Yoga guru Ramdev has urged saints and seers at the Kumbh Mela to quit smoking. "We follow Ram and Krishna who never smoked in their life then why should we? We must take a pledge to quit smoking," he said. When sadhus have left everything including our home, mother and father for a greater cause, then why not smoking as well, he added. Ramdev collected chillums from several sadhus and made them take a pledge to quit tobacco. He said he will deposit all the chillums for display at the museum he will build.

The weather department on Wednesday morning said that Cyclone Nisarga has intensified further. The eye diameter of the cyclone decreased to about 65 km on the Wednesday morning and wind speed increased to 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 mph. The cyclone is expected to make landfall near Alibaug, about 100 km from Mumbai, this afternoon. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed in Mumbai in view of the cyclonic conditions and people have been advised to stay indoors.

Aibaug near Mumbai has been lashed with heavy rainfall since Wednesday morning as tropical storm Nisarga intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm". The cyclone is headed towards the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts and is expected to make landfall in Alibaug this afternoon. A high tide warning has been issued in Mumbai as well. This will be the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first to hit the financial capital in over a 100 years.

A big win for security forces in the Kashmir Valley. 3 terrorists, including a top Jaish commander, have been killed in an encounter in Pulwama. Reports said that the killed Jaish commander was involved in the failed car bombing plot that was thwarted last week.

India on Wednesday crossed the grim milestone of 2 lakh&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;cases. According to the health ministry data on Wednesday morning, the country saw a record spike of 8,909 new cases to take the total number cases past 2 lakh&nbsp;and 7 thousand. The number of cases have doubled from 1 lakh&nbsp;in just 2 weeks as India has seen sharp spikes of over 8,000 daily cases in the last week.&nbsp;217 people died of the virus in the last 24 hours taking the total death toll to 5,851.&nbsp;

A "sizeable number" of Chinese troops have moved into areas in eastern Ladakh which China claimed are its territory, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, news agency PTI&nbsp;reported. The minister added that India has taken all necessary steps to deal with the situation referring to the nearly month-long high-altitude standoff between the two armies. Singh said a meeting between senior Indian and Chinese military leaders has been scheduled for June 6 even as he asserted that India is not going to back off from its position.

There has been a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in the northeast with the region reporting over 2,100 infections until Tuesday. Assam, the most populous of the region&rsquo;s seven states, has reported the bulk of these cases with its tally of close to 1,500 cases. Of these, over 1300 are those who have returned to the state since May 4. Tripura recorded the highest single-day spike on Monday when 107 people were diagnosed. The other states have also recorded a significant increase in the cases over the last few days.

As India's Covid tally crosses the 2 lakh-mark, here's the country's road to the grim milestone. Surge in cases as India moves from Lockdown to Unlock phase. Will the country learn to live with the virus?&nbsp;

Cyclone Nisarga, the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in over a century, is barreling towards the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts and is expected to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon. The cyclone is expected to have wind speeds in excess of 100 km per hour, with gusts up to 120 km per hour. The Met department has also warned of 3 to 6 feet high waves which may inundate low-lying areas of Maharashtra. Over 10,000 people, including some coronavirus patients, have been moved to safer locations.

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A portable social security number for migrant workers and other employees in the vast unorganised sector will be the main issue on the agenda of Parliament&rsquo;s labour committee when it meets on June 5 to review the social security code. The standing committee on labour will also push the government to provide a larger social security net that can help them tide over the difficult situation.
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Election strategist Prashant Kishor has categorically denied reports that he accepted an offer from MP Congress to handle its campaign for the 24 assembly seats where by-elections need to be held. Most of the seats fell vacant when the loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia quit after the senior leader switched to the BJP. Kishor told NDTV that former MP CM Kamal Nath and Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh approached him to take over the campaign for next assembly elections. "But I have not accepted and I'm not inclined to take Congress party work in bits and pieces," Kishor said. he told NDTV.

The Union Health ministry on Tuesday said there was no under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in India. It added that states are making assessment of causalities and attributing causes of deaths to Covid and non-Covid factors. The ministry also said about 14 most affected countries with a cumulative population almost equal to that of India have reported 55 times more Covid-19 deaths and 22 times more cases.

