Latest news live: Rajasthan adds 265 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths

Kolkata: Major fire breaks out at Hastings jute mill at Rishra in Hooghly

Delhi reports 227 new Covid-19 cases, 246 discharges and 8 deaths. Total cases are 6,33,276 with 10,782 deaths (ANI)

Karnataka reported 674 new Covid-19 cases, 815 discharges, and 2 deaths today. Total cases rise to 9,34,252 with 9,14,492 discharges and 12,187 deaths

Maharashtra reports 2,886 new Covid-19 cases, 3,980 discharges, and 52 deaths today. Total cases are 20,00,878 with 50,634 deaths (ANI)

Maharashtra: Fire breaks out again in one compartment of the same building at Serum Institute of India (SII), in Pune. Fire fighting operation is underway. More details awaited (ANI)

Rajasthan reported 265 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths and 406 recoveries today. Total cases are 3,16,081 with 3,09,391 recoveries and 2,756 deaths (ANI)

Five charred bodies recovered from Serum Institute of India building (Pune) where fire broke out in afternoon: Fire official (PTI)

6334 new Covid-19 cases, 6229 recoveries and 21 deaths have been reported in Kerala today. Number of active cases stands at 69,771, so far 7,96,986 patients have recovered. Death toll stands at 3545 (ANI)

Bird flu has been confirmed in 17 districts of Rajasthan. So far, 181 birds found dead in the state (ANI)

Andhra Pradesh reports 139 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Total cases are 8,86,557 with 8,77,893 recoveries and 7,142 deaths (ANI)

CM K Chandrashekhar Rao has announced that the state government has decided to implement 10% reservation to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the state: Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO)

Mumbai: A team of Uttar Pradesh Police arrives at the residence of the director of web series #Tandav, Ali Abbas Zafar to serve him notice. (ANI)

Fire breaks out at Terminal 1 gate of Serum Institute of India in Pune.

West Bengal: The bail plea of BJP Yuva Morcha president Suresh Shaw and two other party workers rejected by the court, they have been sent to judicial custody till January 30.

Former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's aide, Sasikala being taken to Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru.

P Sreeramakrishnan will be the first person to hold speaker's chair in state's history while tainted for his association with smugglers. Assembly is temple of democracy. No charges like association with gold smugglers came against any speaker, says opp leader Ramesh Chennithala. (ANI)

BSF threatening voters in border areas to cast their votes in favour of a particular political party, says TMC; complains to Election Commission. (PTI)

Covid-19 active caseload further dips to 1.81 per cent of total cases; Kerala, Maharashtra, UP, Karnataka & West Bengal account for 73 per cent of total active cases: Health ministry

All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) says it has taken serious note of China reportedly establishing a village in Upper Subansiri district in the state; demands counter-measures against Beijing's 'expansionist' move. (PTI)

Supreme Court grants bail to Kannada film actress, Ragini Dwivedi, arrested for her alleged involvement in a Sandalwood drugs case. (ANI)