As COVID-19 cases rise in Delhi, a 12-point plan to tackle the pandemic was adopted at a meeting between Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which includes infrastructure like 700 ICU beds and oxygen cylinders; a day after Diwali, pollution levels in Delhi and its neighbouring areas soared as people defied the ban on firecrackers; temples and places of worship will reopen in Maharashtra from tomorrow with strict Covid protocols; Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar for a fourth straight term and the oath-taking ceremony is set to take place tomorrow while BJP's Tarkishore Prasad will be the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister; Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who debuted in Satyajit Ray's masterpiece Apur Sansar, died at 85 in Kolkata; and other top news of the day.