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New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's two-day visit to India from Thursday is expected to give a fresh push to the proposed free trade agreement, boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and enhance defence ties, and he will not lecture New Delhi on how to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people familiar with the development said.

New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) A 42-year-old BJP member was shot dead on Wednesday in east Delhi's Ghazipur area, police said.

The deceased, identified as Jeetu Choudhary, was the secretary of BJP's Mayur Vihar district unit, they said.

Kanpur: A doctor couple from the Kanpur Medical College has been suspended for practising privately.

The senior doctor and his wife have been suspended after the Income Tax Department raided their home, last month.

They have been transferred to Banda Medical College now.

While Dr Gupta was a Neuro Surgeon at GSVM Medical College and his wife was an assistant professor in the Pathology Department.

The principal of the college, Dr Sanjay Kala has also sought clarification from the doctors for private practice and notice has been issued.

NEW DELHI, Apr 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,047,594 today, as 2,067 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 40 more deaths from the pandemic were recorded since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 522,006.

Currently there are 12,340 active cases in the country, with an increase of 480 during the cited period. The number of active cases had been on the decline for the past two-and-a-half months, but has started increasing over the past couple of days.

Lucknow, Apr 20 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling over setting up "cow sanctuaries" in 30 districts and adding to its existing capacity to keep abandoned cattle, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The move aims at tackling the stray cattle menace, which had snowballed into a major issue in the recently held Assembly polls.

Mumbai, Apr 19 (PTI) Equity indices tripped in the last half-an-hour of trade on Tuesday to notch up losses for the fifth consecutive session as finance and IT counters continued to bear the brunt of heavy selling amid negative global cues.

Russia ramping up its offensive in Ukraine, coupled with unabated foreign fund outflows, a depreciating rupee and inflationary concerns sapped investor confidence, traders said.

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) The situation in Jahangirpuri of northwest Delhi is heading towards normalcy amid heavy deployment of security personnel in the violence-hit area, police said on Tuesday.

Some of the shops, mainly of grocery, in the streets have opened and the movement of people is becoming normal, they said.

Over 500 police personnel and six companies of additional force have been deployed in the area round the clock.

Gurugram, Apr 19 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing a woman by using her objectionable pictures and videos here, police said on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old woman, who is married, in her complaint alleged that the accused, Yoginder alias Kala, a resident of Loni border in Ghaziabad, sent her a WhatsApp message around a year ago and they later became friends.

Around one and half months ago, he asked her to place a video call while she was bathing and made a video clip of it, the woman said in her complaint.

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Against the backdrop of several incidents of clashes between two communities, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar has given a call for unity and peace, saying India is a land of all major religions and it belongs to everyone.

Addressing an event organised to mark Easter at west Delhi's Rajouri Garden on Monday evening, he said none of the religions or their messengers had ever taught hatred and animosity towards mankind, but it is "the reign of the devil" that makes people fight with each other as it runs parallel to "the reign of god".

Ahmedabad, Apr 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth took part in a roadshow here on Tuesday evening after arrival at the Ahmedabad airport.

The two traveled in separate vehicles as people lined up on both sides of the road. The two headed for the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar after taking part in the roadshow.

Modi's cavalcade passed first, followed by cars in the Mauritian prime minister's convoy, officials said. Modi, seated in a closed car, was seen waving at the people.