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India reported a daily jump of 48,268 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 81-lakh mark, the Health Ministry data this morning showed.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government's anti-dengue campaign is being praised across the country and sought to credit it for no fatality due to the vector-borne disease in the city this year.

The ties between India and China have come under "severe stress" and the agreements inked by both sides over the last few years must be respected to restore normalcy in relations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.

A policeman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly inflicting burns on a one-and-a-half-year-old girl with a cigarette butt and thrashing her mother in Chhattisgarh's Balod district, police said.

The battle in bye-elections for Madhya Pradesh assembly is not about power but respect for the Gwalior-Chambal region, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Saturday.

The Aam Admi Party on Saturday rejected Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's appeal to legislators of all parties to accompany him to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on November 4 to request him to give his assent to the state's amended farm laws.

With the COVID-19 situation slowly coming under control, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday issued relaxations for those travelling both to and from the state.

The West Bengal government has revised the price structure of liquor brands to be sold through the retail route in the state which will come into effect from Sunday, sources said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised a four-year-old girl in Mizoram for singing a contemporary version of the national song "Vande Mataram". Four-year-old Esther Hnamte had also caught the attention of Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and lakhs of people with her rendition of the national song.

With the Mizoram government refusing to pull back its armed forces from the border areas claimed by Assam, the blockade on National Highway 306 - the lifeline of Mizoram - entered the fourth day on Saturday, prompting the BJP's go-to man for the northeast, Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, to speak of a "larger solution" but after state polls.

Competing for the shrillest elections in recent memory, the Madhya Pradesh by-polls inducted a new contender on Saturday with BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia claiming that former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, already censured for calling a female politician an "item", has now called him a "dog".

Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday said the state has so far reported stubble burning over 7.49 lakh hectares, about five per cent lower than what it had witnessed in corresponding period last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four back to back rallies in Bihar Sunday to garner support for the NDA candidates in the poll-bound state.

The Election Commission has showcaused 104 candidates who were in the fray in the first phase of polling for the assembly in Bihar for their failure to publish/broadcast even for once their criminal records in newspapers and electronic media, state chief electoral officer said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the "misleading" claim that China had intruded "1200 kilometres" into India's territory and lavished praise on armed forces for the valour displayed by them in defending the country's honour.