LIVE News Updates: Delhi records 48 more COVID-19 deaths, taking toll to 5,740

Maharashtra reports 11,416 new COVID-19 cases, 308 deaths and 26,440 discharges today. Total cases in the state rise to 15,17,434, including 40,040 deaths and 12,55,779 discharges. Active cases stand at 2,21,156: State Health Department

Delhi records 48 more COVID-19 deaths, taking toll to 5,740; infection tally climbs to 3.06 lakh with 2,866 fresh cases: Authorities

Uttarakhand reports 462 new COVID-19 cases today, taking total cases to 54,525 including 7,321 active cases, 46,186 recoveries and 734 deaths: State Health Department

Delhi Police have rescued a jeweller kidnapped and held hostage at a house in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and arrested two persons, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Rs 3 lakh given as ransom money by the family of Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Karol Bagh, was recovered and mastermind Nitin Kansal and his accomplice Pankaj Goel were arrested.

On Wednesday, Mukesh's wife lodged a complaint at Prasad Nagar police station that her 50-yer-old husband had left for his shop on Tuesday morning after called to the INA Market by some unknown persons. In the afternoon, she said she received a call from her husband's mobile that Mukesh was in Bulandshahr and asked her to reach Shahdara Metro Station with Rs 1-2 lakh, some jewellery and his chequebook.

Royal Challengers Bangalore win the toss and elect to bat against Chennai Super Kings

CM Bhupesh Baghel says govt will hold special assembly session, pass law to ensure that farmers in Chhattisgarh are not affected by Centre's new Farm Laws

3,099 new coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh, tally 4.34 lakh, active cases 40,210; toll rises to 6,353 with 60 more deaths: health official

Puducherry records 337 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death and 411 discharges today. Total cases in the Union Territory rise to 31,233, including 559 deaths and 25,955 recoveries: Government of Puducherry

Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Dadoora area of Pulwama; search operation underway.

Former CPI(M) MLA, K C Karunakaran passes away on Saturday due to age related illness, party sources said.

He was 74 and is survived by a son. His wife predeceased him three years ago, they said.

Karunakaran represented Singanallur constituency in the city from 2001 to 2006 and was the state executive member of the party for the last 23 years and the district CPM secretary from 1997 to 2001.

The body was kept at the party office for the party cadre and public to pay homage before the cremation in Papanaicken Palayam, they said.

171 new Coronavirus cases in Tripura, tally 28,153, active cases 4,042; toll rises to 310 with 2 more deaths: Health Dept

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to people to share their ideas and suggestions for his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' that is scheduled for October 25.

The Prime Minister took to Twitter for the appeal, saying "Mann Ki Baat presents a great opportunity to share inspiring journey of outstanding citizens and discuss themes that power societal change".

"This month's programme will take place on the 25th. Share your ideas on the NaMo App, MyGov or record your message."

KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik wins toss, opts to bat vs KXIP

South Korea on Saturday reported 72 new coronavirus, marking the third consecutive day that the number has remained below 100, raising the overall tally to 24,548, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

Among the newly confirmed cases, there were 61 local infections and 11 imported, Yonhap News Agency quoted KDCA as saying.

Seventeen persons were arrested on charges of gambling and betting, including on IPL cricket matches, in south Delhi's Devli village, Delhi Police said on Saturday.

Despite summons, Republic TV's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) did not appear before the Mumbai police on Saturday to record his statement in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, saying the channel has approached the Supreme Court in the case, a senior official said.

The Centre has issued a fresh advisory to states and UTs on mandotary action in cases of crimes against women, and said probe into rape cases must be completed within two months as per law and that dying declaration of a victim can't be discarded merely because it has not been recorded by a magistrate.

One worker died and four others were critically injured after ammonia gas leaked in a seafood processing unit at Cuncolim industrial estate in South Goa, police said on Saturday.

Odisha's COVID-19 toll crosses 1,000-mark with 15 more deaths; 2,854 new cases push tally to over 2.49 lakh

BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) to meet in the evening to discuss candidate list for Bihar Elections 2020. This will be BJP CEC's second meeting over the upcoming polls.

Telangana recorded 1,811 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection count to 2.10 lakh even as the recovery rate in the state climbed to over 87 per cent.

Jamshedpur, Oct 10 (PTI) Five persons were apprehended in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur, police said on Saturday.

At least two people were killed and 10 more were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Herat-Kandahar Highway on Saturday morning, the Herat public health directorate confirmed: Tolo News

Several people, political leaders outside residence of Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna as his mortal remains are being taken for last rites. The Lok Jan Shakti party leader's mortal remains were brought to Patna from Delhi last night. He had passed away on Thursday.

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire overnight by unprovoked firing and mortar shelling on civilian areas along the Line of Control and International Border in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.

India reports a spike of 73,272 new COVID-19 cases & 926 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total case tally stands at 69,79,424 including 8,83,185 active cases, 59,88,823 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,07,416 deaths: Union Health Ministry

Our jawans are being sent in non-bullet proof trucks and 8400 crore aircraft for PM! Is this justice, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported 24 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the coronavirus caseload in the Union territory to 3,976, an official said.

A woman was injured in unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday in J&K's Poonch district

The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 36.8 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,066,800, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

"Government announced financial packages, can't add more relief," centre tells Supreme Court on loan moratorium interest