LIVE News Updates: With 969 new cases, coronavirus tally in Gujarat rises to 1,72,009

With 969 new cases, coronavirus tally in Gujarat rises to 1,72,009, six fatalities take death toll to 3,714: health department

Tamil Nadu reports 2,608 new COVID-19 cases, 38 deaths and 3,924 discharges today, as per the State Health Department. The total number of cases in the state is now at 7,22,011 including 6,87,388 discharges and 11,091 deaths. There are 23,532 active cases in the state.

Maharashtra reports 6,190 new COVID-19 cases, 8,241 recoveries and 127 deaths, as per State's Public Health Department. The COVID19 tally of the state rises to 16,72,858, with 15,03,050 recoveries and 43,837 deaths. Active cases at 1,25,418.

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Delhi: Level of water pollution rises as people continue to dump solid waste in and around the Yamuna river. Visuals from banks of Yamuna near Mayur Vihar area.

ITBP constable injured in IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Narayanpur district: Police

15-year-old girl allegedly raped by four men in Maharashtra's Pune district; 2 accused arrested: Police

Our fight is not against the country but against BJP and its ideology. BJP is not the country & vice versa. What we want back was written in the Constitution. We will not step back in our fight: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah in Kargil

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain: People should consider masks as vaccine till there is one. Spread of Coronavirus can be stopped to large extent if everyone wears a mask.

Two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were arrested in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir and arms and ammunition recovered from their possession on Friday, police said.

This comes a day after three BJP workers were shot dead by militants in the north Kashmir district. The Resistance Front (TRF), believed to be a shadow group of the LeT, has claimed responsibility for the killings.

Other Backward Class (OBC) reservation to be introduced in Sainik Schools from the year 2021-22: Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar

Andhra Pradesh reports 2,886 new COVID-19 cases taking total positive cases in the State to 8,20,565. There are 25,514 active cases and 7,88,375 recovered cases in the State; the death toll is at 6,676, as per State Health Department.

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 7,007 in UP with 24 more fatalities, 2,237 fresh cases push infection tally to over 4.8 lakh; active case count 24,431: Official

Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,694 as 38 more people test positive; number of active cases stands at 435: Official statement

30,000 tonnes of potato being imported from Bhutan to boost domestic supply and check price rise: Piyush Goyal

7,000 tonnes of onion already imported, 25,000 tonnes more expected to arrive before Diwali: Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal

The soldiers of the country, despite living in ordinary tents during extreme cold weather, bravely face the Chinese aggression.

While the PM of the country travels in 8,400 crore worth aircraft and is afraid to even name China.

Who got Achhe Din?, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Equity benchmark Sensex declined 136 points on Friday following losses in Infosys, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel amid a selloff in global markets.

After gyrating 746 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index ended 135.78 points or 0.34 percent lower at 39,614.07.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 28.40 points or 0.24 percent to 11,642.40.

Terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba behind killing of three BJP leaders in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir: Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar

A fire broke out in a factory at Sector-3 in Manesar. However, no casualties were reported, fire department officials said on Friday.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two terrorist associates from North Kashmir's Handwara and recovered arms and ammunition from them, officials said on Friday.

Congress delegation led by Randeep Surjewala met Bihar Gov Phagu Chauhan over Munger lathi-charge & firing. R Surjewala said,"We demanded immediate suspension of CM Nitish Kumar & Dy CM Sushil Modi. Compensation of Rs 50 lakhs must be given to family of man who was killed"

The Delhi Police has booked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan after the complaint by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over the charges of disrupting the raids of the anti-terror probe agency during the raids at the office premises of Charity Alliance headed by former Delhi Minority Commission chief Zafarul Islam Khan.

Security forces on Friday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including explosives, automatic rifles and pistols, officials said.

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy at a village, police said on Friday.

Thane district of Maharashtra recorded 1,802 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking its tally to 2,10,096, an official said on Friday.

Police have arrested two in-laws of a woman on charges of killing her and her partner, who were crushed under a tractor in Jalna district of Maharashtra allegedly over an "illicit relationship", an official said on Friday.

Odisha reports 1,547 new COVID-19 infections and 11 deaths over the last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 2,88,646 out of which 15,247 are active patients. Death toll at 1,308.

Around 35% per cent of our beds are occupied. Spike in cases is due to aggressive contact tracing & testing. Until there is a vaccine, masks should be considered as vaccine. If you wear masks, it'll protect you from pollution & COVID-19 both: Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain

Munger firing incident is an attack on Hindutva. If such an incident were to happen in Maharashtra, West Bengal or Rajasthan, governors & BJP leaders would have demanded President's rule. So, why is Bihar governor & BJP leaders not raising questions?: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

Sixteen more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands taking the union territory's tally to 4,305 on Friday, an official said.

Telangana recorded 1,531 COVID-19 new cases, 1,048 recoveries and 6 deaths on 29th October, taking total cases to 2,37,187 including 2,17,401 recoveries, 1,330 deaths and 18,456 active cases: State Health Department, Govt of Telangana

With 48,648 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 80,88,851. With 563 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,21,090. Total active cases are 5,94,386 after a decrease of 9301 in last 24 hrs. Total cured cases are 73,73,375 with 57,386 new discharges in last 24 hrs.

Sensex rises 107.51 points to 39,857.36 in opening session; Nifty advances 38.20 points to 11,709

At least 395 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand, pushing the state's coronavirus caseload to 1,00,964 on Friday, a health official said.

Total 10,77,28,088 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 29th October. Of these 11,64,648 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

A minor boy allegedly killed his father in May 2020 & disposed off his body after watching a crime serial. "Minor watched crime-related videos of a crime serial atleast 100 times on his mobile & strangulated victim in a planned way," says SP Mathura City Uday S Mishra

Security tightened in Madurai ahead of Thevar Jayanthi celebrations today. CM Edappadi K Palaniswami, Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and Opposition leaders to attend the event.

Six people died after their van overturned in Thantikonda village of East Godavari district on Thursday night. Injured shifted to a hospital. The van, that was returning from a wedding, was carrying 15 people.