Latest news live: Two girls found dead, one alive in wheat field near UP's Unnao

Maharashtra records 4,787 new Covid19 cases, 40 fatalities and 3,853 recoveries. Infection tally rises to 20,76,093, death toll 51,631. The state now has 38,013 active cases of the disease.

Uttar Pradesh: Three girls found in wheat field with their hands and legs tied. It later surfaced that two of them have died in Asoha police station area of Unnao district. IG Lucknow range and other officers on the spot.

Former Congress MP Captain Satish Sharma passed away today in Goa. (ANI)

Chhattisgarh: One person killed after a trolley of a goods ropeway at Mata Bamleshwari Temple, Dongargarh collapsed. (ANI)

Tamil Nadu government lifts restrictions on the number of inter and intra state domestic flight operations

With 4,787 new Covid cases on Wednesday, Maharashtra records a sharp rise. Wednesday's figure is the highest in last 70 days.

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission declares results of Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services Examination-2019(PCS -2019). Vishal Saraswat of Mathura tops the exam.

Kerala reports 4,892 new Covid-19 cases, 4,832 recoveries and 16 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 60,803

Former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi says "corruption and violence model" of TMC will no longer work for it and take West Bengal back to "dark days" (PTI)

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 5.54pm 17km west-northwest of Tezpur, Assam: National Center for Seismology.

Andhra Pradesh reports 51 new Covid-19 cases taking the caseload to 8,89,010. Toll increases to 7,165 with 2 more deaths

A team of ITBP reaches the exact spot where a lake was created after glacier burst incident in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

Kerala Chief Electoral Officer warns of strong action against officials adopting biased approach towards any political party during electioneering for assembly polls. (PTI)

Railways deploys 20 additional companies of the RPSF across country, with focus on Punjab, Haryana, UP and West Bengal, in wake of "rail roko" called on Thursday by farmer groups protesting against the Centre's new agri laws. (PTI)

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 30,96,21,200 in fine for not wearing mask in Mumbai from April 2020 to date. (ANI)

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leads Congress protest against the West Bengal government and the Centre in Kolkata. (ANI)

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. (ANI)

Driver of the bus arrested by police from Satna. He was brought to Sidhi after the arrest. (ANI)

Odisha reports 75 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 3,36,397

Goa cabinet to summon budget session of Goa assembly from March 24