The number of Omicron cases in India rises to 135 with Kerala and Karnataka adding four and five more cases today respectively; Delhi today reported over a hundred cases of coronavirus in 24 hours - the highest daily spike in nearly six months amid the Omicron scare in Delhi as the total number of patients infected with the latest variant of coronavirus jumped by 12 on Friday to reach 22; two political leaders from the BJP and Social Democratic Party of India have been murdered in Kerala's Alappuzha, pushing the police to ban large gatherings in the district. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condemned the murders and assured strict action and other top stories.