Breaking News, October 18

 Two women were killed on Tuesday and a teenager was injured when a mound of mud collapsed on them while they were repairing their kutcha house in Deoriha Pipraha village here, police said.

A sessions court in Gujarat's Morbi city on Tuesday acquitted MLA Mohammad Javed Pirzada in the 2012 case of vandalising the office of the taluka development officer (TDO) and hurling casteist remarks. The court of additional sessions judge, Virat Buddha, acquitted Pirzada and four others who were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections of unlawful assembly, obstructing public servant in the discharge of duty, and under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Delhi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam with immediate effect after he put down his papers following a controversy over his presence at a religious conversion event.

Flight operations at Mumbai Airport resumed after six hours on Tuesday as the facility operator carried out a scheduled day-long post-monsoon maintenance work, which included installation of runway edge lights, among others.

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday interacted with farmers from Amaravati, who parted with their land for development of the Andhra Pradesh capital city. He also met the families displaced by the Polavaram multipurpose project.

A 30-year-old man was electrocuted to death and at least a dozen people were injured during an idol immersion ceremony of Goddess Gajalaxmi in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Tuesday, police said.

Flight operations at Mumbai Airport resumed after six hours on Tuesday as the facility operator carried out a scheduled day-long post-monsoon maintenance work, which included installation of runway edge lights, among others. The runway work carried out between 11 am and 5 pm on both runways - 14/32 and 09/27, halting all arrivals and departures during this period.

Around 40,000 dogs have been sterilised in Noida since 2017, an official said on Tuesday, as debate intensified over checking the canine menance after an infant was mauled to death by a stray.  While no official census was available for the count of dogs, the Noida Authority officials estimated their numbers to be around 60,000. 

Two people were killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing Tuesday in southwestern Germany, police said.

A multimillion-dollar stash of methamphetamine hidden in electrical transformers being sent from Mexico to Australia has been intercepted at Hong Kong's airport, authorities said Tuesday. The 76 kilograms of crystal meth was found Friday in false compartments in the three transformers, a Hong Kong customs official said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the National Maritime Heritage Complex coming up at Lothal near here represents the country's resolve to celebrate its rich maritime history. The long period of slavery and indifference towards India's maritime strength made us forget about Lothal and Dholavira, and the complex will act as a centre for learning about and understanding India's diverse maritime history, he said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the loss of lives in a helicopter crash near Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. A helicopter ferrying pilgrims from Kedarnath temple to Guptkashi in Rudraprayag crashed into a hill due to poor visibility, killing all six pilgrims and the pilot on the spot.

The rupee pared its initial gains to close 7 paise down at 82.37 (provisional) against the US dollar in a restricted trade on Tuesday. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 82.21 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day high of 82.02 and a low of 82.37 against the American currency during the session.

The BSF (Border Security Force) shot down a drone at the International Border in Punjab late on Monday. According to the details, the drone entered the border area in the Amritsar sector from the Pakistan side.

 Giving a hint that Narendra Modi will be NDA’s face for the PM post in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s ally Apna Dal Sonelal leader and Union Minister Anupriya Patel on Monday said that Modi will become PM again in 2024.

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case were released since they completed 14 years in prison and their behaviour was found to be good, and also the Centre approved their release.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed that during his questioning by the CBI, he was asked to leave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or else such cases will keep getting registered against him. Speaking to the media, Sisodia said he was told during the questioning "Satyendar Kumar ke upar konse sache cases hai..."