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The Shiv Sena has decided to organise its annual Dussehra rally on Sunday at an auditorium in Mumbai and not on the Shivaji Park ground, where the event it traditionally held.

Amid the opposition's criticism of the BJP's Bihar poll promise of free COVID vaccines, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on Saturday that the announcement was perfectly in order and a party can announce what it wants to do when it comes to power.

BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, who isin-charge of theparty's campaign for Bihar polls, has tested positive for coronavirus.

A Delhi Police constable - who had reportedly stopped a crowded private bus on hearing a woman's scream for help - was kidnapped by the driver and his son, beaten, stripped, and filmed while being coerced to state he intended to loot the passengers before being let off in Uttar Pradesh late on Wednesday night, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three projects in Gujarat- one each related to farmers' welfare, healthcare and tourism development- via video link from New Delhi on Saturday.

The coronavirus vaccine - when one is ready - should be available to all Indians for free, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday, amid controversy over the ruling BJP listing free Covid vaccines in its manifesto for next week's Bihar election

Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan was seen immersed in Durga Puja festivity in Kolkata - dancing and playing traditional drum or dhak - as West Bengal celebrates its biggest festival of the year.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), in developments that took place in the last few months, has broken the myth of some countries that they have a powerful army, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said on Saturday, in an indirect reference to the ongoing standoff between India and China in Ladakh.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a swipe at Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over the rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl - whose father is a migrant labourer from Bihar - in Punjab

A student in Madhya Pradesh died by suicide after mix-up in her score for the national entrance test for medical colleges, NEET, revealed she got 6 out of 720 when she had actually done quite well in the exam, the police said.

About 61 per cent of the total recovered cases from COVID-19 are from six states and UTs of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.

The 2+2 India-US ministerial in New Delhi next week would review the accomplishments and lay down the next steps for the global cooperation between the two largest democracies in the world, a senior Trump administration official has said.

Mizoram has decided to close all schools and hostels from Monday for two weeks as the state observes "Covid-19 No Tolerance Fortnight", officials said.

Nitish Kumar's "Sushasan Babu (Mr Good Governance)" tag is at stake as he fights for a fourth straight term as Bihar's Chief Minister. The heckling at his rallies and pro-opposition slogans raised during his tours should deeply worry his campaign managers.

India's coronavirus count has crossed 78 lakh with a jump of 53,370 cases in the last 24 hours, government data shows. And 650 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,17,956. Meanwhile, 70,16,046 people in the country have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases a day in September. India, which reported its first case on January 30, is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.