With coronavirus cases on the decline, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday withdrew restrictions such as night curfew and Sunday lockdown while permitting schools to reopen on February 1 for classes 1 to 12.
'You can still hear gunshots, and this time even children know they are not normal.'
Besides Bonde, Amravati district BJP president Nivedita Chaudhary, city Mayor Chetan Gawande, BJP state spokesperson Shivrai Kulkarni were also arrested.
With COVID cases declining, Delhi will see further relaxation in lockdown, including reopening of markets and malls and resumption of metro services, from June 7 while Maharashtra will implement a five-level plan to ease curbs based on weekly positivity rate and occupancy of oxygen beds in districts.
According to new guidelines imposed by authorities on Sunday, shops have been allowed to open on alternate days.
"Dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing crisis in Manipur," Shah said.
'The Rajapaksas have been in active politics for decades and survived many challenges, but they seem to have misread this one.'
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