Breaking news: 50-year-old woman first case of Zika virus in Maharashtra

Haryana govt extends Covid-19 lockdown for one more week till 5am on August 9. Night curfew will come into force from 11pm to 5am on all days of the week in the state.

The first case of Zika virus reported in Maharashtra. A 50-year-old woman patient was found in Purandar tehsil in Pune district. The patient is doing fine: Maharashtra health department

UK PM Boris Johnson and wife Carrie Symonds are expecting a second child, just months she suffered a miscarriage, reports BBC.

12th round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China concluded at 7:30pm in Moldo on Chinese side of Line of Actual Control. In the nine hour-long meeting, both sides discussed issues to resolve ongoing military standoff along Eastern Ladakh: Army sources

Jharkhand govt recommends CBI probe into the alleged killing of a district judge in Dhanbad.

In view of high test positivity rate of state, central team visited our district as well. We discussed current status of the district and strategies devised by the health department and district administration to contain the pandemic: Dr Arun S Nair, deputy collector, Kollam, Kerala

Uttarkhand education department issues SOP for reopening of schools in the state from 2nd August for students of classes 9-12 and from 16th August for classes 6-8.

Kerala reports 20,624 new Covid-19 cases, 16,865 recoveries and 80 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate at 12.31%.

Delhi's daily Covid-19 cases and deaths fall to 58 and one respectively from 63 and three on July 30. Daily recoveries rise to 56 from 34 from the day before.

A little over 10 million (1 crore) doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered to people in Delhi so far. The milestone was reached today. These have been administered to around 7.4 million people, of whom 2.6 million have received both doses while the remaining received single dose: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

"Goodbye. I'm not going to any political party. TMC, Congress, CPI(M) nobody has called me, I'm not going anywhere...One need not be in politics to do social work," BJP MP and former Union minister Babul Supriyo posts on Facebook.

Andhra Pradesh reports 2058 fresh Covid-19 cases, 2,053 recoveries, and 23 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The importance of killing Saifulla alias Lambu is two-fold. It brings closure to Feb 2019 Pulwama incident. He was one of the masterminds who trained a local, Adil, who blew himself up in an IED attack. Since then, Lambu was responsible to train people in making and deploying IEDs against security forces. He was also responsible to recruit young locals by brainwashing them, carrying out selective identification, radicalising them and giving them weapons: Lt Gen DP Pandey, Chinar Corps Commander

Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana chairs important security review meeting ahead of Independence Day. Special Cell DCPs, special police commissioner of Special Cell, all joint police commissioners and all deputy police commissioners present at the meeting.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal leads delegation of SAD, BSP, NC and NCP to meet President Ram Nath Kovind over farm laws. "500 farmers have lost their lives during ongoing protests against the Centre's farm laws. A joint committee should be formed to sort out this issue," says Badal.

"Will be very happy to join in any investigation. But why the case is not being handed over to a neutral agency, especially when the place of occurrence is well within the constitutional territory of Assam?," tweets Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on FIR over Mizoram border dispute.

Russia reported 23,807 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, including 3,514 in Moscow, taking the national tally of infections to 6,265,873.

Punjab government allows reopening of schools for all classes from August 2, with proper protocols to ensure Covid appropriate behaviour.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi today.

They discussed GST compensation, Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), and other important matters pertaining to the state: Karnataka CMO

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) restores connectivity at Yarlung-Lamang road in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh.

On July 26, the road was breached at multiple locations due to incessant rain and cloudburst.

Gangster Chhota Rajan, who was admitted to AIIMS on Tuesday due to stomach ache, was discharged from the hospital and taken back to Tihar jail, officials said on Saturday.

Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Lady Don Anuradha, an associate of gangster Kala Jathedi. Cases like murder, abduction, etc. were registered against Anuradha in Rajasthan. She was carrying reward of ₹10,000 on her head.

99.56% students have been passed Class 12 and 99.09 percent cleared Class 10 exams.

More than 3.14 crore balance and unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, union territories and private hospitals to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

12th round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China started today at 10:30am in Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control.

India & China discussing disengagement of troops from friction points incl Gogra Heights and Hot Springs area: Indian Army sources, reports ANI.