PM Modi to interact with CMs of all states tomorrow at 4:30pm on Covid-19 situation, reports ANI

One police personnel was martyed in an encounter with terrorists in the Pariwan area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, reported news agency ANI citing Kashmir Police. Three army soldiers as well as two civilians were also injured during the encounter.

During the encounter, one JeM terrorist was killed. 

Bengaluru Urban on Wednesday registered 15,617 fresh cases of the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), a spike of 4,817 infections as compared to previous day's 10,800, according to the health department bulletin. With this, the total infections in the district rose to 13,34,957. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of all states/UT on the Covid-19 pandemic situation on Thursday, reports news agency ANI.

Delhi's daily Covid-19 tally continued an upward trend on Wednesday after 27,561 cases were recorded, according to the health department's bulletin. Forty more patients died and nearly 15,000 recovered, taking the cumulative count of deaths and recoveries to 25,240 and 1,505,031 respectively. 

Mumbai's daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) surged again on Wednesday after 16,420 new cases were reported, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). 

Jammu and Kashmir has reported 1,695 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Of the freshly reported cases, 812 are from Jammu while 883 are from Kashmir.

The active cases in the Union territory currently stand at 6,242.

India's annual retail inflation accelerated to 5.59% in December from 4.91% in the previous month, pushed up by rising prices of manufactured items, government data released on Wednesday showed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu.

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Uttar Pradesh minister Dara Singh Chauhan has resigned from his post. 

The resignation came a day after another cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from his post and said he will join the Samajwadi Party on January 14.

As many as 1,700 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus infection since January 1, news agency PTI reported officials as saying on Wednesday.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday that the party will contest 50-100 seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “I will be visiting western Uttar Pradesh tomorrow,” he told ANI.

Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said on Wednesday that the panel formed by the Supreme Court is “most welcome and absolutely needed” in PM Modi's Punjab security breach matter. “It has been the most disastrous performance by Punjab civil administration and police, which set a very bad example for the rest of the country,” she was quoted as saying by ANI.

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh informed on Twitter on Wednesday that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has “mild symptoms.” “Have isolated myself and request all those who came in contact with me to get themselves tested,” he added in the tweet.

Congress central election committee will meet tomorrow (January 13) to finalise candidates for February 14 Punjab Assembly elections, ANI reported.

Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Uttarakhand government on a PIL, seeking prosecution of those involved in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case. The top court also allowed petitioners, a former high court judge and a journalist, to approach local authorities with their plea to stop a proposed Dharma Sansad in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on January 23. Read more here.

PM Modi on the occasion of 25th National Youth Festival said that the world today looks at India with one hope and faith because not only are the people of the country young, but their minds are too. “India is younger than its potential…younger than its dreams. India is younger than its thoughts…younger than its consciousness,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the technology centre of MSME and an auditorium - 'Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Manimandapam' that has an open air theatre, via video conferencing in Puducherry. He launched the projects as part of the 25th National Youth Festival.

Supreme Court appoints its former judge Indu Malhotra as chairperson of the inquiry committee to investigate PM Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab last week. Read more here.

In a new letter to all states and Union territories (UTs), Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has directed for adopting immediate measures to ensure “optimal availability of medical oxygen at health facilities.” This comes as India has been witnessing major spike in daily Covid-19 cases for the past few weeks.

India's Covid-19 tally on Wednesday again saw a spike with 194,720 new infections in 24 hours. The death toll also rose from 277 to 442.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that his party will announce its chief ministerial candidate for the February 14 assembly elections in Punjab next week.

At least 481 resident doctors have tested positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra so far, ANI reported quoting Dr Avinash Dahiphale, president, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted light to moderate rainfall over and in adjoining regions of Kurukshetra in Haryana, and Saharanpur, Deoband, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh during the next two hours.

Delhi's air quality on Wednesday deteriorated to 'moderate' category from ‘satisfactory', with the city recording an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 193, according to SAFAR-India.