Breaking news: Girl who jumped off Delhi Metro station succumbs to injuries

A girl, who jumped off the Akshardham Metro station in Delhi earlier on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries. 

The Congress said on Thursday that it will continue to protest in Karnataka till state panchayat raj minister K S Eshwarappa, who is facing charges of abetment to suicide in connection with death of contractor Satosh Patil, is arrested and booked for murder. 

Delhi's daily Covid-19 tally continued to surge on Thursday after 352 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 18,67,206, according to the health department's bulletin. Thursday's case count is 26 more than that of Wednesday's when 299 infections were seen. 

However, this the second consecutive day that no fatalities were recorded and the toll remain unchanged at 26,158.

The police have registered four more FIRs against Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for his tweets on the Khargone violence. In total, nine FIRs have been registered against him. 

Maharashtra on Thursday added 103 new Covid-19 cases and five more deaths, which pushed the caseload and death toll to 78,75,551 and 1,47,826 respectively. 

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann will visit Delhi government schools on April 18 to see remarkable improvement in them. 

The Delhi government on Thursday issued an advisory to all private schools in the national capital, in view of rising Covid-19 cases. The advisory, issued by the government's directorate of education said, "If any Covid case noticed/reported to school authority the same must be intimated to Directorate and concerned wing or school as a whole must be closed down for the time being."

Karnataka panchayat raj minister KS Eshwarappa, who has been caught in row over contractor’s Santosh Patil's suicide, said on Friday that he will submit his resignation to chief minister Bommai on Friday. 

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has ruled out the possibility of the state government purchasing any new vehicles for its ministers, the chief minister's office (CMO) said on Thursday. 

Thirteen people were injured after a cylinder blast was reported in Delhi's Jamia Nagar on Thursday. According to the Delhi Fire Services, the injured have been moved to a nearby hospital. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Police said that two more terrorists were killed in the Shopian encounter, taking the total count to four. The police added that search operations are going on and more details will follow. 

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan appealed to the residents of the state to maintain state and harmony, while pointing out that some people are conspiring to incite riots in the state. 

Speaking at an event, Chouhan said he will not spare rioters and said strict action aganist them will continue. 

The chief minister's remakrs come in view of the Khargone violence which took place last Sunday. 

A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) visited the residence of the Nadia rape-murder case victim and met her family members. 

Days after Elon Musk said that he would not be joining Twitter's board of directors, the Tesla CEO has now offered to buy the social media giant in cash deal. 

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that Covid-19 cases in the national capital have increased slightly but there are no hospitalisations. “So need not worry. Since Covid is there, we have to learn to live with it...A general (Covid)guideline to be introduced for schools tomorrow,” Sisodia said. 

A massive fire broke out in Delhi's Punjabi bagh area on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. Tweleve fire tenders arrived at the spot. The fire has been doused and no casualties were reported, the Delhi Police told ANI. 

VD Sharma, the president of the Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Thursday that strict action should be taken against miscreants involved in the Khargone violence. 

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India records 1,007 new Covid-19 cases, down marginally from 1,088 a day ago. As many as 818 more people recover, while total active cases rise slightly to 11,058.