Breaking: 3rd Covid wave controlled through holistic approach, says Mandaviya

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday that India controlled the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic through holistic approach. 

'We made robust guidelines to tackle Covid and implemented them effectively. Now many countries are still witnessing Covid waves with staggering economies. We controlled Covid during 3rd wave through a holistic approach," Mandaviya said at the inauguration of the three-day "Swasthya Chintan Shivir" at Gujarat's Kevadia, news agency ANI reported. 

BJP national president JP Nadda said on Thursday that Telangana CM KCR jas “gone disturbed” owing to the saffron camp's victory in Dubbaka (bypoll in 2020) and Huzurabad (bypoll in 2021), according to a video shared by news agency ANI. “This shows that people want change now, they want BJP's double engine govt in Telangana,” he said in Hyderabad.

At high-level review meeting with officials, PM Narendra Modi asks to avoid deaths due to heatwave, fire incidents. The meeting was attended by officials of the IMD, NDMA and NDRF. The meeting comes as the IMD has prediced a fresh spell of heatwave over northwest and central India from May 7 onwards, and heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lighting in southern and eastern parts of the country starting the same time. Read more.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday announced that it is extending the last date for submission of application for CUET to May 22. “We hope that this will provide additional opportunity to the students to apply for CUET,” it said in a statement.

Maharashtra's independent MLA Ravi Rana alleged on Thursday that Mumbai's Byculla women's prison officials did not pay attention to his MP wife Navneet Rana's health issues even after she complained of them and requested hospitalisation. Read more.

Delhi on Thursday logged 1,365 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, with the positivity rate declining to 6.35%, according to the health bulletin data.

Supreme Court to get two new judges after bench led by CJI NV Ramana recommends to elevate Gauhati high court chief justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat HC judge Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala.

Addressing a public gathering in West Bengal's Siliguri on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah slammed CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, saying that the CAA will be implemented as soon as the Covid-19 wave ends. He added that the TMC is spreading rumours about the law not being implemented. Read more.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a meeting to review preparations for heatwave management and monsoon preparedness across the country.

Quoting the World Health Organization (WHO), The Associated Press reported on Thursday that around 15 million people across the world have died of Covid-19 or because of its effect on health services.

All four terror suspects in Haryana explosive recovery case sent to police remand by a court till May 15, ANI reported. Earlier in the day, Haryana Police seized explosives, arms and ammunitions from these suspects in Karnal.

In an address to media on Thursday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would make put subsidy on electricity to only those citizens of the city who want the same. He added that citizens would be asked if they would want to continue with the subsidy and the exercise in this regard would begin soon. Read more.

Uttarakhand chief minister and BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami to contest the upcoming by election from Champawat constituency, ANI quoted the party saying on Thursday. Voting will happen on May 31 and the counting of the same will take place on June 3.

Ahead of Maharashtra Navnirmal Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's visit to Ayodhya, UP, BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said the former “must apologise to North Indians” lest he won't allow Thackeray to enter Ayodhya. “I have requested UP CM Yogi Adityanath as well not to meet him until he seeks an apology,” Brijbhushan told ANI.

Less than a week after getting bail in a policewoman assault case, independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was sentenced to 3-month jail by a Gujarat court on Thursday. The fresh sentence pertains to a 2017 case of taking out a rally from Mehsana to Banaskantha to mark one year of the Una Dalit flogging incident. Nine others have also been convicted. Read more.

At an event in Kolkata, TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that the state takes strict action against illegal activities unlike Uttar Pradesh. She also said that that the BJP-led Centre is defrauding common people by hiking petrol and diesel prices, according to news agency PTI.

Maharashtra's Amravati MP Navneet Rana leaves Mumbai's Byculla jail a day after being granted bail in Hanuman Chalisa row.

Delimitation exercise concludes in Jammu and Kashmir. The delimitation commission submits final report

"Those who want to install loudspeakers at religious places from 6 am to 10 am, should take permission. Law is for everyone. If anyone resorts to violent agitation, then action will be taken," Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar

On the directions of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a six-member delegation of the party will visit Lalitpur to meet the family of the alleged rape victim, ANI reported

The Haryana Police arrested four terror suspects, recovered large cache of explosives in Karnal

Mumbai's Borivali Court issues the release order of MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana, ANI reported. The legal process of furnishing ₹50,000 each for the Rana couple's surety amount is completed in court.

DMK says its MPs will donate their one month salaries to the chief minister's fund for Sri Lanka, reports ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to Delhi after his three-day visit to Germany, Denmark and France. 

Supreme Court posts for Tuesday a bunch of petitions challenging validity of the sedition law in India. SC will first hear on the point of referring the cases to a larger bench of five or seven judges.