Breaking News, October 24 | HIGHLIGHTS

Film actor Kangana Ranaut attends Lav Kush Ramlila during Dussehra celebrations in Delhi. 

 Fire breaks out at a dine behind Bagh-e-Firdous mosque in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, reportedly due to an explosion in a boiler. Fire tenders at the spot. More details are awaited.

RSS workers held a route march on the occasion of Vijayadashami in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

BJP chief JP Nadda attends Durga Idol Immersion programme at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh.

'Ravan Dahan' performed at Gandhi Maidan Ramleela Mahotsav in Bihar's Patna on the occasion of Dussehra.

Punjab CM Bhagwant celebrates 'Ravan Dahan' in Hoshiarpur, on the occasion of Dussehra.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath leads 'Shobha Yatra' in Gorakhpur on the occasion of Vijayadashami.

Mysuru: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar attend the Mysuru Dasara celebration.

Women participate in 'sindoor khela' at a Durga Puja pandal in Siliguri, West Bengal.  

Assam: Immersion of goddess Durga idols being done at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati.

Karnataka: Mysuru Dasara being celebrated with great pomp and show in the city, on the occasion of Dussehra.

Gujarat: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inspects the premises of the Liquid Nano Di-Ammonia Phosphate (DAP) plant established by IFFCO, in Kalol, Gandhinagar.

Bhopal Police performs ‘Shastra Puja’ at Police Line on the occasion of Vijayadashami.

“Today, a ten-faced Ravan will give a speech against India by standing on the stage of Shivtirth,” he said.

“We will have to work a lot...It is not just a question of peace but also of connecting society...Everyone will have to work there,” he said.

“I am really happy to be part of this journey of our culture to do the same thing for the next generation, which I got from my grandparents and gurus in the past..." he said.

Rajnath Singh laid a wreath at the Tawang War Memorial.

"I am here among you," he said.

Cyclonic storm ‘Hamoon’ has intensified into a severe cyclone, but no major impact is expected in Odisha, as it crosses the state’s coast from a distance of about 200 km, the Met Department said. “It is likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in a few hours as the system moves in the Bay of Bengal at a speed of 21 kmph,” the IMD said in a bulletin. Thereafter, it is likely to weaken gradually while moving northeastwards and cross Bangladesh coast between Khepupara and Chittagong around Tuesday evening as a cyclonic storm with wind speed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph, the weather office said. ‘Hamoon’ lay centered at 5.30 am at about 230 km east-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 240 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal), 280 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 410 km southwest of Chittagong (Bangladesh), it said.

"If India progresses, they will not be able to play their games; therefore, they continuously oppose. They adopt particular ideologies just for the sake of opposing," he said.

"People from different countries experienced our diversity...They saw our diplomatic skills as well as our honest goodwill," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the personnel of the Indo Tibetan Border Police, which guards India's border with China, on its raising day and hailed their "indomitable spirit and valour" while protecting the nation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also wished the ITBP personnel on the force's foundation day and said it has evolved into the epitome of human strength and resilience.

He was serving as private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his voluntary retirement was approved by the Centre yesterday, on October 23.

"At Maa Jwala Ji Temple, I would like to pray that our country keep going forward, Himachal Pradesh also keep progressing and the blessings of Maa Jwala be with all of us...Greetings to everyone on Dussehra," he said.

A car collided with a State Government bus at Sangam - Krishnagiri Highways, Tiruvannamalai District.

The city recorded 132 AQI as per SAFAR-India.

They demanded the release of 120 impounded Omnibuses on "false grounds of high ticket price"