Actor Amitabh Bachchan has hinted at reviving his weekly meetings with fans on Sundays at the gate of his Mumbai home

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On Monday India logged less than 1,000 new Covid cases for the first time since April 2020, Fire broke out at Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar & spread to around a 3 square km area, Andhra Pradesh got a new map with the creation of 13 new districts, taking the number of total districts in the state to 26 & other top news in today's bulletin.
Andhra Pradesh on Monday got a new map with the creation of 13 new districts, taking the number of total districts in the state to 26. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the 13 new districts via video conferencing at Tadepalli, in Guntur district. The Reddy-led YSR Congress government has reshuffled IAS and IPS officers and appointed collectors and superintendents of police to the newly created districts. The state government, in January, had issued a draft notification to carve out 26 districts from the existing 13 and invited suggestions and objections. In a hearing that stretched for nearly an hour amid appeals against the cancellation of bail to union minister Ajay Mishra’ son, Ashish, in Uttar Pradesh farmers’ killing case, the Supreme Court was on Monday told by the state government that while the “alleged offenses are serious”, the accused is “not at flight risk”. The Supreme Court has reserved the order in the case for now. The state government also assured during the hearing that all witnesses in the case have been provided proper security, a claim that was contested by the petitioners’ lawyers. India on Monday logged less than 1,000 new Covid cases for the first time since April 2020. The country reported 913 fresh cases in the last 24-hours, the health ministry data showed, in the lowest daily Covid tally in 715 days. The drop in daily infections in India comes at a time when the WHO has raised concerns over a new XE strain, a recombinant variant of BA.1 and BA.2 sublineages of Omicron variant. Several states in the country have done away with the Covid rules after a gap of more than two years. A fire broke out at Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar on Sunday and spread to around a three-square km area. Officials said 50% of the fourth fire in a week in the reserve has been doused. They hoped the blaze will be completely controlled by Monday evening. Ashish Mishra was given bail in the case – which had triggered a huge political row ahead of the state elections – on February 10. Actor Amitabh Bachchan has hinted at reviving his weekly meetings with fans on Sundays at the gate of his Mumbai home, Jalsa. Taking to his blog, Amitabh added that even if the meet starts again, it will be done following precautions. He also called the relaxation of several Covid-19 protocols in Mumbai, a blessing. The World Cup or the World Championships or the Olympics remains the ultimate goal for any sportsperson across the globe. And subsequently a World Cup or Olympic omission remains the toughest moment in the lives of athletes. On the day when the entire nation celebrated the 11th anniversary of India’s 2011 World Cup win, present captain Rohit Sharma recalled the moment he learned about his World Cup snub and revealed how he dealt with it. Recalling the moment during his conversation on Dream 11 with young Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues, who was dropped from India’s 2022 Women’s World Cup squad earlier this year, Rohit said that he had no one to talk to about this when he came to know about the team announcement and was left thinking by himself at his room on what went wrong.