As the news of the children's death came in, locals forced closure of shops and other business establishments in Chitrakoot town
The 606 positive cases includes 43 foreign nationals, the ministry said. On Tuesday, the number of cases was 519.
In heart-wrenching scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, coffins of soldiers arrived in several states for the last rites with full military honours.
Around 30,000 personnel have been deputed for poll duty as the state decides its fate today.
The repeated skirmishes saw over 4,000 villagers from near borders to government camps at safer places in the district.
In a dramatic turn of events, the Ranji Trophy Group C match between Himachal Pradesh and Goa was cancelled but resumed later on Sunday after BCCI president N Srinivasan intervened to sort out a political tug of war.
The youngest president of the Indian cricket board in India in independent India, Anurag Thakur has taken over the reins of the world's richest cricketing body at a time it is fighting an existential battle against a complete restructuring recommended by the Supreme Court.
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