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Covid-19 cases in India: A total of 30 fresh deaths were reported today, taking the death toll to 5,27,829, the health bulletin said.-The new fatalities include five from Maharashtra, four from Delhi and three from Haryana.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, 73, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, also quit the Congress last week, ending his five-decade association with the grand-old party.

The BJP president was on a day’s visit to Guwahati after completing a two-day tour of Tripura ahead of next year’s assembly polls in that state

The JD(U) emerged as the third largest party in Manipur after the BJP, which won 32 seats and the National People’s Party, which won 7 seats

When Kejriwal reacted to the closure of 34 State-run schools, Sarma took it upon himself not just to defend the state, but also to criticise the Delhi government on education.

There has been a “significant increase” in the presence of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province in Afghanistan and its capacity to carry out attacks in the country

The majority of cases were registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives’ followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’, ‘Kidnapping & Abduction of Women’ and ‘Rape’.

Police superintendent (City) Praveen Ranjan justified the presence of the bulldozer saying Nutan Malik’s in-laws were not opening the door of their house and that they were bound to let her in compliance with court orders