India

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (PTI) A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced his government would bring a law against "love jihad", his Haryana counterpart M L Khattar said his government is also considering legal provisions against it to ensure "the guilty cannot escape".

Citing the recent murder of a student in Faridabad's Ballabhgarh, Khattar said the incident is being linked to "love jihad", a derogatory coinage used by right-wing activists to refer to the alleged campaign of Muslims forcing Hindu girls to convert in the guise of love.

Kanpur: The students appearing at class 10th & 12th through the UP Board will now have to appear in pre-Board exams from this on going academic session.

This exam is supposed to be held in the first week of December. Giving this information,UP Principal Parishad president, Dr Girish Mishra told that the Pre Board examinations would be organised in the next month's first week.

Experts say this will help them assess themselves about their preparations for the examinations. They will thus learn of their real level of knowledge.

Jaipur, Nov 1 (PTI) The Rajasthan government has decided to ban the sale of firecrackers during the festive season in the state in the wake of the crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic.

Protecting the lives of people is paramount for the government in this challenging time, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said while reviewing the coronavirus situation on Sunday.

He also said the government has decided to keep the schools and colleges in the state closed till November 16.

Bhubaneswar, Nov 2 (PTI) Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, Raj Bhavan sources said Monday.

Apart from the two, five more members of his family have been diagnosed with the infection, they said.

Taking to Twitter the Raj Bhavan authority said, "Hon'ble Governor and first lady have tested corona positive and have advised all who have come in close contact recently to get themselves tested."

Dhar (MP), Nov 2 (PTI) BJP and Congress workers clashed in bypoll-bound Badnawar in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district in the early hours of Monday, leaving six with minor injuries, police said.

Vehicles carrying workers of the two parties came face to face in Tilagara, some 60 kilometres from the district headquarters, at around 1am after which the two groups had an altercation, Superintendent of Police Adityapratap Singh said.

Shahjahanpur (UP), Nov 2 (PTI) A woman was allegedly set afire on Monday by her son, daughter-in-law and others in Jalalabad area over a family dispute, police said.

Ratna Devi (58) was set ablaze by her son Akash Gupta, his wife Deep Shikha and Akash's parents-in-law, Superintendent of Police Aparna Gautam said.

Hearing her screams, locals rushed to the rescue and took her to the hospital besides informing the police.

The condition of the woman, who is admitted in a medical college here, is stated to be critical, the SP said.

Jaipur, Nov 2 (PTI) Rajasthan will be the first state in the country to enact a law making it compulsory to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday.

The law will be enacted on Monday, he said in a tweet, describing mask as a "vaccine" to protect against coronavirus.

An amendment bill was introduced in the Assembly on Saturday to make it mandatory to wear masks while using public and private transport as well as for attending political and social programmes.

Kanpur: There is a pressing need of a Fire Station in Jajmau here. Demand from the tannery owners has been recently raised. They stated if the new fire station is opened in this prominent area of the city, their trouble will be resolved extensively.

Explaining their points the tannery owners said that the present fire station existed at a long distance of 8-km from this place. Therefore they have urged the divisional commissioner, Dr Raj Sekhar, to consider over their request in an urgent manner.

Kanpur: The city's air quality is not healthy as the weather gazers say. The air quality index rests at 366 on Sunday evening here. The hourly temperature at 4 pm has been recorded at 33 degrees Celsius here.

The air quality being unhealthy brings trouble to the residents. Even elders are not feeling safe from the feverish state, headache and body pain. The children up to 12 years of age suffer from cough and other symptoms.

Hyderabad, Oct 31 (PTI) The Telangana government has banned CPI (Maoist) and its front organisations for another year.

The ban on the Maoists has been extended for a further period of one year beyond August 17, 2020, and its front organisations, including Revolutionary Democratic Front, from August 9 of this year, an official press release said on Saturday.