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Mohammed Muhsin (28), a resident of Kasargod, went to the UAE in 2018 from where he is believed to have joined the ranks with the global terror organisation in Afghanistan, officials said.

The directive comes a day after it was reported that people, who are working in the informal sectors in Gautam Buddh Nagar, were being forced to leave their accommodation on failing to pay the rent.

A group of seven labourers were on their way to their villages in Rajasthan on foot when the Gujarat police turned them away on Friday night at the Gujarat-Maharashtra border and the group was forced to turn back.

Making the announcement on Twitter, Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata said the current situation in India and across the world is of grave concern and needs immediate action.

During the scheduled hours, street-side vendors, labourers and poor would be provided food free of cost at the state-run canteens during the lockdown period.

Police have been told to ensure people maintain social distancing rules in force while standing in queue at shops to buy essential items, an official said.

Hailing from Patna in Bihar, 25-year-old Gowri Devi and her husband work in a local plywood factory in north Kerala, from where the maximum number of coronavirus cases have been reported so far in the state.

Taking cognizance of media reports concerning the migrant workers who have been rendered jobless due to 21-day nationwide lockdown and have decided to walk back to their homes, the state authorities swung into action.

A 52-year-old railway guard from Bhopal and two staff at a jewellery store in Jabalpur tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Sadashiva Shetty, a resident of Meramajalu village in Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

Ramesh called the government’s decision to go ahead with the ambitious project even now as ‘obscene’, referring to the country's efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Maharashtra Transport Commissioner Shekar Channe was quick to respond to Anindya Roy's request, issuing him a special pass to travel through Maharashtra.

CCTV footage at the New Delhi railway station showed that the inspector of the Government Railway Police (GRP) facilitated around 45 people to get aboard an empty rake of the Magadh Express on Thursday, the railways said.

On Thursday, Darul Uloom Nadwat Ul Ulama, a well-known seminary, had also urged people to not go to mosques to offer Friday prayers.

Anupam Mishra tried to justify his behaviour by claiming he faced shortage of food at his official residence and thought about moving to his relatives’ place.

The two men were on their way from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and the video showed them being punished by the cop who is wielding two sticks as they hop across Nawada crossing.