Breaking News: November 8, 2020 | Highlights

A day after becoming the President-elect, Joe Biden went to a church for Sunday prayers, while outgoing US President Donald Trump headed to a golf course in a Virginia suburb.

Delhi recorded as many as 7,745 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state has reached over 4.38 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 6,989. READ MORE

Indian Railways will run 696 suburban services in West Bengal from November 11, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.

In a major development ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police on Sunday suspended all licenses issued for sale of firecrackers and said that further action will be taken on the National Green Tribunal's directions.

Former chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) P G Kakodkar died in Panaji on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. 

The national capital's air quality was recorded in 'severe' category on Sunday as stubble fires continued to be reported in Punjab and nearby regions.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) mobile app SAMEER, Delhi's overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 426 which falls in the 'severe' category.

Former Sikkim chief minister Sanchaman Limboo died after a prolonged illness at a state-run hospital in Gangtok on Sunday. He was 73 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

The air quality remained “severe” in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday, affecting healthy people, according to a government agency.

Flight operations under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) started on Sunday from Bihar's Darbhanga airport, as announced earlier by Union Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Puri.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said the US is an important ally of the UK and he looks forward to working closely with the new team at the White House on "shared priorities" from climate change to trade and security.

Johnson congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and wished vice-president-elect Kamala Harris on her "historic achievement" in the bitterly-fought presidential election.

Texas has become the first state in the US to record more than one million confirmed coronavirus cases, as the country, currently the worst-hit, is struggling to contain the pandemic.

According to an NBC News report, the 'Lone Star State' registered 1,000,589 cases on Friday.

Pollution can increase the impact of COVID-19. I appeal to people to not burn firecrackers rather lit earthen lamps. 15 days post-Diwali will be crucial, we should be cautious so that the need for lockdown does not arise again, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

We are in talks with the Centre for the resumption of Mumbai local services for general public. The decision will be taken soon, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

At least 21 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 4,441, a health department official said on Sunday. Of the fresh cases, 11 were detected during contact tracing, while 10 have travel history, he said.

Twelve more people were cured of the disease on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 4,441, the official said. The coronavirus death toll remained at 60 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, he said. The Union Territory now has 175 active cases.

Six persons, including a son of a BJP legislator, were booked for allegedly beating and threatening the district chief of the Kisan Union, police said on Sunday.

"A case has been registered against Arvind Singh, son of BJP MLA from Dadraul Manvendra Singh, his gunner, advocate Manendra Singh, and others for threatening and beating district chief of Kisan Union Mahendra Singh,” Circle Officer (city) Praveen Kumar said.

Kumar also said a case was registered against Mahendra Singh and others after the other side filed a complaint that they allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh and a plot as extortion. Police said they are probing the matter.

 A 26-year-old man died after he came in contact with a high tension power transmission line passing through the terrace of his house in Greater Noida, police said on Sunday. The incident took place late on Saturday under the Dadri police station area, they added. 

"An 11 KV power transmission line passes through his (Rahul’s) terrace. He got in contact with the line and died on the spot," a police spokesperson said. 

The family of the deceased has blamed the power distribution company of negligence that led to the incident. The body has been sent for post-mortem and further proceedings are underway, the spokesperson said.

Police have raided a hookah parlour being allegedly operated illegally in Navi Mumbai and registered a case against 230 people for violating COVID-19 guidelines and other norms, an official said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the hookah parlour located in Nerul area here in Maharashtra late Saturday night and found 203 customers drinking and smoking hookahs, Navi Mumbai''s Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Pravin Patil said.

The name of Ministry of Shipping is being changed to Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris for their victory in the elections. She also hoped that the friendship between the US and India will grow.

"Congratulations to President-Elect @JoeBiden and Vice President @KamalaHarris May the India-US friendship grow," Banerjee said on Twitter.

Biden defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought presidential election, according to the American media.

Harris, who is of Indian origin, has become the first-ever woman vice president-elect of the US. 

Suspicious movement of unidentified persons detected by patrolling party at Machil Sector (J&K) on intervening night of 7 & 8 Nov. Terrorists trying to infiltrate intercepted; contact established. One terrorist eliminated; 1 AK rifle & 2 bags recovered. Operation underway says Indian Army

Congress President Sonia Gandhi appoints Congress General Secretaries Randeep Singh Surjewala & Avinash Pandey as Observers of Bihar; both leaders will be reaching Patna today. They'll decide on political activities post poll results after talks with central leadership, says ANI sources

Former mukhiya Sanjay Verma shot dead in Patna's Paliganj, Bihar earlier today. Police reached the incident site; further investigation underway.

A 35-year-old man was found dead with his throat slit in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday evening, police said. During the investigation, police arrested a 28-year-old man, who confessed he had killed Robin for allegedly having an illicit relation with his wife and harassing her over phone, an officer said.

The deceased's body was recovered in Khatauli town and sent for post-mortem, the officer said.

Meanwhile, an old woman jumped into a canal under Bhopa police station area. She was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital where she declared dead, according to police.

The body has not been identified yet and was sent for post-mortem, police said

Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 431 in Anand Vihar, 465 in Jahangirpuri, 426 in Punjabi Bagh and 424 in Rohini, all in 'severe category', as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).