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Four persons have been arrested in Bhiwandi area of Thane district for selling beef, the police said on Saturday.

As many as 34 undertrial prisoners lodged in the Mahoba jail here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.

All religious places in the state to re-open for devotees from Monday, 16th November. Wearing the mask will be compulsory, all COVID norms will have to be followed: Government of Maharashtra

Fire breaks out at a plastic manufacturing unit in Valsad; fire fighting operations underway.

I would like to extend my Diwali greeting. I have brought the greetings of every Indian among you today: PM Narendra Modi in Jaisalmer.

You may be at the snow-capped mountains or in deserts, my Diwali is complete only when I come amid you. My happiness doubles when I look at the joy on your faces: PM Modi addresses soldiers in Jaisalmer

Be it the peaks of the Himalayas, the stretch of desert, dense forests or the depths of seas - your valour has always triumphed in every challenge: PM Narendra Modi in Jaisalmer

Whenever history on the excellence of soldiers will be written and read, the Battle of Longewala will be remembered: PM Narendra Modi in Jaisalmer

Armed militants suspected to be of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad attacked a house in the Palamu district and robbed cash, jewellery and a motorcycle, police said on Saturday.

Puducherry registered 48 fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday taking the tally of those infected by the virus to 36,299.

With the addition of 566 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra has reached 2,18,566, an official said on Saturday.

With new 44,684 COVID-19 infections, India's total cases rise to 87,73,479. With 520 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,29,188. Total active cases 4,80,719 after a decrease of 3,828 in last 24 hrs Total discharged cases 81,63,572 with 47,992 new discharges in last 24 hrs

Tragedy struck the families of two Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Department on the Diwali eve when they died fighting fire in a shop in Madurai.

The incident happened on Friday night.

The two firemen died after the building on fire collapsed on them, and both were caught under the debris.

Two other fire service personnel got injured and were admitted to hospital.

According to police, the shop caught fire on Friday night and fire tenders reached the spot soon after that.

While the fire services team was dousing the flames, the old building came down on them trapping four under the debris.

The four were rescued but two fire service personnel –- Krishnamurty and Sivarasu -- died.

Mizoram reports 59 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 3368. A total of 2792 discharged in the state, after recovering from the infection, death toll 3. Active cases stand at 573.

A total of 12,40,31,230 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 13th November, of these 9,29,491 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya on Diwali

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. Born in 1889, the Congress stalwart remains India's longest serving prime minister. "My humble tributes to the country's first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary," Modi tweeted.

Today, India celebrates the birth anniversary of its first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji: a towering visionary who laid the foundation of our country with values of brotherhood, egalitarianism & modern outlook. Our endeavour must be to conserve these values, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Shantivan, on his birth anniversary on Saturday.