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Rajasthan government announces "strict lockdown" from May 10-24 as coronavirus cases surge.

Karnataka: Four persons arrested for fraud and cheating in allotment of beds on BBMP portal. As per the information provided by Commissioner of Police of Bengaluru City, "We've registered 2 cases that have been shifted to CCB for further investigation. We're also checking if software has been misused at any point."

As per the information provided by Maldives media, "An explosion occurred as Majlis Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was entering his car tonight. According to sources, the explosion occurred near Nasheed's residence of G Kenereege. The Maldives Police Service has not yet made a statement regarding the explosion."

Chhattisgarh reports 13,846 new COVID-19 cases, 377 discharges and 212 deaths today.

No lockdown will be imposed in Telangana: CM K Chandrasekhar Rao.

As per the information provided by Union Health Ministry, "India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 16.48 crore doses (16,48,76,248). More than 2.62 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 were vaccinated today till 8 pm."

14,840 new cases, 12,246 recoveries and 177 deaths reported in Haryana in the past 24 hours.

Full Emergency declared for a non-scheduled Nagpur to Hyderabad flight. The flight was diverted to Mumbai. Details are awaited.

As per the information provided by Govt of India Sources, "PM Narendra Modi spoke to CMs of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand about the COVID-19 related situation in their states. He also spoke to LGs of Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir about the Covid situation in the UTs."

12,545 new cases, 13,021 discharges and 123 deaths reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours.

As per the information provided by West Midnapore SP Dinesh Kumar, "8 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Union Minister V Muraleedharan's car. 3 police officers are placed under suspension."

Mumbai reports 3056 new COVID-19 cases, 3838 recoveries and 69 deaths in the last 24 hours.

49,058 new COVID-19 cases, 328 deaths and 18,943 discharges reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Government of Karnataka issues package rate for COVID-19 patients per day referred by the Public Health Authorities.

Uttar Pradesh records 26,780 new cases and 353 fatalities in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department.

Kerala reports 42,464 new COVID-19 cases, 27,152 recoveries and 63 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar Jain visit Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital where an Oxygen Plant has been installed.

West Bengal: A 10-member BJP delegation, led by state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, met the team from Home Ministry at the BSF office in Kolkata today.

As per the information provided by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, "The BJP leaders are roaming around, they are provoking. It's not even 24 hours of the new government, they are sending letters, teams and leaders are coming. They are actually not ready to accept the mandate. I request them to accept people's mandate."

India and EU likely to resume negotiations on free trade agreement during EU-India Summit on Saturday: EU officials

As per the information provided by PMO, "PM Narendra Modi today undertook a comprehensive review of the COVID-19 situation in the country. He was given a detailed picture of COVID outbreak in various states. He was informed about the 12 states with over 1 lakh active cases. PM was apprised about districts with high disease burden."