Highlights: Delhi’s Covid tally rises after 3 days with 1,414 new cases, positivity rate at 5.97%

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday tried his hand at playing on a dhol during his visit to Denmark's Copenhagen as part of his three-nation Europe tour. Modi was given a warm welcome by the people of the Indian community when he arrived in Denmark earlier in the day. Also read

Delhi has reported 1414 new cases of Covid-19 and 1 death in the last 24 hours. Active cases touch 5,986.

More than 50 people have been arrested. If some negligence by the administration is found, strict action will be taken, said Rajasthan minister Rajendra Yadav on the Jodhpur violence.

Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to citizens to play the Hanuman Chalisa on May 4 (Wednesday) if they heard the loudspeakers playing the azan (Islam's call for prayer). Read more

Karnataka reported 107 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the active caseload to touch 1,815.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him "urgent intervention to alleviate the hardship faced by our pravasis & domestic and international tourists by taking necessary initiatives to bring down the exorbitant airfares."

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday compared India with the likes of the United States and Israel in hitting back at those meddling with the borders. “After Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, terrorist attacks took place in Uri in 2016 and Pulwama in 2019, we carried out surgical strikes and air strikes within 10 days inside Pakistan,” Shah was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Also read

President Ram Nath Kovind arrives at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati. He was received by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and governor Jagdish Mukhi.

A case was lodged in Aurangabad against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and organisers of his May 1 rally. Read more

After resigning from the Gujarat assembly, former Congress MLA Ashwin Kotwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, reported ANI. Addressing a press conference, Kotwal said, "I was very upset with the party I was working for. The society I come from. The Congress pretends to be within the tribal society."

In Maharashtra, CM meets home minister as cops on alert in Aurangabad after Raj Thackeray loudspeaker deadline, ANI reports.

Rajasthan Police detained three persons in connection with the Jodhpur clash that took place earlier today. Read more here

Border Security Force & Pakistan Rangers in Punjab exchanged sweets and greetings at the JCP Attari border, on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr, as part of the countries' traditions.

The Khargone administration has decided not to relax the curfew on Tuesday and asked people to celebrate the Eid-al-Fitr and Akshaya Tritiya festivals at home in the violence-hit Madhya Pradesh city, officials said Security has been tightened in Khargone, where violence took place during a Ram Navami procession on April 10, they said, adding that all religious places in the city will remain shut on Tuesday.

Communal tension, stone pelting in Jodhpur's Jalori Gate area hours before Eid, at least 4 policemen injured, reports PTI.

Protest seen in front of Supreme Court building in Washington DC late Monday night. Barricades are up around building, just minutes after reports from Politico were leaked indicating SCOTUS has voted to overturn a 1973 ruling that would make abortion immediately illegal.

Internet services have been suspended in Rajasthan's Jodhpur after stone-pelting incident.

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad among leaders who offered namaz at Parliament Street Mosque in Delhi to mark Eid-Ul-Fitr.

India reported 2,568 fresh cases, 2,911 recoveries and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 19,137.

After almost two years, devotees in large numbers offer Namaz at Delhi's Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr on Tuesday.

During the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr in the last two years, devotees were requested to offer Namaz in their homes as mosques in the national capital were closed due to Covid-19.

Markets across the country are witnessing a massive footfall of customers as people have gone on a shopping spree on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. 

Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims around the globe to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramzan – the ninth month of Islamic calendar, which involves rigorous fasting of 30 days to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad, according to Islamic belief.