India

NEW DELHI, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 31,998,158 on Tuesday as 28,204 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.

Besides, as many as 373 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 428,682.

There are still 388,508 active cases in the country with a fall of 13,680 during the past 24 hours.

Kanpur: Several trains did not move due to waterlogged tracks on the Delhi-Howrah route. The Signal Operating System thus stopped functioning. 

Owing to heavy rains on Monday, Rajadhani Express, Toofan Express, Durg Express, Lucknow Shatabdi, and Delhi bound trains stood standstill.

According to available reports, Durg Express halted at Kanpur Central for about two hours. Likewise, other trains too got affected.

The trains that were stopped at the outer line led the passengers anguished. 

Kanpur: In his order issued to the school directors, the district magistrate said that action would be taken against the schools if there was received a complaint regarding the fee hike during the online classes.

It was further stated if any school has taken hiked fee it would be adjusted in the next month's fee.

The school management has also been told not to accept fee under the library, laboratory and other heads.

Kanpur: Equipped with advanced healthcare infrastructure a police hospital was inaugurated here. Its upgraded facilities were structured to provide treatment.

Inaugurating the hospital here on Sunday, the DGP lauded the efforts in this regard.

Strings of amplified amenities for the hospital's isolation wards were included. A few more beds with oxygen equipment were also extended to the patients.

There were also given the facilities like the Covid testing, vaccination and OPD.

Fatehpur (UP), Aug 8 (PTI) Two minor girls were allegedly raped here in separate incidents, police said on Sunday.

Both the incidents had taken place under Kotwali police station, they said, adding that both the accused have been arrested.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Kotwali police station Satyendra Singh said that a 24-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after luring her on the pretext of marriage.

Jaipur, Aug 8 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will increase its strength in Rajasthan and mobilise its workers at the grassroots level, party leader Khemchand Jagirdar said on Sunday.

He said the people are "upset" with both major political parties and the AAP will pose a challenge to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming time.

Jagirdar said AAP's state-incharge and MP Sanjay Singh will address a divisional level workers' conference in Sriganganagar.

Chennai, Aug 9 (PTI) No religion preaches narrow mindedness or hurting others, the Madras High Court observed on Monday.

Passing strictures against a lawyer for filing a PIL petition seeking to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin from presiding over the advisory panel of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department, unless he takes a pledge before a Hindu God that he would profess the Hindu religion, the court dismissed the plea.

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said information on all tourist spots in the national capital will be available on a mobile application being developed by the government's Tourism department.

The app will also provide all necessary services to tourists, he said.

"Reviewed the Delhi Tourism's upcoming mobile app. Tourists' travel experiences in Delhi will be transformed with this app, which will provide them with all the services they need in one click," Sisodia said in a tweet.

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) After Rahul Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended and a tweet deleted, the Congress on Monday accused Twitter of adopting "double standards" and violating the freedom of expression "under the diktat of the Modi Government".

The action by Twitter was condemned at a meeting of party general secretaries on Sunday evening, where the leaders decided to take up this matter at all levels.

Kanpur: Thirty per cent of examinees remained absent on Saturday's Trained Graduate Teacher examinations held in two different shifts. The examinations continued on Sunday. 

As many as eleven examination centres were designated in the district. In the first shift, a total of 13% of examinees were found to be absent while in the second shift 17% of examinees did not appear.

It means that as many as 553 examinees were absent in the first shift while as many as 931 remained absent in the second shift.