LIVE News Updates: Puducherry govt announces extension of lockdown till May 31

The Haryana government on Sunday extended the coronavirus lockdown till May 31, according to an order issued.

State Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan in the order said the lockdown, which was earlier imposed till May 24, has been extended by a week till 5 am on May 31.

In a bid to contain the coronavirus spread, the state government had first imposed the lockdown on May 3, which was extended every week since then.

The Haryana government has termed the lockdown as "Mahamari Alert/Surkshit Haryana (Epidemic Alert/Safe Haryana)".

The state has so far reported 7,33,628 infection cases, including 7,415 deaths.

The meeting with other states on Class 12th board exams was fruitful as we received immensely valuable suggestions. I have requested the State Governments to send me their detailed suggestions by May 25th: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

A bus caught fire on Sunday near Vashi bridge in Navi Mumbai but there were no reports of injury to any of the dozen passengers in it, an official said.

The bus, which was gutted in the incident, was on its way from Borivali in Mumbai's northern end to Banda in the state's Konkan region, he said.

"Local firemen put out the blaze. No one was injured in the incident. The driver smelt smoke and saw diesel leaking, after which he alerted the passengers who got off in time as the bus burst into flames," he added.

Puducherry govt announces extension of lockdown till May 31 in Union Territory.

Delhi records 1,649 COVID-19 cases, lowest since March 30, and 189 deaths; positivity rate dips to 2.42 per cent: Health Bulletin

Eight Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) militants were on Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, along the Nagaland border, a senior police officer said.

Earlier, he had claimed six died in the exchange of fire, as the bodies of two others were yet to be recovered.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officers and Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation, led by West Karbi Anglong Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Prakash Sonowal.

Lockdown has been extended till May 31, 5am in Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Twenty-one people were killed in northwest China as extreme weather struck participants in a 100-km cross-country mountain marathon race, officials said on Sunday.

High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the race in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site in Gansu province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

A total of 172 people took part in the mountain marathon.
As of 9.30 Sunday morning, the death toll rose to 21, the official media reported.

(Source: PTI)

India reports 2,40,842 new COVID-19 cases, 3,55,102 discharges & 3,741 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry. Total cases: 2,65,30,132 Total discharges: 2,34,25,467 Death toll: 2,99,266 Active cases: 28,05,399 Total vaccination: 19,50,04,184

Wrestler Sushil Kumar has been arrested by a team of Special Cell, says Neeraj Thakur, Special CP-Special Cell

(Source: ANI)