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A net increase of 67,023 cases have been recorded in the total active cases in a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra alone accounts for 51.23 % of the total active cases in the country, the ministry said.
 

In the picture released by the Maoists, CoBRA unit jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is seen sitting on a plastic mat under a temporary shelter, possibly at a Maoist camp.

On Sunday, when the rescue terms were still scouring for bodies at the ambush site, Bastar Inspector General of Police P Sundarraj had confirmed that one constable, Rakeshwar Singh Manhas of the CoBRA unit of the Central Reserve Police Force, was alive but missing.
 

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 75.88 per cent of the total active Covid-19 cases in India. Maharashtra alone accounts for nearly 58.23 per cent of the total active caseload of the country.

 The Union Home Minister will chair a high-level meeting at the Police Coordination Centre in Jagdalpur on the Left Wing Extremism situation.

Sources said the Naxals were equipped with sophisticated weapons and the ambush had been well planned, aimed at cornering the forces from all sides.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister underlined the need to continue "Jan Bhagidari" and "Jan Andolan" for Covid-19 management.

"Our security men have lost their lives, we will not tolerate this bloodshed and a befitting reply will be given at an appropriate time," he added.

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 76.41% of the total active cases in the country, the ministry said.

Home Minister Amit Shah is returning after addressing one out of three rallies he was supposed to address, as per Jitendra Singh, BJP's co-in charge for Assam poll to ANI.

A reinforcement party has been rushed to the spot to trace the missing jawans. 

A joint team of security forces was on an operation after receiving specific inputs about the presence of a large number of Naxals in the region.

Maharashtra is followed by Chhattisgarh with 4,563 cases while Karnataka reported 4,225 new cases in the last 24 hours, as per the union health ministry.

The highest number of daily new cases are from seven states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra alone witnessed the highest Covid positivity rate of 22.78 per cent.

Breaking the paddy procurement record of the last 20 years, Chhattisgarh state has recorded the highest quantity of paddy procurement this year.