Breaking News, October 1 | HIGHLIGHTS

BJP's CEC meeting, which went on for over two hours at the party headquarters in the national capital, concluded at around 11.30 pm on Sunday. PM Modi chaired the meeting in which top leaders of the party were present including JP Nadda and Amit Shah.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel participated in a cleanliness drive here on Sunday as part of the nationwide campaign and the CM urged people to join the exercise to realise the concept of a clean India.

Interest rates for retail, as well as corporate borrowers, may remain stable as experts expect the Reserve Bank to retain the benchmark rate at 6.5 per cent at its forthcoming bi-monthly monetary policy review, scheduled later this week, in view of elevated inflation and global factors, say experts.

Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti on Sunday assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. He succeeds Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru, who retired after more than 38 years of illustrious service, officials said.

Two young doctors died on Sunday when the car they were travelling in plunged into river Periyar at Gothuruth near here, police said.

Strict action would be taken against people behind child begging, especially during the Navratri fairs at Chintpurni from October 15 to 23, officials said on Sunday.

A Janpad Panchayat president was found hanging at her home in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur city, police said on Sunday. Prima facie, it seems to be a case of suicide, Superintendent of Police Devendra Patidar said, adding a probe was on into the incident.

The Assam Rifles organised an event for its ex-servicemen in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district to acknowledge their contribution, an official statement said on Sunday.

Pakistani Taliban fighters attacked a police post in eastern Punjab province early Sunday, killing one officer and injuring three others, triggering an intense shootout that killed two of the attackers, officials said.

The Assam Police on Sunday said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA has been extended in four districts of the state for six more months. At the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations here, DGP Gyanendra Pratap Singh said the 'disturbed area' tag, which allows enforcement of the AFSPA, has, however, been withdrawn from four other districts.

Police have recovered 30 kg of heroin worth crores of rupees from a Punjab-bound vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, officials said on Sunday.

Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 22.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below the normal, the India Meteorological Department said. The relative humidity recorded at 8:30 am stood at 78 per cent, according to the IMD data.

A goods train derailed on Saturday afternoon in Maharashtra's Raigad district, disrupting operations on the Panvel-Vasai route, the Central Railway said. Nobody was injured in the incident. Central Railway Chief Public Relations Office (CPRO) Shivraj Manaspure said four wagons, including a brake van, of the freight train, headed to Vasai (in Palghar district) from Panvel (in Raigad district), derailed on the Panvel-Kalamboli section at around 3.05 pm.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 occurred in Assam's Dhubri district in the early hours of Sunday, an official statement said.National Center for Seismology said that the earthquake occurred at 3:01 am at a depth of 17 Km.

"The Embassy of Afghanistan ceased its operations in India effective October 1", informed officials.