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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Total cases 42,835; Kerala's count drops to 34 with 61 recoveries in a day

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker India LIVE updates: India enters the third phase of its nationwide lockdown today, over 42,000 cases. Over 3.5 million cases globally Follow LIVE updates on COVID-19 in Malayalam, Tamil, Bangla

Jharkhand couple visiting TN's Vellore for medical treatment remain stranded

While the pandemic-imposed lockdown has been hard for everyone, it has proven to be a battle for survival for migrant workers, tourists, students and out-of-towners who have been stuck in cities and districts far away from home during the lockdown.

In fact, there are a lot of people who got stuck in an unfamiliar city where they had travelled to for treatment.

Bikash (30), a carpenter from Jhumri Telaiya in Jharkhand, and his wife (26) and his five-year-old son has been stuck in Vellore, Tamil Nadu for well over a month now. The family came to CMC Vellore on March 10 to receive treatment for his wife's liver ailment. 'My wife's treatment got over on March 31 and by the time we could leave, we got stuck here with the lockdown.' 

Police detain at least 100 in Surat violence

In two separate incidents on Monday afternoon, thousands of migrant workers came out on the streets in Vareli village of Surat district, and Palanpur area of Surat city, demanding to go home. In Vareli, migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, working in the textile dyeing and printing factories of Kadodara GIDC and powerloom units, came out on the streets chanting slogans and demanding to go back to their home states.

According to police sources, at that point, there were only five policemen present there, who tried telling the mob on loudspeakers to go back, but were pelted with stones. Two policemen were injured and several vehicles damaged by the workers, officers said. The police charged them with lathis and lobbed tear gas shells. At least 100 persons were detained, and offences registered against them at the Palsana police station. Read full story here

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Ladakh: Dharna outside LG office over delay in evacuation of UT migrants

In a major embarrassment to the UT administration in Ladakh, Chief Executive Councillor of Leh's Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Gyal P. Wangyal along with his Deputy Tsering Sandup, executive councilors and councilors held a dharna outside the resident of Lt Governor R K Mathur in protest over the delay in evacuation of local people stranded elsewhere the country in view of the continued lockdown due to the threat of COVID-19.

Tamil Nadu Covid-19 cases cross 3,500

Tamil Nadu Covid-19 cases cross 3,500

Construction of chariots for Rath Yatra festival to start soon in Puri

The Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) would soon start the construction of chariots for the annual festival of Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath which is scheduled to be held on June 23. Chariot construction could not start in view of the lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Puri townin Odisha, where the popular Jagannath Temple is located, has so far not reported a single case of COVID-19, Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibya Singha Deb said. He added that the pilgrim town comes under the green zone and therefore, there should be no restriction on construction activities.

Punjab: Abetment to suicide accused tests positive, 23 cops quarantined

A man arrested in a case of abetment to suicide tests positive for coronavirus. Now, 23 cops from Mundian police post and Jamalpur police station have been quarantined. This is the second such incident of an arrested person testing positive in Ludhiana.

'Surat's diamond workers may be allowed to return home, in phases'

Mandatory home or institutional quarantine for 14 days is what the Gujarat government plans for the diamond workers who are keen to leave Surat and return to their villages in Saurashtra, a senior state government official said on Monday.

The diamond markets located in Varaccha, Katargam, Punagam and Mahidherpura areas of Surat city have an estimated 4,000-odd diamond units that employ close to five lakh diamond workers. A large number of these workers hail from Saurashtra. Last week, the Surat Diamond Association had requested the state government to allow the diamond workers to return home.

Heavy traffic jam at National Highway-24 near Gazipur-Delhi border

Heavy traffic jam at National Highway-24 near Gazipur-Delhi UP border on Monday. (Expres Photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

At Ahmedabad vegetable markerts: No vending without screening card

To contain COVIDー19 spread through vegetable vendors in Ahmedabad city, the municipal corporation will now issue a card and certificate to vendors after screening which will be valid for seven days. They have to again get screened after seven days. No vending without screening card.

Process of return of Indians stranded abroad will begin from May 7, says MHA

Stating that the government will facilitate the return of Indians stranded abroad on compelling grounds, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the process will start from May 7 in a phased manner. As India entered the second extension of lockdown with considerable relaxations in orange and green zones, the total number of Covid-19 cases jumped to 42,835 and toll to 1,389 with 2,553 new infections. In the last 24 hours, a record 1,074 recoveries were reported taking the total number of cured patients to 11,761 and the recovery rate to 27.52%.