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Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union starts indefinite sit-in at the university gate to demand phased return of students to the campus. (PTI)

12 trains cancelled, 17 short terminated and one diverted of those scheduled on 19th-20th October due to farmers agitation in Punjab: Indian Railways. (ANI)

West Bengal's coronavirus death toll tops 6,000-mark with 64 more fatalities; highest single-day spike of 3,983 cases pushes tally to 3,21,036, PTI reports quoting state health dept.

Maharashtra reports 9,060 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 15,95,381; death toll goes up by 150 to 42,115, PTI reports quoting state health dept.

Karnataka reports 7,012 new Covid-19 cases and 51 deaths today; total in the state rises to 7,65,586 including 10,478 deaths, ANI reports quoting state health dept.

Maharashtra: Five Maoists killed in Gyarapatti area of Gadchiroli district, during an operation today.

Tamil Nadu reports 3,914 new COVID19 cases and 56 deaths on Sunday. Total number of positive cases rises to 6,87,400, death toll stands at 10,642, reports ANI quoting state health department

Andhra Pradesh reports 3,986 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the tally to 7,83,132. Toll rises to 6,429 with 23 more deaths

Uttarakhand: More than 32 people fall ill after eating buckwheat flour in Roorkee, reports ANI

3,299 new Covid-19 cases and 28 deaths reported in Delhi today; total in the national capital rises to 3,31,017 including 6,009 deaths, reports ANI quoting Delhi govt.

Rajasthan: A case has been registered against Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla and 32 others in Bayana police station for holding Mahapanchayat in Bharatpur yesterday in violation of Covid-19 protocols. (ANI)

Telangana: Two Maoists killed during an encounter with police in Mulugu district.

Ballia shooting accused arrested in Lucknow

2,019 test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha; tally in the state rises to 2,68,364

1,436 test positive for Covid-19 in Telangana; tally in the state rises to 2,22,111

61,871 new infections, 1,033 fatalities push India's COVID-19 case load to 74,94,551, death toll to 1,14,031; active cases in the country stand at 7,83,311, while 65,97,209 people have recovered from the disease so far, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry

Purnia range IG Vinod Kumar dies of Covid-19. He is first IPS officer in state to die of the disease.

Delhi's air quality recorded in the “poor” category on Sunday morning; The share of stubble burning in the national capital's PM2.5 pollution is likely to “increase significantly”, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR

If AQI turns severe, odd-even may return in Delhi

Money laundering: ED chargesheet against Tahir Hussain