Breaking News, April 11

As more and more states flag shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Top government sources told ANI that by end of the third quarter of this year, India will be getting vaccines from five additional manufacturers. India currently manufactures Covishield and Covaxin.

Fire breaks out at a scrapyard in Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Fire tenders present at the spot. No casualties reported.

A two-storey house caught fire in the early hours today, near a GREF Camp in Lachung. ITBP teams rescued three families from the spot. No casualty was reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh at 12:53 pm today, as per National Centre for Seismology.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine today at the launch of 'tika (vaccination) utsav' in Imphal's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences. 

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "There is no shortage of oxygen. 4,000 Remdesivir injections are already available and 5,000 injections will arrive today. We are observing Tika (vaccination) Utsav in the entire state. No Lockdown will take place in the state."

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar launched Tika (vaccination) Utsav at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute earlier today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, "It's incompetent government with incompetent Prime Minister and Home Minister. They're coming here daily to capture Bengal. You are welcome, nobody has stopped you but make people happy rather than threatening them. You get people killed by central forces and later issue them a clean chit."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "I have requested Centre many times regarding the removal of age restrictions on taking COVID-19 vaccine. Delhi government is ready to conduct a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people. 65% of patients in Delhi are below 35 years of age."

3 people arrested in a bike theft case were found Covid positive in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. We have recovered the motorcycle and will send the accused for treatment, said ASI Upendra Kumar Singh, Karja

25,66,26,850 samples for Covid-19 have been tested till April 10 including 14,12,047 samples tested yesterday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 

The operation to douse forest fire near the Budogi area, New Tehri, is underway. "Fire has spread to at least 1 hectare of land. Action will be taken against anyone responsible for initiating forest fire," said Koko Rose, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Tehri.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directs officers to ensure that no more than 5 people are allowed to enter a religious place at a time.

Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah will address six public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Sunday. Out of the six public programs, he will address three roadshows in the state today.

Two more unidentified terrorists killed in the Shopian encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. One unidentified terrorist neutralised in the ongoing encounter in Hadipora of Shopian. Operation underway. Further details to follow

The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor on April 17, with no public access nor public procession beforehand, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said Saturday.