A fire broke out at a building in Mumbai on Monday. The incident was reported from Andheri area of the city. Fire tenders have reached the spot and undertaking operations to douse the fire.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to October 5 hearing on two public interest litigations (PILs) seeking an extension of the moratorium period and waive off interest on the repayment of the loan amount in view the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, deferred the matter for October 5, after Solicitor General Tushar sought more time to place some relevant documents before it, as asked by the apex court earlier.
A28-year-old man sat on a dharna outside the house of his in-laws in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday, demanding that they let his wife return to his house. Aloke Mallick had an affair with Sangita Ghosh whom he married recently after she turned 18, locals said.
A fire broke out in an ICU section of a government hospital in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district early Monday morning, an official said. All 15 patients who were in the ICU section were immediately shifted out and the blaze has been extinguished, he said. The fire broke out in the trauma ICU section of Kolhapur's Chhatrapati Pramila Raje General Hospital, located around 230 km from here, early in the morning due to short-circuit, the hospital's Dean Dr Chandrakant Mhase said.
In the 71 jails across Uttar Pradesh, there are 1,200 inmates who have been infected with Covid-19. According to Anand Kumar, Director General, Prison Administration and Reform Services, till date about 1,40,000 tests, including (those on) 5,000 staff members, have been conducted in the state's temporary and permanent jails, and over 7,000 had tested positive so far. Two inmates have died of the virus.
With 82,170 new positive cases of coronavirus infection and 1,039 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country has breached 60 lakh mark on Monday, as per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The total cases of coronavirus infections stand at 60,74,702 while the death toll climbed to 95,542 the data updated at 8 am showed. Out of these 50,16,520 cured/discharged/migrated, and 9,62,640 active COVID-19 cases, according to the health ministry. 
Around 15-20 people set a tractor on fire at India Gate in Delhi on Monday morning, police said. The incident comes amid protests by farmers and opposition parties across the country over the contentious farm legislations that were passed by the Parliament last week.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
