Highlights: ‘Be in office between 12 and 1pm’, Delhi LG to senior MCD officials

Newly-appointed Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena instructs MCD additional and zonal deputy commissioners to be in “field before office starts to inspect and ensure work” and be present in office between 12 and 1pm to “meet people and redress their problems”. “I appeal to people of Delhi to utilise this interface and help MCD serve better,” he tweeted.

Ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday (June 5), Delhi's Qutub Minar gets lit up with a projected message of “Don't Choose Extinction”.

Delhi's single-day Covid-19 tally climbed again on Saturday after 405 fresh infections were recorded, according to the health bulletin data. The Capital's case positivity rate also increased to 2.07 per cent from Friday's 1.88 per cent. However, Delhi maintained its zero fatality trend for the second consecutive day on Friday, thus keeping the overall toll 26,212.

Fire breaks out at Jain Hospital in Delhi's Patparganj. As many as five fire tenders are currently at spot. No casualty has been reported so far.  The fire started in a split AC on second floor of the hospital. Read more.

Maharashtra's single-day Covid tally rises again on Saturday after 1,357 people tested positive for the infection, up from 1,134 the day before. The western state logged one death, which is an improvement from yesterday's three deaths. Mumbai remains the biggest contributor of the daily caseload, with Saturday's figures reported at 889. On Friday, Mumbai reported 763 new Covid-19 cases.

At least six labourers died and 20 more injured after a blast in the boiler of a chemical factory in Dhaulana industrial area of Hapur district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday afternoon. 

All ministers of Naveen Patnaik-headed Odisha government, and Assembly speaker Surjya Patro have resigned. The new ministry of the state cabinet will be sworn in at 11.45am on Sunday.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday that after electric scooters, there will be emergence of electric cars and buses. “Soon, I will be launching electric tractor and truck too,” he was quoted as saying by ANI in Pune, Maharashtra.

A fire broke out at the cargo bay of Delhi airport in a pushback towing vehicle on Friday at 5:25pm following which fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and the fire was completely brought under control, news agency ANI reported. Read more

A third person has been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills last week, Telangana Police said Saturday. Read More

"Until I am not given permission to worship the Shivling in Gyanvapi, I will not eat anything," Swami Avimukteshwaranand said after he was stopped on Saturday from going to Gyanvapi. Read More

The police investigating, Hyderabad gang-rape case, made second arrest on Saturday as they arrested a juvenile, son of high-profile political leader, reports ANI.

India on Saturday recorded a marginal dip in the daily infections as it reported 3,962 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The death toll saw a jump of 26 fatalities and now stands at 524,677.

Rajya Sabha elections: In Rajasthan, the signs of unease appeared in the party after a section of MLAs alleged they were not getting the respect they should receive. Read More

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement on Gyanvapi where he questioned the search for a Shivling in every masjid is incendiary and must not be ignored. Read More

External affairs minister s Jaishankar said if Europe and the West are so concerned about Russian oil, they should allow Iranian and Venezuelan oil to come into the market. Read More

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the United States, with investigations now suggesting it is spreading inside the country.