Breaking news: Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam climbs to 52

The national capital on Monday saw a reduction in its daily Covid tally after 822 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 19,56,593. 

The cumulative income tax returns (ITRs) filed for the financial year 2021-22 stand at 5.83 crore with a record 72.42 lakh ITRs filed on the last day which was July 31.

Four more people died due to the Japanese Encephalitis in Assam, taking the state's toll to 52. All four persons died in central Assam's Nagaon district.

The national capital on Monday reported its second case of Monekypox after an African national tested positive for the virus. The patient had no history of foreign travel and has been admitted to the LNJP hospital. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Centre over Shiv Sena leader Shiv Sena Sanjay Raut being remanded in ED custody in connection with a money laundering case. 

The Delhi high court said on Monday that neither Union minister Smriti Irani nor her 18-year-old daughter Zoish are the owners of the restaurant in Goa. 

Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 397 fresh cases on Monday, which pushed the caseload to 4,65,163. Single fatality was reported from the Union Territory during the day and the toll has climbed to 4,772. 

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who faced widespread criticism for his comment that there will be “no money left” in Mumbai if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were removed from the city, issued an apology on Monday. 

The Punjab Police on Monday arrested five members of Lawrence Bishnoi's gang. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Anti-Gangster Task Force and Rupnagar range, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, teams from Fatehgarh Sahib district busted the interstate gang operating in the state. 

The Serum Institute of India (SII) told the Centre on Monday that it can supply 1 crore doses of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer by December. 

The Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Monday extended the overseas travel ban on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa till August 4. 

The death toll in the fire which broke at the New Life Multi Specialist Hospital in Jabalpur has now climbed to 10 and 13 people have been injured so far. 

Four people died while nine others were injured after fire broke out at the New Life Multi Specialist Hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. 

All Educational institutions in Thiruvananthapuram will remain closed on Tuesday in view of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert. 

Liquor shops and bars in the national capital will open soon as lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approved the extension of the excise policy 2021-22 by a month. 

Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has been remanded in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) custody till August 4 in connection with a money laundering case. 

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel hit out at the Centre on Wednesday by saying that central agencies- the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Income Tax Department- are being used to destabilise non-BJP ruled states.

India's first auction of the 5G spectrum, which stretched for seven days, finally ended on Monday with spectrum worth ₹1,50,173 crore being sold, a report by news agency PTI said. 

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) national convener Arvind Kejrwial, who is currently on a visit to poll-bound Gujarat, said on Monday that spurious liquor is being sold openly in the state. 

"At present, people of Gujarat have 2 options, either they'll get spurious liquor if they'll vote for them (BJP) or they'll get employment, if they vote for us. Electricity, school, jobs will be the issues now,"  Kejriwal told reporters, news agency ANI reported. 

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut was brought out of ED office in Mumbai. He is being taken to JJ Hospital for a medical checkup.

Raut was arrested in the early hours of Monday in an alleged money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai 'chawl'.

Goods and Services Tax collection for the month of July was recorded at ₹148,995 crore, which is 28 per cent higher as compared to the same month last year. This is the second highest revenue since the introduction of the GST in 2017.

Of the total, CGST was ₹25,751 crore, SGST was ₹32,807 crore, IGST was ₹79,518 crore (including ₹41,420 crore collected on import of goods) and cess was ₹10,920 crore (including ₹995 crore collected on import of goods), the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

In 2020 state govt gave an award, nobody knows that a boy from our village participated in CWG. Even state's sports minister seems ignorant, we need government support. We are yet to see how much money will they give for it, says Alok Sheuli, Achinta Sheuli's brother.

Bollywood star Salman Khan has been issued an arms license after he applied for a gun license for self-protection in the backdrop of threat letters that he received recently.

Salman had received a death threat from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang following which he met Mumbai police chief Vivek Phansalkar over the threat letter to him and his father.