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Pakistan Army opens heavy fire and shells mortars at forward posts along Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, prompting retaliation from Indian troops: Officials

Maharashtra reports 3,218 new COVID-19 cases which push tally to 19,38,854; death toll goes up to 49,631 with 51 fatalities: health official

In a first, India successfully isolates, cultures UK-variant of Sars-CoV-2, tweets ICMR

Karnataka allows shops, other businesses to remain open 24x7, maximum shift duration is 10 hours, reports NDTV

Five India players in isolation after video emerges of them eating at indoor restaurant in Melbourne: Cricket Australia

Assam reports 40 new COVID cases, four fatalities. Infection tally rises to 2,16,251, death toll 1,049. There are 3,213 active cases of the disease in the state.

Four passengers who returned from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new strain of Coronavirus in Gujarat: Jayanti Ravi, State Principal Secretary

A day after the civil aviation ministry decided to resume flights between India and the UK from January 8, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday offered more clarification and said flights from India to the UK can start on January 6, while operations from the UK to India will begin on January 8. The schedule is valid till January 23. Till then 30 flights will operate every week, including 15 each by Indian and UK carriers, the minister said.

If our demands are not met till Jan 26, then farmers will hold 'Kisan Gantantra Parade' in Delhi. We appeal to farmers from adjoining areas of national capital to be prepared & request every farmer family of country to send a member to Delhi if possible: Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India

BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly rushed to hospital folowing chest pain: hospital sources

Will hold a tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, say protesting farmers

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat discharged from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. He will remain in isolation and rest at his residence in Delhi for a few days: CMO He had tested positive for COVID on December 18, 2020.

A 75-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was found dead today at a farmers' protest site on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border. While the police probing the case, those at the site say a note written by the dead man, Kashmir Singh Ladi, has been found in which he has expressed his frustration over the stalemate in talks with the government over the new agricultural laws that the farmers want repealed, reports NDTV

Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the national drug regulator to meet today to consider Bharat Biotech’s application for its COVID19 vaccine.

8 civilians injured after terrorists hurl grenade on security forces in J&K’s Pulwama, reports Hindustan Times.

Terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces at Tral bus stand in Pulwama district. Seven civilians have suffered minor injuries in grenade attack in Tral, Pulwama. Health condition of all the injured is stable: Jammu and Kashmir Police

Telangana added 293 new cases to its coronavirus tally, which surged past 2.87 lakh while two more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,546.

Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,15,241 as 128 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said on Saturday.

Police have arrested a 30-year-old scrap dealer at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly killing a man, an official said on Saturday.

Thane district in Maharashtra reported 359 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its overall infection count to 2,43,537, an official said on Saturday.

A 45-year-old man was found dead with injury marks on his face at one of his properties in Kalwa in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.

Former Union Minister, former MP from Rajasthan and Congress leader Buta Singh passes away.

India reports 19,078 new COVID-19 cases, 22,926 recoveries, and 224 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry Total cases: 1,03,05,788 Active cases: 2,50,183 Total recoveries: 99,06,387 Death toll: 1,49,218

Fire broke out at Harley Davidson showroom situated at first & second floors of a building in Moti Nagar at 1:38 am today. 4 people were rescued from night club at third floor of the building. 25 fire engines were rushed. Fire brought under control at 5:50 am: Delhi Fire Service

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 83.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.