Breaking NEWS LIVE: Maharashtra Records Highest Covid Cases In 129 Days, Mumbai Witnesses Huge Spike

<p><strong>Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Thursday, February 25, 2021:</strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives. According to the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office (PMO), the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for 4 laning of NH45-A - 56 km Sattanathapuram - Nagapattinam package of Villupuram to Nagapattinam project covering Karaikal district in Puducherry at around 11:30 AM.&nbsp;</p> <p>Home Minister Amit Shah will visit poll-bound state Assam today. Amit Shah will attend two religious events and address public gatherings in Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts. As per reports, the Union Home Minister will address a public meeting at Batadrava.</p> <p>Nirav Modi's extradition verdict to be out today, he will know whether he'll be deported back to India where he is wanted for fraud and money laundering in the ₹ 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Since his arrest, the fugitive diamond merchant has made six attempts to get bail, of which all got denied. Modi even approached the High Court but was denied bail again and was deemed a flight risk, his extradition case began in March 2019.</p> <p id="0" class="story_para_0">The highest in 129 days, a total of 8,807 fresh Covid-19 cases were added to Maharashtra&rsquo;s daily tally on Wednesday. The state reported 80 deaths, the highest in two months since December 24, when 89 deaths were reported.</p> <p id="1" class="story_para_1">With this, the total cases in the state jumped to 21,21,119 and the toll touched 51,937.</p> <p class="story_para_1">People have got great relief today as the petrol prices have not increased for two consecutive days. On Thursday, Petrol is available at a price of Rs. 90.93 paisa per litre in the National Capital Delhi while the price of Diesel is Rs. 81.32 paisa per litre.&nbsp;</p> <p class="story_para_1">&nbsp;</p>

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