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Punjab: Hoshiarpur Police nabbed 6 international/inter-state drug smugglers along with the recovery of 8 kgs of heroin, Rs 20 lakhs in cash, 5 kg of poppy husk, a Fortuner & a Scorpio car from them.

15-year-old girl, who had set herself ablaze in UP's Hamirpur district on Tuesday after allegedly being molested by a 16-year-old boy, succumbs to injuries at hospital in Kanpur: Police

Odisha govt imposes nigh curfew in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nawrangpur, Koraput & Malkangiri between 10 pm & 5 am from April 5 in view of rising COVID cases.

The Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday said all educational institutions in the state would be closed till April 15 owing to spike in coronavirus cases.

However, the teaching and non-teaching staff will perform duty.

5 security personnel killed, several injured in encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College becomes a COVID hotspot with 17 students and staff members testing positive for COVID-19

BJP wants to divide Bengal. Do you know about 'Bang bhang' movement? The same is happening these days. These people want to end Bengal, its language, and its culture: West Bengal CM & TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

Puducherry reports 191 new COVID-19 cases, infection tally rises to 42,132. Death toll stands at 684. There are 1,474 active cases of the disease in the union territory.

Seven deaths in UK among AstraZeneca jab recipients after blood clots: medical regulator, news agency AFP reported

Bangladesh government has decided to enforce a seven-day lockdown from April 5th as coronavirus cases and deaths are surging across the country: Bangladesh media

Former J-K CM Farooq Abdullah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, hospitalised for better monitoring, tweets his son Omar Abdullah

Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia take their first dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine at Maulana Azad Medical College.

With 87,505 testings, we are testing 5 times higher than other states. Delhi’s positivity rate stands at 4.11%. The number of beds in private hospitals have been escalated from 15% to 25%. 2/3 beds in Delhi hospitals are vacant: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

Last night, Modi-Shah, had a review meeting over Bengal. They know that we're ahead of them. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, we were 3% ahead of BJP & this time it's increased to 6%. 'Tourist Gang', despite big talks, are behind, that's why the mind games: TMC leader Derek O'Brien

We have won Nandigram. There is no other constituency, it's all BJP's mind games: TMC leader Derek O'Brien

A fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing unit at Topsia in the eastern part of the city early on Saturday, an official said.

Assam minister and senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma - who has been given a 48-hour ban on campaigning ahead of the third and final phase of Assembly elections in the state - has moved the Gauhati High Court against that order.

The hearing is expected to take place in some time.

We're going to Gujarat for 2 days, it's a very sensitive region, our farmers should be careful. Outsiders are not allowed there. We've to free the state's farmers, politicians, and press: Rakesh Tikait, BKU

The Centre is responsible, who else can it be? It's their youth wing. They were saying, "Rakesh Tikait, Go Back". Where should I go? They hurled stones, used lathis. Why are they fighting us, we're farmers, we are not a political party: BKU's Rakesh Tikait on attack on his convoy

Maharashtra: All religious places in Pune to remain completely closed till April 9th in the wake of the COVID-19 situation. Visuals from Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Mandir where people pray outside as the temple remains closed.

Karnataka: Classes at Basavanahalli High School and College suspended after 26 students tested positive for COVID-19

India reports 89,129 new COVID-19 cases, 44,202 discharges, and 714 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. Total cases: 1,23,92,260 Total recoveries: 1,15,69,241 Active cases: 6,58,909 Death toll: 1,64,110 Total vaccination: 7,30,54,295

No fresh COVID-19 case was reported in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, a health official said.

Thane district in Maharashtra reported 4,371 new cases of coronavirus, which took its infection count to 3,27,732, an official said on Saturday.

24,69,59,192 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 2nd April 2021. Of these, a total of 10,46,605 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Crowd seen at Gazipur vegetable market in Delhi, this morning. The national capital reported 3,594 new COVID-19 cases yesterday.

Huge crowd seen in a vegetable market in Moradabad this morning. The district has a total of 116 active cases for COVID-19, with 15 new cases reported yesterday.

The overall global COVID-19 caseload has surpassed the grim milestone of 130 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.86 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.