Highlights: One held in Delhi for creating fake Instagram accounts and posting nude pics of women

Delhi Police DCP (IFSO) KPS Malhotra said on Monday that one Mohit Sharma, an engineering/MBA graduate has been held for allegedly creating fake Instagram accounts and posting nude pictures of women, ANI reported.

Delhi logs 258 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, and zero deaths. Positivity rate stands at 0.71 per cent, according to health bulletin data.

Delhi government on Monday announced in a fresh statement that it has discontinued discounts on MRP of liquor.

Maharashtra reports 407 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, and four deaths. The total caseload of the state now stands at 7,865,705. In Mumbai, 73 fresh cases were logged in the last 24 hours. No new Omicron case has been recorded.

India’s GDP climbs 5.4% in October-December quarter of 2021-22.

AMUL has increased the price of milk by ₹2. The prices will come into effect from March 1, reports ANI.

Managing director of Maharashtra State Security Corporation, Sanjay Pandey has been appointed as the Mumbai Police Commissioner. The current Mumbai top cop Hemant Nagrale has been appointed as the MS of the corporation.

The Delhi HC on Monday issued notices to several prominent politicians in connection with the north east Delhi violence and alleged hate speeches of political leaders, reports ANI.

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik was brought back to the Enforcement Directorate office on Monday after he was discharged from JJ hospital in Mumbai. 

The Delhi high court on Monday issued notices to several politicians including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Kapil Mishra and Pravesh Verma over the cases registered against them  in the Delhi riots. 

Union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Monday that India will play a major role in the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. 

The AIADMK on Monday launched protests against the arrest of its leader and former Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakumar. 

Noida authorities told the Supreme Court on Monday that Supertech's twin storey towers will be demolished by May 22. 

Union agricultural minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Monday that around 11 crore farmers in the country benefited from the Centre's Atmanirbhar package.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while DPIIT stakeholders' meeting on GatiShakti on Monday, said that the GatiShakti plan will help Indian exports and make the country's MSMEs globally competitive. 

Schools, colleges reopened in Karnataka's Shivamogga after the murder of Bajrang Dal actvist Harsha. 

In the opening session, Sensex dropped by more than 640 poinst to 55,214 while Nifty was trading at 16,473.

India's daily tally of Covid-19 went below the 10,000-mark on Monday after 8,013 infections were added in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health minsitry's dashboard. 

Thane district's caseload of Covid-19 climbed to 7,08,280 after 43 new infections were added in the last 24 hours. With one more patient sucumbbing to the viral disease, the total deaths in the district are at 11,875. 

The Jammu and Kashmir traffic police said on Monday that Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been blocked at Dewal due to a landslide. 

The national capital is likely to see partly cloud sky on Monday and the minimum temperature is expected to be at 11 degree Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). 

Voting has started for the first phase of elections in Manipur. 

The Delhi government will on Monday lift all Covid-19 related restrictions amid a decline in daily infections in the national capital.