Breaking News October 21 | HIGHLIGHTS

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel held a meeting with the Sixteenth Finance Commission.

Five members of a family were killed after a cylinder explosion in Bulandshahr's Sikandrabad. Search and rescue operation underway. More details awaited.

Rs 5 cr cash seized from car in Pune amid model code of conduct for November 20 Maharashtra polls, said police.

Agitating junior doctors withdraw 'fast-unto-death' after 16 days following meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee.

Former BJP MLAs Lois Marandi, Kunal Sarangi join JMM ahead of Jharkhand assembly polls.

President Droupadi Murmu’s scheduled 3-day Odisha visit from October 23 postponed in view of impending cyclone, said official.

Maharashtra: During a discussion event in Akola, Swaraj Party leader Yogendra Yadav was manhandled by a mob.

Jammu and Kashmir: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal along with his wife Sunita Kejriwal offered prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, Katra.

The Left party has announced the list of candidates for the by-elections to five out of six assembly seats in West Bengal.

Candidate list

Tamil Nadu: Bomb experts and police conducted a search after a private hospital in Tirunelveli received a bomb threat earlier today.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested three more accused in the October 2022 ISIS-inspired car bomb blast case of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka: Rain lashes several parts of the city.

BJP MLC C P Yogeshwar met Karnataka Assembly Speaker Basavaraj Horatti and submitted his resignation from the post in Hubballi earlier today.

The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 concludes in Delhi.

Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi announces a list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.

4 Naxals killed in encounter with police in Gadchiroli district.

MHA officials meet climate activist Sonam Wangchuk with a proposal of dates to hold talks on his demands regarding Ladakh. 

Krishan Bedi assumes charge as Haryana Minister in the presence of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Siani, in Chandigarh.

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah arrives at SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar to inquire about the health of civilians, who were injured in the Gagangir terror attack.  

J-K LG Manoj Sinha visits the residence of the deceased Shashi Bhushan Abrol, one of the seven people killed in the Gagangir terror attack yesterday. 

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah keeps Ganderbal assembly seat and resigns from Budgam seat, said Pro-Tem Speaker Mubarak Gul announces in J-K Assembly

Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan inspected the water quality at the SSR Peta pump house, which supplies clean water to more than 40 villages in the Gurlu village of Vizianagaram district.

Delhi: NIA officials inspect the site where a strong blast ripped through a wall of the CRPF school in Rohini's Prashant Vihar area on Sunday morning.

New JK MLAs administered oath: CM Omar Abdullah takes oath as member of legislative assembly in Kashmiri language.

Indian and Chinese military negotiators have reached an agreement, said FS Misri on border row in eastern Ladakh.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed his condolences at the demise of three labourers from the state in the terror attack that happened in Gagangir, Ganderbal (J&K) yesterday and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal challenging an order of the Gujarat High Court refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his alleged remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti noted that a separate bench of the apex court had junked the plea filed by AAP leader Sanjay Singh on April 8 in the same case. "We must have a consistent approach," said the bench.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said his government would clear pending bills worth Rs 763 crore of the police department and also promised to hire 6,100 constables. The Chief Minister gave the assurance while speaking on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada.

Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, met with the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, to discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation in school education, vocational training, and research. The discussions focused on strengthening the partnership.

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla-led Serene Productions on Monday said it will pick 50 per cent stake in Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Dharmatic Entertainment for Rs 1,000 crore. Serene Productions has entered into a binding agreement to invest Rs 1,000 crore in production house Dharma Productions and Dharmatic Entertainment (Dharma), the company said in a statement.

Shares of HDFC Bank on Monday morning climbed more than 3. 50 per cent after the firm posted a 6 per cent rise in September quarter net profit on a consolidated basis. The stock increased 3. 53 per cent to Rs 1,740. 55 per piece on the BSE. On the NSE, it jumped 3. 42 per cent to Rs 1,739. 50 apiece.

Days after a case was filed against choreographer Remo D'Souza and his wife Lizelle D'Souza over allegations of fraud, the couple said they will present their case and cooperate with authorities. The case was registered on October 16 in Maharashtra's Thane district against the duo and five others for allegedly cheating a dance troupe of Rs 11. 96 crore, police said on Saturday.

Condemning the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said those involved in this heinous act will not be spared and they will face the harshest response from the security forces. A doctor and five labourers were killed in indiscriminate firing by terrorists at a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway on Sunday, officials said.

The Congress announced the names of four candidates for the upcoming bypolls in five assembly constituencies in Assam scheduled for next month. The bypolls will be held in Dholai (SC), Sidli (ST), Bongaigaon, Behali and Samaguri, which became vacant after the representatives won in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday named candidates for Dholai, Sidli, Bongaigaon and Samaguri.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday paid tributes to all police personnel who died in the line of duty on the Police Commemoration Day. Extending his heartfelt gratitude to the police personnel for all the sacrifices they have made for the nation, Shah said this is an occasion that honours the infinite sacrifices they and their families make to see India safe. "On the Police Commemoration Day, I bow to our martyrs immortalised by their supreme sacrifices in the line of duty," he wrote on 'X'.

Senior Indian American leader Swadesh Chatterjee has said the community is hesitant to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 election as she has not developed a base among them in her previous roles as Senator or the Attorney General of California. A Padma Bhushan awardee of 2001, the Democratic community has created the "Indian Americans for Harris" group and has been campaigning for her not only in the state of North Carolina, where he is based, but is also organising support for the vice president in other battleground states.

Due to rainfall, the District Collector has issued an order announcing a holiday for Anganwadis and schools in Bengaluru City today.

Pakistan's National Assembly passed the controversial 26th Constitution Amendment Bill, capping the chief justice's tenure for three years, early on Monday following an overnight debate, the country's media reported. During the voting in the 336-member National Assembly, 225 members supported the bill, the Dawn reported. The government needed 224 votes to pass the amendment.

The New Mexico National Guard continued search and rescue operations Sunday in Roswell after record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around the city and Chaves County and left at least two people dead. Guard officials said 309 people had been rescued since Saturday, with 38 of those taken to hospitals for treatment of undisclosed injuries. New Mexico State Police said two people died as a result of the flash flood, but information on the victims or the circumstances of their deaths wasn't immediately released.

A fire incident took place at the Mandai Metro Station, Pune past midnight. An official on Monday said no one was injured in the incident. A fire broke out on the ground floor of the Mandai Metro Station, he added.