Breaking News on October 3

A boat carrying passengers capsizes in Mahananda river in Katihar region of Bihar.

Major Abdul Qadir Khan of the Corps of Signals won a silver medal in 53rd Asian Body Building and Physique Sports Championship 2019, Indonesia.

The Congress has released the list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections. 

Two masked men stole gold ornaments worth Rs 13 crore from a jewellery store in Trichy on October 2. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway.

Indrani and Peter Mukerjea were granted a divorce by a Mumbai Court, today. Edith Dey, Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer says, "Indrani and Peter Mukerjea had filed for divorce with mutual consent. It took a year but they both of them cooperated."

Heavy rain lashes Delhi-NCR and brings down the temperature. Operations remained suspended between 7:56 pm to 8:22 pm at Indira Gandhi International Airport due to heavy rains.

The Reserve Bank of India has enhanced withdrawal limit for depositors of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd to Rs 25,000.

Arunachal Pradesh: A light field gun of Indian Army, was successfully airlifted by under-slung operation by IAF Mi-17 1V helicopter at Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), Tuting. This is first time a Mi-17 has carried out this operation.

Kochi Maradu flats demolition case: Kerala Government has sanctioned Rs 1 crores to Maradu Municipality to make security arrangements related to vacating of the flats and rehabilitation of the residents.

UP Principal Secretary Medical Education, Rajnish Dube: Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan (charged in connection with children's death at BRD medical college of Gorakhpur in August 2017) hasn't been given clean chit by the government. The probe is still underway against him in seven charges.

PM Narendra Modi at joint video inauguration of Metro Express and ENT Hospital projects in Mauritius. Much anticipated Metro Express (Light Rail Transit) Project, will transform mobility landscape in Mauritius as an efficient, faster and cleaner mode of public transport.

The Bhartiya Janta Party has released the third list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. 

A man armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters, killing at least four before he was fatally shot Thursday, a French police union official said. It wasn’t immediately clear how far the assailant got inside the building, which is located across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral.

A DEMU train connecting North Tripura to South was flagged off today. 

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday flagged off a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train that would connect the state's southernmost town Sabroom and Dharmanagar, the northernmost one. Both Sabroom and Dharmanagar are close to Bangladesh border.

This is the first DEMU train of Tripura.

Housing Development Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) Directors, Sarang Wadhawan and Rakesh Wadhwan, accused of loan default, have been arrested by Economic Offence Wing.

Kerala government has sanctioned Rs 1 crores for rehabilitation of the residents of the flats. Supreme Court on May 8 had ordered demolition of around 400 flats in Maradu municipality of Ernakulam dist for violation of coastal regulation zone rules.

Various leaders from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jan Sena and Congress joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi today. They later met BJP working president JP Nadda.

Police seized illegal firecrackers weighing over 146 kg after a raid in Milap Nagar. One person has been arrested and a case has been registered.

A scuffle breaks out between All India Students Association (AISA) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members during a seminar on article 370 in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will fly Rafale aircraft in France on the occasion of  Air Force Day on October 8

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court allows home cooked food for Congress leader P Chidambaram one time in a day, during his judicial custody.

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s highest court says that Facebook can be ordered by an individual member state to remove or block access to material which was previously declared unlawful and says that it can have a worldwide impact.

• The European Court of Justice ruling on Thursday is seen as a defeat for Facebook as it could increase their responsibility for what is appearing on the internet.
• The court ruled after an Austrian Greens politician sued the internet company in her home nation to remove comments which she considered bad for her reputation and insulting in a post which could be seen by any Facebook user.

INX Media Case: Judicial custody of former union minister P Chidambaram was today extended till October 17 a by CBI court in Delhi.

More to follow...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Satellite images released on Thursday show that a once-detained Iranian-flagged oil tanker sitting off the coast of Syria has been approached by a smaller Iranian tanker, an indication the ship could be preparing to transfer its cargo.

Images released by Maxar Technologies show the Jasmine alongside the Adrian Darya 1 on Wednesday, with mooring lines between them and a crane deployed on the larger vessel.

