Sharing details about the incident, Senior Officer of Dharavi Police Station Raju Bidkar said, "The 17-year-old girl had gone missing from her home in Dharavi in September. On the complaint of the girl's father, the police had registered a case of kidnapping against unknown persons."
"A total of 145 cases of JN.1 variant have been reported till December 28. These samples were collected between November 21 and December 18, 2023," official sources said.
Following the rearrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan police have implicated him in at least 12 different cases registered by the district police in connection with May 9 violence, as reported by Dawn.
The national capital reported two new cases of coronavirus on Thursday and reports of both the infected patients were sent for genome sequencing to confirm whether they were instances of sub-variant, JN.1.
"During search two numbers of soap cases of heroin have been seized from the specially made chambers of the vehicle. The police team apprehended four persons," SP Numal Mahatta said.
As India logged 702 new COVID-19 cases and reported six deaths in the last 24 hours, Dr Dhiren Gupta, Senior Pediatrician, Sir Gangaram Hospital said that currently, most patients requiring hospitalisation are of Influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The national capital has reported two fresh cases of COVID-19, said the Medical Superintendent of All India Institue of Medical Science (AIIMS) hospital.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj asserted that there are no new cases of JN.1 subvariant of COVID in Delhi at present after one patient infected with the virus was discharged on Thursday.
Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Satya Pal Singh Baghel visited Sri Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala on Thursday morning, and appealed to all state governments to conduct more screenings to control the JN.1 sub-variant of Covid-19.
India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total active caseload increased by four, reaching 4,097, according to Union Health Ministry data.
Additionally, 12 beds have been reserved for paediatric patients in Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, which comes under Lady Hardinge Medical College.
With active Covid cases in Gurugram Gurgaon rising on Wednesday, District Magistrate Nishant Kumar Yadav has ordered hospitals to set up isolation wards, a dedicated section within each ICU, and a separate OPD for patients having Covid symptoms.