LIVE News Updates: Delhi records over 3,500 COVID-19 cases for first time this year

India reports 81,466 new COVID-19 cases, 50,356 discharges, and 469 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. Total cases: 1,23,03,131 Total recoveries: 1,15,25,039 Active cases: 6,14,696 Death toll: 1,63,396 Total vaccination: 6,87,89,138

Delhi records over 3,500 COVID-19 cases for first time this year as 3,594 infections reported; positivity rate 4.11%; 14 new deaths: Bulletin

BJP spreads fake news; at times they say Mamata Banerjee will contest from some other constituency, then they say she will lose from Nandigram, they also say that Prashant Kishor is leaving TMC — all these are lies: TMC MP Saugata Roy

No plan for lockdown in Delhi amid surge in COVID cases, says Delhi CM

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal holds meeting with Health Minister Satyendar Jain and other officials, over increasing COVID cases.

In a shocking incident, a Dalit man was beaten and brutalised, allegedly by the family of an upper caste girl with whom he was in a relationship.

The man, who had a rod inserted into his rectum, is now battling for life in the district hospital.

According to reports, the victim, Harendra Kumar, 22, was brutally beaten up in his private parts and a rod allegedly inserted into his rectum by his attackers who hurled caste abuses at him.

Priyanka Gandhi has decides to self isolate after her husband Robert Vadra tested positive for COVID-19

The Trinamool Congress, which is engaged in a bitter contest in West Bengal against the BJP, on Friday slammed it over the Income Tax department searches at the premises linked to DMK President M.K. Stalin's daughter Senthamarai and questioned 'what was new'.

Nobody wants lockdown but keeping in mind the manner in which cases are rising and creating pressure on the health infrastructure, some strict measures will have to be taken: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

Pune night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am from tomorrow till next Friday, hotels, restaurants, cinema halls shut for a week, NDTV reported.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to address people of the state today at 8:30 pm: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

India has achieved a milestone in its vaccination drive with the highest-ever single day figure of more than 36.7 lakh vaccination coverage recorded over the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday.

At least 34 people were killed in a train derailment in Taiwan on Friday, authorities said, adding that 72 passengers were still trapped.

At 9.28 a.m. (local time), the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) No. 408 Taroko train en route from Shulin, New Taipei, to Taitung, suddenly derailed as it entered the Daqingshui tunnel, reports Taiwan News.

The train comprised eight carriages and had more than 350 passengers on board.

I know I will win, but along with me, at least 200 candidates have to win so that we can make our government. That is why cast your vote for TMC candidates: West Bengal CM and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee, in Cooch Behar

A fire on Friday destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least three people dead, police and witnesses said.

Telangana recorded 965 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single day spike so far this year, pushing the tally to over 3.08 lakh, while the death toll rose to 1,706 with five more fatalities, the state government said on Friday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to chair a high-level meeting with officials today, over the COVID-19 situation in the state.

At least 36 people have died after a train derailed on Friday in eastern Taiwan, while 72 were injured, the transport ministry said

West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee leaves from Nandigram for Kolkata airport. Nandigram went to polls yesterday in the second phase of West Bengal Polls. The CM and TMC leader will hold three public rallies in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar today.

TMC's Dibyendu Adhikari writes to East Midnapore DM over Nandigram. His letter reads, "Considering present political situation in the area, I personally apprehend that existing communal harmony may be blatantly disrupted...I request you to take precautionary measures in advance."

Maharashtra: Crowd seen at Dadar vegetable market in Mumbai this morning. Mumbai reported 8,646 new COVID-19 cases yesterday.

The huge tension at Nandigram, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to be rescued by the Central forces, found no mention in the investigation report sought by the Election Commission on Thursday. The two general observers sent by the Commission have reported that the polling process went on smoothly at the station, without any word on the drama that went on for nearly two hours and had to be resolved by hundreds of security forces, reported NDTV

"Polling at PS no 7 ( Boyal Moktab Primary School) is going on smoothly. Hon'ble CM, who is also a contesting candidate, has left the place at about 3.35 pm after staying here for nearly one and half hour. It may kindly be noted that polling was not disrupted at any moment," read the report by the observers, the Commission said in a statement.

Kakapora, Pulwama encounter: Three terrorists trapped at the site of encounter. Operation by Police and security forces underway. Details awaited.