The Adrian Darya 1, formerly named the Grace 1, was detained off the British overseas territory of Gibraltar in July while carrying $130 million in crude oil, on suspicion of breaking European Union sanctions by taking the oil to Syria. Gibraltar later released the tanker, after it said Iran promised the ship wouldn’t go to Syria.

(AP) 

NASA's Soyuz MS12 is ready for its deorbit burn to initiate entry into the Earth's atmosphere and landing.

You can watch Live coverage as three @Space_Station crewmembers are set to return to Earth after a mission in space.

Targeted for 6:06am ET, the deorbit burn will set up their landing in Kazakhstan for 7am ET.  Watch the action:

Delhi court on Thursday rejected Deepak Talwar's bail plea. Talwar is in judicial custody till October 16 in the CBI case relating to an illicit aviation deal.

Roof of a three-storeyed building at Achyutpur village in Odisha's Balasore district caved in due to a massive explosion but there was no report of
any casualty. The incident took place past midnight of Wednesday, police said adding that the explosion also caused severe cracks on the wall of the building. However, no casualty was reported so far.

The apartment had been sealed and police scientific team has started an investigation into the incident.
 

Death toll soared to 73 on Thursday in incidents related to torrential rainfall which has created a flood-like situation in 15 districts of Bihar, including the
state capital, authorities said. The state disaster management said that the death toll takes into account loss of lives caused by drowning, wall
collapse, trees crushing people to death and electrocution of citizens trapped in water-logged areas.
 

Congress on Thursday released the list of its star campaigners for the Rajasthan bye-polls and named 40 leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who would be canvassing for the party in the state.

The central leadership of the party often stays away from campaigning during bye-polls which is also evident in the Congress list which doesn't have names of Sonia, Rahul or Priyanka Gandhi. 

Even other senior leaders such as Gulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel, among others are not part of the star-campaigners list.

The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it has achieved a sales milestone of over 10 lakh units from its Nexa premium retail network.

The company had launched Nexa network in 2015 and currently sells models like Ciaz, S-Cross and Baleno from the retail channel. 

At present, there are over 350 Nexa outlets covering more than 200 cities across the country.

Southeast Asia's Internet economy is estimated to hit $100 billion in 2019, a 39-per cent increase compared to 2018, according to industry forecasts released on Thursday. The annual "e-Conomy SEA" report presented by the Singapore-based investment firm Temasek also projected that the region's digital economy could reach up to $300 billion by 2025, Efe news reported.
 

Deepti Sharma, a school teacher in Meerut, has built a unique house with her husband at Hartola village in Uttarakhand's Nainital district, using plastic bottles.

Abhishek Anand, the co-owner of the house, said: "We bought land and started building the house in February 2017 and it took us almost one-and-a-half years to construct the whole place."

He said that during a trip to Lansdowne in 2016, they had decided that they wanted to have a house in the mountains and not in Noida or Ghaziabad.
 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up canalization of the state's three eastern rivers of the Indus Water System as a national project, to enable the conservation of water and enhancement of the region's economic growth.

In his proposal presented to Modi during a meeting here, the Chief Minister suggested the construction of high-speed economic corridors on 985 km-long river embankments, apart from river training works, flood protection measures and lining of internal side-slopes of the Sutlej, Ravi and Beas.

Leading stock exchange NSE will delist nine companies including Lanco Infratech and Moser-Baer from its platform from October 17. Besides, Lanco Infratech and Moser-Baer, the other seven firms that will be delisted are -- Amar Remedies, Supreme Tex Mart, Samtel Color, Hindustan Dorr-Oliver, Servalakshmi Paper, LML and Hanung Toys and Textiles.

According to the National Stock Exchange (NSE), these nine companies are "under liquidation".
 

The State Transport Authority has asked all the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in Odisha to remain open for two days in Durga puja holidays for
allotment of registration numbers to vehicles purchased during the festival. The registration section of all RTOs will remain open on October 5 and 7 from 3 PM to 5 PM, said the order issued by the STA.

