Apart from the Shantharama, the Governor appointed C P Yogeshwar, A H Vishwanth, Bharathi Shetty, Shantharam Budna Siddi and Dr Talwar Sabanna.
It is reported that the youth, along with three others including one of her relatives who took her to the hotel have been booked, the police said.
The decomposed body of Dr Rahul Balusu (45), of EFLU’s Computational Linguistic Department, was found in his apartment flat.
On Wednesday, Mumbai recorded 58 deaths, taking up the city toll to 5,875 and the number of cases increased by 1,310 to 104,678.
The total number Covid-19 deaths in the state went up to 3,144 after adding 444 deaths notified after the report of the Death Reconciliation Committee in Greater Chennai Corporation.
The day saw 49,553 tests conducted, which includes 19,535 rapid antigen tests. Till date, Andhra Pradesh has conducted tests on 14,35,827 samples.
Bengaluru accounts for 59 per cent of all the active cases, a slight reduction of 2 per cent in one day.
Restriction on movement of people and vehicles remains in the containment zones across the city to prevent the virus spreading and reduce the infections.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said presently 8,818 are Covid positive in the state and with the cases spiking, the government might have to think of complete lockdown, but nothing has been decided as yet.
The ire of the villagers was such that one of them allegedly attempted to spit on a PPE-clad medico, ostensibly to prove that nothing was wrong with them and they didn’t require Covid tests.
BJP Ranchi legislator and former Minister C.P. Singh informed on Twitter that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Civil surgeon in-charge of Samastipur Dr Satish Kumar Sinha on Wednesday morning said that after Jha was found corona-positive, he was admitted to AIIMS hospital in Patna.
The state secondary leaving certificate (SSLC) and the pre-university course (PUC) boards, however, held the public exams for class 10 and second year PUC students in June in compliance with the lockdown guidelines.
YouTube channel Karuppar Koottam had aired a video that allegedly denigrated Lord Murugan and the prayer Kanda Shasti Kavacham sung by devotees to seek his blessings.
According to reports, Kiran was a private employee in Hyderabad, who had come to his home town due to the lockdown.
The chief minister’s office said that the deceased journalist’s wife would be given a government job and the children would be provided free education.
In an interview to a local daily, Richa said that on the night of the Bikru incident in which eight policemen were ambushed and killed by Vikas and his gang, she received a call from her husband around 2 a.m. on July 3.
The attack is believed to be the fallout of a complaint that Joshi had lodged at the Vijay Nagar police station on July 16. He had complained that some people were harassing his niece.
The state notched 8,369 new cases, as against Monday’s 8,240 cases, while the number of deaths rose to 246 from 176 on Monday.
Patnaik made the announcement while reviewing the Covid-19 situation in Khordha and Cuttack districts.
“NHM doctors’ salary hike to Rs 45,000 per month, state government to bear the cost,” said Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar.
In a statement issued here the department said 4,965 persons tested positive for coronavirus in the state, taking the total tally of infected persons till date in Tamil Nadu to 180,643.
Of the 24 districts across Assam, 15 districts — Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta, Morigaon, South Sakmara, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang, Nalbari, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nagaon, Golaghat, Majuli, Bongaigaon — are the worst-hit.
Keeping in mind the corona virus epidemic, all the members of the NDRF team have been given PPE, mask, face shield, sanitizer, handwash and other protective gear.
As per the latest update, the latest deaths were reported from 11 of the 13 districts, taking corona death toll in Andhra Pradesh up to 758, the officials said.