Pilot's statement came on a day when Gehlot called him a “nikamma” and a “nakara” (useless and worthless).

Already 113 animals, including 11 rhinos, have died — two of the rhinos succumbed to natural causes. And with this year's deluge said to be the “sixth heaviest” in the park's history, the fear is that the animal toll will rise.

Rising instances of police personnel testing positive after making an arrest have prompted changes in pre- and post-arrest procedures in police departments across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. As on Monday, 1,596 police personnel in the state had active infections and 87 have died.

Over 50 per cent of pre-primary schoolchildren — nursery, KG — who spoke one of 13 regional languages at home, including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi, were enrolled in English medium schools.

ASIC was provided 800 sq m space way back in 2009 as part of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative by IDFC when it was an NBFC, said Deepak Parekh, who was then IDFC Chairman.

The Opposition BJP said the girl was the sister of a local party leader, and alleged that she was raped and murdered by a TMC leader. The ruling TMC denied the allegation and accused the BJP of trying to “instigate a section of people and disturb peace”.

Bhagalpur battling a case spike, lack of manpower and complaints of negligence, the 800-bed hospital in Mayaganj, one of Bihar’s four dedicated Covid facilities covering several eastern districts, is under severe strain.

“Rajesh Pilot ji brought Dausa on the national map, he worked very hard for its development. On his death anniversary, Sachin Pilot and other politicians were here last month to pay their respects to him,” said Shambhu Yogi.

On Friday, all-India retail prices of potato and tomato, according to the Department of Consumer Affairs’ data, averaged Rs 30 and Rs 50 per kg respectively, up from Rs 20 each three months ago.

“The riots in Delhi were an outcome of a deep conspiracy by the BJP. The riots were engineered by the BJP. I am maintaining this from day one and reiterating today. I said this in Parliament as well that the BJP organised the riots," said AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.

According to data released by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, 29 states and Union Territories have a CFR that is below the national average, with 14 states reporting a CFR of less than 1%.

Sources in the Congress said Pilot is in touch with AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The BJP, however, believes that the crisis in the Rajasthan Congress has gone past the point of no-return.

BJP leader Mahesh Sharma passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Mahesh Sharma, in his mid 50s.

Of the six districts in focus, the government is most alarmed about the situation in Darjeeling, Malda, and Dakshin Dinajpur, where caseloads have increased at least 150 per cent this month.

The daughter of forest brigand Veerappan, who was killed by police in 2004, is now a 29-year-old law graduate who runs a “school for kids” in Krishnagiri — and the new vice-president of the BJP's Tamil Nadu youth wing.

Celebrated mathematician and teacher C S Seshadri, who was also an accomplished exponent of Carnatic music, set up the Chennai Mathematical Institute, a leading centre of excellence in mathematics, computer science and physics, and was considered to be one of the finest teachers of mathematics in the country.

The tapes mention “Gajendra Singh”, and though the Congress says that this is actually Shekhawat, the FIRs filed by the state government with the Rajasthan Police and Anti-Corruption Bureau do not say so.

This provides a new window of opportunity for companies to come out of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) midway through the formalities and settle with lenders.

55-year-old Nidan Singh Sachdeva and his family moved to India in the 1990s — well before the CAA cut-off date of December 31, 2014 to be eligible for grant of Indian citizenship.

If the trend holds for at least two consecutive weeks, which is the normal recovery time for an infected person, it could be an indication that the disease is reaching its peak in the National Capital and that a decline is around the corner, according to top experts and doctors.

The SC-ST Cell report notes that "there is sufficient evidence to show that inappropriate remarks were made by the accused... this has been accepted by the accused and further reinforced by the witnesses”.

The Congress government in the state, that is fighting a revolt by 19 MLAs, had accused the BJP of being behind the conspiracy.

Incidentally, August 5 will mark one year of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the State of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories.

Maharashtra has about 1.5 lakh restaurants, with Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone accounting for around 60,000. Shut for almost four months now, restaurants have been surviving on business generated by takeaways and home deliveries.