The RTOs are also asked to check the dealer premises and ensure that no vehicle is delivered without registration. If dealers of automobile companies are found delivering vehicles without registration, trade licences of the dealers concerned would either be suspended or cancelled, the order said.

 Airports across north India put on high alert following terror intel

Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil filed his nomination from Kothrud constituency in Pune, earlier today. 

Hyundai Motor India on Thursday launched the updated version of its premium sedan Elantra priced between Rs 15.89 lakh and Rs 20.39 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The new model comes with 2 litre petrol powertrain mated with six-speed manual and automatic transmissions. 

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a surprise phone call from her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan hours ahead of her visit to India, according to officials.

Khan called Hasina amid his shrill anti-India campaign on the Kashmir issue after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Khan has been dialling up Muslim leaders around the world to drum up support for Islamabad on the Kashmir issue.

Six people have been confirmed dead after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan earlier this week, officials said.

Taiwanese rescuers retrieved the body of the last missing person on Thursday. The bridge at the Nanfang'ao fishing port in Yilan County collapsed on Tuesday, smashing onto fishing boats moored underneath.

Nitesh Rane, former Congress MLA and son of former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane on Thursday joined the BJP and will contest the October 21 state Assembly polls from Kankavli seat in coastal Konkan.

Nitesh won the 2014 Assembly polls from Kankavli seat in Sindhudurg district on Congress' ticket by defeating the then BJP MLA Pramod Jathar.

Congress on Thursday, released final list of six candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls

Congress releases final list of 6 candidates for Haryana Assembly polls

The BJP-TMC turf war in Bengal has intensified this festive season, with the two parties leaving no stone unturned to outsmart each other incontrolling the city's big-ticket Durga pujas and reach out to as many people as possible during the Durga Puja celebrations.

The BJP has decided to set up more than 10,000 stalls outside puja pandals to display books on its ideologies and educate masses on the contentious issues of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday, met Crown Prince of Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. Doval, on behalf of PM Modi, offered condolences over the demise of Crown Prince's uncle, Sheikh Suhail bin Mubarak Al Ketbi. 

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) & Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) teams deployed in the city, rescue locals stranded due to flood in Rajendra Nagar area.

Supreme Court reserves its order on pleas challenging SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs.

Madras High Court gives permission for the erection of flex boards, from Chennai airport to Mahabalipuram, on behalf of the Centre and Tamil Nadu government to welcome President of China Xi Jinping.

Two-time former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda will file his nomination papers for the October 21 Assembly polls on Friday. The Congress released its first list of 84 candidates, fielding 16 of the 17 sitting legislators, including four-term lawmaker Hooda from Garhi Sampla Kiloi Assembly constituency. Earlier, Hooda was slated to file his papers on Thursday.

At a time when panic over National Register of Citizens (NRC) has gripped several parts of West Bengal, a community Durga puja committee in the city
has chosen "refugees" as its theme this year. Rajdanga Naba Uday Sangha puja, one of the award winning community pujas in the city, has placed shuttlecocks and badminton rackets randomly in front of the marquee conveying the impression that "refugees are nothing but shuttlecocks lobbed to each other's side by two countries", said the puja committee's president Sushanta Ghosh.
 

A woman and her three-year old son were killed after they came in contact with a live electric wire at Piparhari village in Pailani.

Rekha (27) and her son touched a cooler which was in contact with a live wire on Wednesday. Family members rushed both of them to a hospital where they were declared brought dead, police said.

The shares of Yes Bank surged by over 29 per cent on Thursday after five consecutive days of fall. The stock zoomed 29.3 per cent to Rs 41.40, on the BSE. On the NSE, it jumped 29 per cent to Rs 41.30.

The private sector lender on Wednesday had assured the investors of a stable financial position.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described the launch of the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express as a "Navratri gift" for devotees of Vaishno Devi.

"A Navratri gift for my sisters and brothers of Jammu as well as devotees of Maa Vaishno Devi! The New Vande Bharat Express from New Delhi to Maa Vaishno Devi, Katra will improve connectivity as well as spiritual tourism," the prime minister tweeted.

