Highlights | Delhi reports 1,520 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate 5.10%

A lawmaker from Britain's ruling Conservative party announced Saturday he will resign, after admitting he had deliberately watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber. Read More

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said if Muslim women are to be given justice, Uniform Civil Code has to be brought in. Read More

Delhi's single-day Covid case count witnessed a marginal decline on Saturday after 1,520 people tested positive for the virus as opposed to 1,607 on the preceding day, according to the health bulletin data. The national capital recorded one fresh fatality due to the virus, down from two reported on Friday. The cumulative Covid tally of Delhi, after today's additions, have reached 18,83,075, the bulletin data added. Read More

Delhi records maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday, five notches above season’s average, says IMD.

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 155 new coronavirus cases and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said. It took the caseload in the state to 78,77,732 and death toll to 1,47,843.

A court sent expelled Shiv Sena leader Harish Singla to two-day Police custody on Saturday in connection with the clashes that broke out between two groups while two more people were arrested, news agency ANI reported.

Xiaomi issued a statement on Saturday after the Enforcement Directorate seized its assests. The company said as a brand committed to India, all its operations are “firmly compliant with local laws and regulations.”

One coal-loaded goods train running towards Kalanaur in Haryana has derailed at the new Ekdil (EKL) Railway Station of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) at 11.10am today. The station is located about 30 km east of Etawah, news agency ANI reported. 

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday said that the accused in the Goraknath Temple attack case was in contact with ISIS fighters through social media, and were planning a big operation, news agency ANI reported. Read more

The hearing on bail applications of MP-MLA Navneet & Ravi Rana ends. Order has been reserved for Monday, May 2nd.

Patiala police on Saturday held a meeting with the Peace committee following yesterday's clash. 

If someone says that chanting Hanuman Chalisa is their right, it is. But we've to see if the act is legal, permissions & consent are taken by the person at whose residence chanting will be done... ultimate aim was to create a situation where this govt collapses, news agency ANI quoted SPP Pradeep Gharat.

The internet services on mobile devices have now been restored in Patiala, Punjab. It was suspended temporarily earlier in the day in wake of clashes that broke out between two groups on Friday. Read more

Had we given a call to chant Hanuman Chalisa outside a mosque, I can understand that it could have fanned religious tensions but giving a call to chant it outside Matoshree doesn't fan any communal tension. Advocate Abad Ponda said while representing the Rana couple.

A private school's bus in Jammu caught fire on Saturday. 

Union home minister Amit Shah will embark on a three-day visit to West Bengal starting May 4 with an aim to strengthen the BJP in the state, ANI reported.

The Enforcement Dirctorate on Saturday seized ₹5,551.27 crore of Xiaomi Technology India lying in bank accounts in connection with illegal outward remittances made by the firm.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at the Centre over the issue of widespread power outages, saying the government has found the "perfect solution" to it which is to cancel passenger trains and run coal rakes, PTI reported.

BJP's Delhi unit held a protest here on Saturday against the AAP government for not reducing value-added tax (VAT) on diesel and petrol prices in the capital, PTI reported.

Actor Jacqueline Fernandez's assets worth ₹7.2 crore attached by probe agency in money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

The Indian economy may take more than a decade to overcome the losses emanating from the Covid-19 pandemic, said a report published by the Reserve Bank of India.

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Lieutenant General Manoj Pande takes over as the 29th chief of the Indian Army, replaces General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who was in charge of the top post since December 31, 2019.

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Above normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of west-central and northwest India and northern parts of northeast India, officials of the weather department told news agency ANI.

"The average maximum temperature over Northwest & Central India in April 2022 is the highest with 35.90 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees Celsius respectively in the last 122 years," says Dr. M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 8 locations in Mumbai and Pune in connection with DHFL-Yes Bank case, PTI reported quoting officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at joint conference with CJI Ramana, judges and CMs, urged the chief ministers to nix obsolete laws so that people can come out of the web of legislations.

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