Mumbai records 721 fresh COVID-19 cases, highest single-day spike since January 7. City's infection tally rises to 3,15,751, death toll reaches 11,426 with three new fatalities. There are 5,943 active cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
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Mumbai Records 721 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, Highest Single-Day Spike Since January 7: Live Breaking News Headlines Update on February 17, 2021
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17 Feb, 22:58 (IST)
Chhattisgarh reports 311 new COVID-19 cases, 5 fatalities. Infection tally rises to 3,09,934, death toll 3,788. The number of active cases of the disease in the state stands at 3,009.
17 Feb, 22:53 (IST)
Delhi reports 134 new COVID-19 cases, 75 recoveries and no deaths today, as per Delhi Government. Total cases: 6,37,315. Total recoveries: 6,25343. Death toll: 10,894. Active cases: 1,078
17 Feb, 22:35 (IST)
Gujarat reports 278 new COVID-19 cases, one fatality and 273 recoveries. Infection tally rises to 2,66,034, death toll 4,403. The state now has 1,703 active cases of the disease.
17 Feb, 22:12 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman. "We discussed our Strategic Partnership, and our close cooperation during COVID-19. Conveyed my best wishes for one year of HM the Sultan's reign and his ‘Vision 2040’ for Oman," says PM
17 Feb, 21:22 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of key projects of power and urban sector in Kerala on 19th February at 4:30 PM via video conferencing: PMO
17 Feb, 21:08 (IST)
Goregaon police register a case under Sec 306 (abetment to suicide) against the wife & mother-in-law of late actor Sandeep Nahar. Matter is being investigated after late actor's father filed a complaint, say police. Actor Sandeep Nahar was found dead at his residence on Feb 15.
17 Feb, 20:29 (IST)
Karnataka reports 378 new COVID-19 cases, 537 discharges and 3 deaths today. Total cases: 9,46,454. Total discharges: 9,28,461. Death toll: 12,276. Active cases: 5,698
17 Feb, 19:55 (IST)
Prince Philip hospitalised after feeling unwell, reports AP quoting Buckingham Palace.
17 Feb, 19:43 (IST)
Maharashtra reports 4,787 new COVID-19 cases, 3,853 discharges, and 40 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department.
17 Feb, 19:33 (IST)
Sri Lanka cancels Imran Khan’s Parliament address a week ahead of visit.
17 Feb, 18:59 (IST)
Tamil Nadu reports 454 new #COVID19 cases, 462 recoveries and 6 deaths today.
Total cases: 8,46,480
Total recoveries: 8,29,850
Death toll: 12,438
Active cases: 4,192
17 Feb, 18:24 (IST)
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 1754 hours 17 km west-northwest of Tezpur, Assam: National Center for Seismology.
17 Feb, 18:11 (IST)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on being asked about his father's death, in Puducherry. He says, "I don't have anger or hatred towards anybody. I lost my father and it was a difficult time for me. I felt tremendous pain."
17 Feb, 16:56 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation Ramanathapuram-Thoothukudi Natural Gas pipeline today: Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas
17 Feb, 15:59 (IST)
Maharashtra: Pune city police arrested history-sheeter Sharad Mohol & 4 of his associates yesterday under the charges of unlawful gathering at an event in Guruwar Peth area.
17 Feb, 15:18 (IST)
Delhi Court acquits journalist Priya Ramani in criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar against her
17 Feb, 14:37 (IST)
An unspecified number of gunmen have held "hundreds" of schoolboys hostage in Nigeria, AFP reported.
17 Feb, 14:22 (IST)
The driver of the bus, which fell into a canal on Tuesday, has been arrested by Police from Satna. He was brought to Sidhi after the arrest, said DharamVir Singh Yadav, Satna SP.
17 Feb, 14:15 (IST)
BJP has been poaching our MLAs in order to topple our govt. 3 MLAs resignation has been accepted. People know about BJP's game plan, they will give them befitting reply during election of 2021: Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy
Mumbai, February 17: The World Health Organisation (WHO), investigating the origin of coronavirus in China, discovered evidence that there were 13 variants of the deadly virus in Wuhan by December 2019.
PM Modi will launch the ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’, lay the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari Bridge and perform 'Bhoomi Pujan' for construction of Majuli Bridge, Assam on February 18 at 12 noon via video conferencing.
Puducherry lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi was removed from her post on Tuesday night amid a political crisis in the Union territory after the resignation of several Congress leaders from the V Narayanasamy government and just ahead of the assembly elections in April-May this year.
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked people to strictly follow COVID-19 guidelines on masks and social distancing or be prepared to face another round of lockdown as the state reported over 3,000 cases of the coronavirus disease on Tuesday for the seventh straight day.
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