{"id":237790,"date":"2021-12-21T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=237790"},"modified":"2021-12-21T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T06:54:43","slug":"live-news-latest-news-breaking-news-december-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/live-news-latest-news-breaking-news-december-21\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE Top News Today: Trinamool Congress leading on 119 out of 144 seats of Kolkata Municipal Corporation election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mamata Banerjee&#8217;s Trinamool Congress is leading the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections with 119 seats out of 144 for which voting were took place on Sunday. The state&#8217;s rulling TMC has a vast lead over its nearest rivals, the BJP and the Left, which are leading in three wards each. The Congress is leading in just two wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Omicron crosses 200-mark in India, Maharashtra, Delhi report highest number of cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Omicron has crossed the 200-mark in India while 77 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals, the Health Minister said on Tuesday. Maharashtra and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases of the new variant 54 followed by Telangana (20), Karnataka (19), Rajasthan (18), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Banks in India to remain closed for another 6 days before 2021 ends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Private and public sector banks in India will remain closed another six days before the beginning of 2022. 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The party members have already started the celebrations across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/bank-holidays-december-2021-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/bank-holidays-december-2021-2\/\"> LIVE Top News Today: Banks in India to remain closed another 6 days before 2021 ends<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/author\/apnnewsdesk\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India reports 5,326 fresh Covid-19 cases, 453 deaths in last 24 hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>India has reported 5,326 new Covid-19 cases, 8,043 recoveries and 453 deaths in the last 24 hours. Today&#8217;s daily spike in the cases is 19 per cent lower than yesterday&#8217;s spike of cases. 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