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Vikas Dubey , the main accused in the Kanpur encounter case , was arrested in Ujjain on Thursday. The arrest comes days after an inter-state operation was launched following a raid in which eight policemen were killed when they reached Dubey's house to arrest him. Vikas Dubey was carrying a bounty of Rs 500,000 on his head. Meanwhile, Dubey's two aides were killed in separate encounters in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, police said. While Kartikeya alias Prabhat was gunned down in Kanpur when he tried to flee from police custody, another aide of Vikas Dubey, Praveen alias Bauwa Dubey, was killed in an encounter in Etawah, they added. Kartikeya, who was arrested from Faridabad on Wednesday, was being brought to Kanpur on transit remand when he snatched the pistol of a policeman and tried to flee, ADG, Law and Order Prashant Kumar said. Read More

India's has more than 56,000 coronavirus cases and its economic slowdown has forced rating agencies Goldman Sachs and Nomura to lower the country's growth projection. Moody's has said that India's credit profile will further face pressure due to the virus. Noida has reported first death. The Indian Navy will bring back stranded Indian stranded in Maldives. Business Standard takes a look at regional editions of Hindi newspapers to provide you with a picture of the Covid-19 situation in the hinterland Rajasthan in coronavirus grip Coronavirus has gripped the entire Rajasthan, except for the two districts Sri Ganganagar and Bondi. A total of 31 districts out of 33 have reported cases, reports Dainik Bhaskar. In less than a month, 20 districts reported new cases. It took 17 days for the second district to make it to the charts. Read More