report came positive in the night.

Till Friday, 1,58,49,068 tests for Covid-19 had been done in the country. India did 3.50 lakh tests every day over the last one week, the ministry said..

Dr Renu Swarup said having indigenous supplies of qualitative RT-PCR test kits was identified as a critical need in enhancing the testing ability..

The development comes days after the ethics committee gave approval to AIIMS Delhi to begin the human trials of the potential Covid-19 vaccine.

After a disagreement over parking area at the housing society, the woman filed a complaint at the Adambakkam Police Station on July 11, demanding payment for Shanmugam using the slot owned by her.

Singh, the then finance minister in the Congress government led by former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, had been instrumental in ushering in economic liberalisation.

In a tweet, Gokhale had sought urgent assistance from police and the state home minister and shared a video showing some persons gathered outside his residential building and chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.