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Members of the royal family attend the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain

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Britons hold a minute of silence in honour of Prince Philip

People across Britain have observed one minute of silence in honour of the late Prince Philip just before his royal ceremonial funeral got under way inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Philip, who was consort to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died April 9, just two months shy of his 100th birthday.

Due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) postpones examinations of Class 10th and 12th. A meeting will be held on June 1 to review the situation, & further decision will be taken according to the situation: JAC

Karnataka reports 17,489 new Covid-19 cases; over 11K infections in Bengaluru

Actor Vivek accorded state honours with 72 gun salute in Chennai.

Night curfew, curbs on weekend imposed in Dehradun amid rising Covid cases

In view of increasing Covid-19 cases, night curfew to be imposed in all districts between 9 pm to 5am. Weekend curfew to imposed in Dehradun Municipal Corporation areas from April 18: Om Prakash, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary

Resume talks with farmer unions: Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala to PM Modi

Jharkhand court grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam case

Delhi court grants bail to January 26 violence accused Deep Sidhu

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