Breaking news: Tamil Nadu adds 1,467 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Tamil Nadu on Sunday added 1,467 new Covid cases which pushed the caseload to 35,44,246. No patients died on Sunday and the toll remained unchanged at 38,032.

The Delhi government on Sunday issued an extension order for shops selling country liquor amid shortage. 

The number of Covid cases in Delhi hovered above the 1,000-mark for the fifth consecutive day as the national capital reported 1,263 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the health department's bulletin. 

Gujarat on Sunday saw a drop in its daily Covid tally after 942 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 12,55,171. On Saturday, the state reported 1,012 cases.

Sameerullah Khan, the main accused in the communal violence in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone city, was arrested on Sunday, three months after the incident, news agency PTI reported citing the police. 

Khan was picked up from the Khaltaka area of the Khargone district, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Dharmveer Singh.

Two Covid-infected people died in Rajasthan on Sunday, while 243 new cases of the disease were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. 

 Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 1,849 new Covid cases and three more deaths, which pushed the caseload and death toll to 80,47,455 and 1,48,104 respectively, according to the state health department's bulletin. 

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in Madhya Pradesh against Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who stoked controversy by calling India's newly elected President Droupadi Murmu ‘Rashtrapatni’. 

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturverdi on Sunday hit out at the Centre over her colleague Sanjay Raut's detention by the ED in a money laundering case. 

"The attempt to silence one of the most vocal opponent of the central/ state BJP and their wrongdoings — Sanjay Raut- is on. It is a shameful attempt to use central agencies to harass the opposition leaders. Condemn this harassment and we will all fight this out unitedly," Chaturvedi tweeted. 

Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, who has been detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case, said on Sunday that he won't be cowed down and won't leave the party. 

Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday ruled out reports of Monkeypox in state and said that rumors of the cases of the virus were being spread by a section of the media. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday detained Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut in connection with a money laundering case.

Karntaka health minister K Sudhakar said on Sunday that an Ethiopian national, who was suspected to have been infected with Monkeypox, turned out to be a patient of chickenpox. 

"A middle-aged Ethiopian citizen who had come to Bengaluru earlier this month was subjected to a monkey pox test after he was suspected to have its symptoms. His report has now confirmed that it is a case of chicken pox," Sudhakar tweeted. 

Autorities in Ukraine's Mykolaiv said on Sunday that the city was hit by Russian bombardments overnight in which at least one person died. 

"Mykolaiv was subjected to mass shelling today. Probably the strongest so far," the city's mayor Oleksandr Senkevych wrote on Telegram.

Three Jharkhand Congress MLAs- Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Bixal, caught with cash worth ₹49 lakh in the state of West Bengal, were arrested on Sunday after overnight questioning. 

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Enforcement Directorate officials at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's home over money-laundering case, reports ANI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 91st edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday at 11 am. "I invite you all to tune-in to this month's #MannKiBaat tomorrow, 31st July at 11 AM. Also sharing a booklet covering the interesting topics from last month such as India's strides in space, glory on the sports field, Rath Yatra and more," PM Modi tweeted on Saturday.

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