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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were also present on the occasion. 

TV star Drashti Dhami and her husband, entrepreneur Niraj Khemka have become parents to their first child, a baby girl. The couple shared the news in a joint Instagram post on Tuesday.

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the wealthiest people globally, has donated USD 50 million to Future Forward USA Action, a nonprofit organisation backing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Ahead of the Budhni bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, supporters of BJP leader Rajendra Singh have demanded that he be fielded from the assembly seat instead of former MP Ramakant Bhargava, or else they will vote for the NOTA option. Some videos showed supporters of former MLA Rajendra Singh holding a meeting on Tuesday in Bherunda town of Budhni assembly seat and demanding that BJP's nominee Bhargava be replaced.

Two groups of students clashed at Jamia Millia Islamia University during the Diwali event on Tuesday evening. Student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) alleged that diyas (clay-made lamps) were broken and rangolis were ruined by a group of students.

At least five workers died after an under-construction seven-storey building collapsed in the Babusapalya here on Tuesday amid heavy rain.

10 Bangladeshi nationals, living illegally in Ranjangaon area, Pune, were arrested by Police. The court sent them to police custody till 24th October.

he Mumbai police have seized 1,000 e-cigarettes valued at Rs 30 lakh after conducting raids at a man's shop and residential premises here, officials said. E-cigarettes are banned in India, they said. Based on specific information, the crime branch personnel on Monday conducted a raid at the man's shop in Agripada area of south Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.

The Congress leadership and workers welcomed CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as they arrived in Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad. Priyanka will file the nomination today.

Residents of South Pune, take a bold stance, warning the EC that they will boycott the Maharashtra Assembly polls unless their demands are met on the civic amenities.

About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said, and local residents refused to allow them onto land. The blue-painted boat has been floating off the coast since Friday. Three Rohingya died during the nearly two-week-long trip from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh to the waters off Labuhan Haji in South Aceh district, local police said.

Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the successor to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was eliminated last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday evening met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat in Gautam Kutir here, a spokesperson of the Sangh said. Ahead of the national executive meeting of RSS's Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal, Adityanath also met General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and stayed in Sapta Kutir for over two-and-half hours.

Iraq's prime minister announced Tuesday that the Islamic State militant group's leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group's other senior leaders. US officials said two American service members were injured in the joint raid overnight Monday that was conducted by US and Iraqi forces.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) released it first list of 35 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections 2024. The ruling party fielded Chief Minister Hemant Soren from the Barhait Assembly constituency while his wife Kalpana Soren from the Gandey seat.