Maharashtra
India’s Omicron tally reaches 2,135 with 243 new cases, Maha worst-hit
With 243 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected in the last 24 hours, India’s Omicron tally on Wednesday rose to 2,135 cases. Of these, 828 people have recovered from the new strain so far.
Maharashtra and Delhi continue to be the worst-hit states with this new variant.
Among the states and union territories (UTs) that have reported the Omicron infection so far, Maharashtra tops the list with 653 cases of this variant. Of them, 259 patients have been discharged as per the health ministry data on Wednesday. The state alone has reported 85 new Omicron cases in the last 24 hours.
With 82 cases of Omicron variant detected in the last 24 hrs, Delhi’s tally has reached 464. The national capital has the second highest cases of Omicron infection. However, 57 of them have been discharged from the hospital. Delhi is followed by Kerala with 185 Omicron cases. The Union health ministry on Wednesday morning said that the Omicron infection has so far spread into 24 states and UTs.
Among other states, Rajasthan has detected 174 Omicron infection with 88 discharged so far. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have so far reported 154 and 121 cases of Omicron respectively.
Telangana has also reported 17 more Omicron cases, taking the tally to 84 in the last 24 hours. In Karnataka, 77 people so far have been detected with Omicron infection while the number of infection is 71 in Haryana and 37 in Odisha.
Uttar Pradesh has reported 23 more cases of Omicron in the last 24 hours at 31. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have 24 and 20 cases of this variant so far.
However, the Omicron case count continues in single digit for Madhya Pradesh at 9 and Uttarakhand at 8 cases. Goa and Meghalay have reported 5 Omicron cases each. Chandigarh and Jammu Kashmir also continue with 3 cases each. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Punjab have 2 cases each so far. Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh and Laddakh, Manipur continue with one case of this variant each so far.
Maharashtra
Shooting at Mumbai filmmaker and director Rohit Shetty’s house, five shooters arrested, terror in Bollywood, police alert.

Mumbai: A sensation has spread after the firing at the house of Mumbai filmmaker and director Rohit Shetty. After five rounds of firing, the forensic teams of the police inspected the scene. Unknown shooters opened fire at Rohit Shetty’s house in Juhu area at 12:40 pm. Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has also accepted the responsibility of the firing, but the police have claimed to have arrested the shooters within a few hours. The Mumbai Police has claimed to have arrested five shooters, who have been identified as Aman Anand Marut (27) of Moole Aali, Karvenagar, Pune, Aditya Gyaneshwar Gayaki (19) of Gali No. 2, Karvenagar, Pune, Siddharth Deepak Yenpure (20) of Flat No. 7, Amrapali Building, near Trimurti Hospital, Dhiyari, Pune, Samarth Shivsharan Pumaji (18) of Raikar Mala, Gulmohar Society, Dhiyari, Pune, Khabeel Bindu Sakat (23) Aru Vriya Kamri, a resident of Pune. The Mumbai Police is investigating the five accused arrested from Pune. Pune Police has handed them over to Mumbai Police. After the shooting at Rohit Shetty, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has started trying to create terror in Bollywood. Earlier, this gang had also targeted Kapil Sharma. Along with this, it also fired at Salman Khan’s house on April 14 last year. After the shooting at Rohit Shetty’s house in Juhu, the police have arrested all the five accused. Along with this, many Bollywood film stars reside in Juhu. After this shooting, terror has once again spread in the film world. Earlier, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had also targeted Salman Khan’s friend and close friend Baba Siddiqui. In the case of Baba Siddiqui’s murder, the police have also arrested Lawrence Bishnoi’s shooters. Along with this, now five shooters have been arrested from Pune in the case of Rohit Shetty, this has been confirmed by the police. The police are also investigating the involvement of Lawrence Bishnoi gang in the Rohit Shetty shooting case. Currently, Mumbai Police has also started questioning these shooters. After Salman Khan, Baba Siddiqui’s murder, Kapil Sharma and now Rohit Shetty are on the target, so the police have also tightened security along with the investigation in this case.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Cleanliness of Narelwadi graveyard since Shab-e-Barat, restoration of closed pillars in the graveyard, cleaning of the graveyard by Corporator Waqar Khan’s team

Mumbai: Ahead of Shab-e-Barat, the process of cleaning the graveyard is underway. South Mumbai Ward No. 211 Corporator Waqar Khan met the trustees of Narelwadi graveyard recently. During this meeting, it was revealed by the trustees that the six high-mast lights installed in the graveyard had been switched off for the last eight months, due to which severe difficulties were being faced at night.
Taking the issue seriously, Waqar Khan spoke to the concerned officers of the BMC and demanded an immediate solution to the problem. Initially, the officers told that a fund of about Rs 24 lakh was required for this work, which is not available at the moment and it has to be approved.
Later, Waqar Khan maintained constant contact with senior officers and ward officers, as a result of which all the high-mast lights were reactivated within just two days.
During the visit to the graveyard, it was also observed that there is a need for serious cleaning. So within two to three days, under the leadership of Waqar Khan, about 40 to 50 locals of Madanpur Hanagpada personally took up the task of cleaning the graveyard without any political motive. In two to three hours, the area around about 50 graves was cleaned.
Taking forward this spirit, it was decided that a major cleaning drive would be launched on Sunday, February 1, in which 100 to 150 local, non-political people would participate.
This cleaning drive would continue from 11 am to 3 pm, with the aim of making this final resting place of Muslims clean, tidy and dignified. This drive is being carried out purely as a public service and religious and social responsibility, which does not involve any political motive.
Maharashtra
Mumbai Court Bars Filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap & Others From Making Statements Against Salman Khan, Family

Mumbai: The city civil court on Friday barred filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap and others from making any comments against Salman Khan and his family on any platform, in any form, while granting interim relief to the actor in a defamation suit filed against the filmmaker and others.
Khan had filed a defamation suit against Kashyap, Komal Mehru, Khushnoo Hazare, Ashok Kumar / John Doe, and various social media platforms for allegedly making defamatory statements against him and his family. While issuing restraining orders, the court observed that freedom of speech does not mean one can use abusive or threatening language against any individual.
Khan had approached the court following allegedly “scandalous, false, and grossly defamatory” statements made by Kashyap against him and his family members in various video interviews aired on the “Bollywood Thikana” channel, owned by Hazare. In those interviews and videos, Kashyap is alleged to have used offensive language and accused the family of running a cartel to destroy careers.
There are allegedly 26 such video interviews and podcasts released between September and December 2025, which are at the centre of the controversy. In the suit filed through advocate Pradeep Gandhy, Khan sought a permanent injunction and Rs9 crore in damages for the comments made by Kashyap and others against him and his family.
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