Special Court of Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj on Thursday, extends judicial custody of businessman Ratul Puri till October 17, in connection with alleged bank fraud involving Moser Baer.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on his way to the office of Returning Officer to file nomination from the Worli Assembly constituency in Mumbai for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Heavy rains lashed several parts of Prayagraj on Thursday, leading to waterlogging at Rambagh railway station.

A man has been arrested with gold biscuits worth Rs 2.95 crore near Khudengtabi checkpost of Manipur's Tengnoupal district, along the India-Myanmar border. Acting on a tip-off, the Assam Rifles troops on October 1 intercepted a vehicle being driven by Moreh town resident Jamthoung Touthang and seized at least 47 gold biscuits from his possession, a statement issued by the paramilitary force said.
 

Shares of IndiGo on Thursday slumped over 2 per cent after one of the main promoters Rahul Bhatia moved for arbitration proceedings amid differences with co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal. The airline stock declined 2.22 per cent at Rs 1829.35, on the BSE. On the NSE, the scrip plummeted 2.13 per cent at Rs 1,830.
 

Indian Army holds recruitment rally in Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar.

• Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express is a big gift for Jammu and Kashmir's development and for promoting religious tourism, says Amit Shah. 
• Railways should document its relationship with Mahatma Gandhi as it forms significant episode in freedom struggle, says Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
• Railways will connect country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari before 15th August, 2022, says Piyush Goyal at launch of 2nd Vande Bharat Express. 

A professor in the Allahabad University (AU) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house near Chandralok Crossing, under Kotwali police station. The deceased Sanjeev Bhadauria, 58, was a professor in Defence and Strategies Department of the university.
 

Falling for the third straight session, the BSE Sensex declined over 151 points in opening trade on Thursday following weak asian markets amid fresh trade war fears. The NSE gauge Nifty too fell about 51 points in opening deals.

The 30-share index tanked 151.70 points or 0.40 per cent to trade at 38,153.71. While the broader Nifty was down 51.95 points or 0.46 per cent at 11,307.95 in opening trade.
 

Union Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held at 6:30 pm today.

The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 28 paise to 71.35 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid rising crude oil prices and unabated foreign fund outflows.

Delhi Police Special Cell is conducting raids at several locations in the city after receiving inputs on likely terror strike.

Two men from Bengaluru drown in Vishweshwaraiah Canal in Karnataka's Mandya on Thursday.

India blocks Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) President Masood Khan's event in Lower House of the French Parliament. Following a demarche issued to the French Foreign Ministry by the Indian mission in Paris, the PoK President was barred from attending the event.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday, apprehended a suspected intruder from Akhnoor sector along International Border (IB) area. He was caught when he was trying to cross into the Indian side. The suspect has been handed over to Jammu and Kashmir Police, investigation underway.

Two-time former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda will file his nomination papers for the October 21 Assembly polls on Thursday.

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now gearing up to conduct a space docking experiment (Spadex) next year, reported TOI.

 “We are going to conduct a docking experiment next year in which two experimental modules will be sent to space (on board a PSLV rocket) and the two will be made to dock with each other in space," TOI quoted Isro chairman K Sivan as saying.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off Vande Bharat Express’ from New Delhi to Maa Vaishno Devi, Katra (J&K), today.

The UK High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of India and dismissed Pakistan's claim over funds belonging to the late seventh Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and now worth around 35 million pounds.

The United States is now working with India to help them test out technologies to take on challenges in their social developmental field, a top US aid official said. "In terms of countries that I think are in remarkable places in their development, classic one is India; one of my first visits," USAID Administrator Mark Green said.

"India, when USAID first started working with India, we were delivering food aid; sacks of grain. And now that would be insulting to Indians. Instead, we're working to help them test out technologies to take on some other challenges," Green said.

Congress releases a list of 84 candidates for the upcoming elections to the legislative assembly of Haryana. BS Hooda to contest from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Randeep Surjewala from Kaithal, Kuldeep Bishnoi from Adampur and Kiran Chaudhary to contest from Tosham.