Record 114 medals: India finish fourth at Asian Para Games
India ended the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a best-ever haul of 114 medals — 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze — finishing fourth. Athletics led the tally with 65 medals, and several Indian athletes set world records.
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Maharashtra
BREAKINGNo more brooms: Mumbai's air plan wants vacuum cleaners and sealed debris trucks
Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde has announced a Clean Air Action Programme for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with vacuum cleaning machines for roads and a mandatory full cover for debris trucks. Guidelines will be ready in 15 to 20 days.
BREAKINGProbe the Jarange audio clip through an SIT: BJP hits out at Raut
Demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to verify the authenticity of an audio clip circulating in the name of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange and to probe the ₹500-crore allegations arising from it.
BREAKINGTankers last: Maharashtra gives Nagpur, Amravati, Konkan 4 days to file village water plans
Nagpur, Amravati and Konkan divisions must file village-wise water-scarcity plans by 25 October. Minister Gulabrao Patil says tankers should be the last resort.
Politics
'Step down or stop them': Manipur's Naga deputy CM names his Kuki counterpart's husband's outfit
Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho said he has 'no doubt' that the KNF(P), headed by the husband of fellow Deputy CM Nemcha Kipgen, was involved in the killings of Naga men this year, and asked her to resign or stop the violence. The NIA is investigating.
64.5 lakh voters missing from Karnataka's rolls — and most of them are young
Around 64.5 lakh electors are potentially missing from Karnataka's final electoral rolls released after the Special Intensive Revision, according to an estimate based on an elector-to-population ratio of 66.11. Most of those missing are young voters. The Cockroach Janta Party has backed the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against the exercise.
Can laxity cost you the vote forever? Supreme Court asks Election Commission
Hearing pleas against Delhi's special intensive revision, the Supreme Court questioned why voters already on the 2026 rolls are being made to apply afresh through Form 6. It said it has not yet ruled on the legality of 'logical discrepancy' deletions. The Election Commission told the court it will look into the suggestions and extend the October 30 deadline.
Government
Teachers barred from politics, industry policy cleared: what the West Bengal cabinet decided
West Bengal's cabinet approved a new industry policy to be unveiled on November 5, barred future School Service Commission recruits from active politics, and cleared 1,199 new posts. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said farmers will get an extra ₹3,000 under a state scheme on the same day.
Retired High Court judge to head Tamil Nadu's social justice survey commission
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay decided on Thursday to set up a multi-member commission headed by a retired High Court judge to conduct a Social Justice Survey next year. Minister C T R Nirmal Kumar briefed reporters.
Deputy CM gets public works, Sagar revenue, as J&K portfolios are finally allotted
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha issued orders on Wednesday allocating portfolios to the eight ministers in the Omar Abdullah government, a day after the cabinet expansion. Departments left unallocated will remain with the Chief Minister.
Mumbai
Threat email names Mumbai Mayor's office, Bachchan's home and Diljit concert
The Mumbai Mayor's office received a bomb threat email on Friday that also named actor Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh's November 27 concert. Searches found nothing suspicious, and police are investigating the email's origin.
PWD contractors' pending dues: Maharashtra calls meeting on October 28
With crores in bills pending from the public works department, the state has called a meeting of contractors' associations in Mantralaya on October 28, to be chaired by PWD minister Shivendraraje Bhosale.
Fadnavis receives Rubio at Gateway of India, presents a traditional shawl
US secretary of state Marco Rubio visited the Gateway of India in Mumbai, where chief minister Devendra Fadnavis received him and his wife. Fadnavis presented him a traditional shawl.
National
'Step down or stop them': Manipur's Naga deputy CM names his Kuki counterpart's husband's outfit
Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho said he has 'no doubt' that the KNF(P), headed by the husband of fellow Deputy CM Nemcha Kipgen, was involved in the killings of Naga men this year, and asked her to resign or stop the violence. The NIA is investigating.
64.5 lakh voters missing from Karnataka's rolls — and most of them are young
Around 64.5 lakh electors are potentially missing from Karnataka's final electoral rolls released after the Special Intensive Revision, according to an estimate based on an elector-to-population ratio of 66.11. Most of those missing are young voters. The Cockroach Janta Party has backed the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against the exercise.
Can laxity cost you the vote forever? Supreme Court asks Election Commission
Hearing pleas against Delhi's special intensive revision, the Supreme Court questioned why voters already on the 2026 rolls are being made to apply afresh through Form 6. It said it has not yet ruled on the legality of 'logical discrepancy' deletions. The Election Commission told the court it will look into the suggestions and extend the October 30 deadline.
World
53 to 67 and no majority in sight: Israel wakes up to a hung Knesset
With 90 per cent of votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset and the opposition 67, including a record 19 for Arab-led parties. Neither side can form a government without partners it has ruled out.
Terrorism as statecraft is 'simply unacceptable', and a quiet advisory for Indians in Saudi Arabia
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said terrorism used as an instrument of statecraft can never be justified, flagging that not all states display zero tolerance. Separately, India advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia not to film missile or drone interceptions.
Lula wins a fourth term from behind, and Bolsonaro's son refuses to accept it
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term with 51.79% of the vote in Sunday's runoff, beating Flavio Bolsonaro's 48.21% by about 4.4 million votes. It is the first time since Brazil's return to democracy in 1988 that a first-round loser has won the presidency. Bolsonaro is seeking an annulment; PM Narendra Modi congratulated Lula.