The Enforcement Directorate has filed the chargesheet against former union minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram and others in connection with the INX Media money laundering case. Earlier, the CBI had charged Chidambaram and others with allegedly receiving ₹10 lakh as bribe for clearing foreign investment for INX Media. The ED has alleged that in 2007, Chidambaram as FM, had facilitated a huge transfusion of foreign funds to INX Media, then owned by former media baron Peter Mukerjea and his wife Indrani Mukerjea. His son Karti Chidambaram allegedly had received kickbacks for the deal.

In a horrifying incident from Kerala's Malappuram, a class 9 student allegedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire as she was unable to access online classes. The police on Tuesday&nbsp;said that the girl's family did not have a smartphone and the school's&nbsp;channel was not working on her home television. The 14-year old girl, daughter of a daily wage earner who did not have work due to the lockdown, was depressed and finally killed herself, her family said. The incident comes just a day after CM Pinnarayi Vijayan announced the start of the academic year via online classes, so as to not disrupt the lives of students.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday where the two leaders spoke about several issues, including the coronavirus situation in the two countries and the situation on the India-China border. Trump conveyed his desire to expand the ambit of the G7 to include other important countries including India. He has extended an invitation to PM Modi to attend the next G7 summit to be held in the US. PM Modi said India would be happy to work with the US and other countries to ensure the success of the proposed Summit.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urged people living in coastal areas to remain indoors for two days, starting tomorrow when cyclonic storm Nisarga is expected to make landfall near Alibaug. Thackeray also advised people in the coastal regions of Maharashtra to store drinking water and keep life-saving medicines handy as the cyclone approaches. He added that people should tune in to instructions on Doordarshan and All India Radio and cooperate with the district administration. He told people to keep their phones charged and not use unnecessary gadgets, warning that officials may have to cut electricity at a few places where heavy rainfall is likely.

The Union Health Ministry in its daily briefing on the Covid-19 situation on Tuesday said, 3,708 patients, have been cured in the last 24 hours, while a total of 95,527 patients have recovered so far, taking India's recovery rate to 48.07%. The Health Ministry also said, that 73% of Covid-19 deaths in the country are of people with comorbidities, adding that one in every two deaths in India has been of senior citizens who constitute 10% of our total population. The good news is that India's fatality rate is 2.82%, among the lowest in the world. 14 countries with a cumulative population almost equal to that of India have reported 55.2 times more Covid-19 deaths. India has also ramped up testing. The govt said 1.2 lakh samples are being tested for Covid-19 every day. India has 681 laboratories that are approved for conducting tests, of which 476 are in the govt sector and 205 are in the private sector.

As Assam continued to be on boil over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured the people of Assam that they have nothing to worry after the passage of the bill. PM tweeted that Assamese rights and identity will be preserved. The PM asserted that he and his govt are committed to safeguards the land rights of the Assamese.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to chief ministers of Maharashtra and Gujarat over the cyclone situation on Tuesday evening, assuring all possible central help, as the states brace for the landfall on cyclonic storm Nisarga on Wednesday afternoon. An alert has been sounded in Mumbai, its suburban districts and over 21,000 residents of 22 villages in Maharashtra's Palghar district will be evacuated. The Mumbai Police Commissioner has issued prohibitory orders under Sec 144, restricting any presence or movement of people in public places along the coast like beaches, promenades, parks.

Aadesh&nbsp;Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the new President of the BJP's&nbsp;Delhi unit. He replaces&nbsp;Manoj Tiwari as Delhi BJP chief.&nbsp;Gupta is the former mayor of NDMC, and presently the Councillor in North Corporation from Delhi's West Patel Nagar ward.&nbsp;Former Union minister and Lok Sabha&nbsp;MP from Raigarh,&nbsp;Vishnu Deo Sai,&nbsp;has been appointed the president of Chhattisgarh BJP.

In complete violation of government norms in place to contain the spread of coronavirus, Karnataka Minister of Health and Family Welfare B Sriramulu took part in a mega rally organised to welcome him to Chitradurga district on Tuesday. Sriramulu, who is also the district in-charge minister, waved at his supporters with folded hands as they showered flower petals and shouted slogans and indulged in hooting and clapping all along.&nbsp;As a huge garland of apples was put around the senior BJP leader, hundreds gathered without any social distancing, many of whom were not even wearing masks.

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