Breaking News, October 21 | HIGHLIGHTS

Bihar: A Durga Puja pandal in Patna made on the theme of G20.

Israeli military spokesman says Israel plans to increase strikes on Gaza starting Saturday, reports AP.

Gujarat: Maha Aarti organised at Tapi River bank in Surat on the seventh day of Navaratri.

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti visits Durga Puja pandal at CR Park in Delhi.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited several Durga pandals and offered prayers to goddess Durga in Angul district, Odisha.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav visited the Dak Bungalow Crossing's Durga Puja pandal in Patna earlier today.

Tamil Nadu BJP leader Amar Prasad Reddy sent to Judicial custody till November 3.

CBI registers case against Dr Bipin Batra, former Chief of Medical Exam Body (National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences) and other officials including Prometric Testing Pvt Ltd over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The FIR also reads that Dr Batra was illegally and wrongfuly appointed as Assistant Controller of Examinations in the year 2003.

Telangana couple receives voter ID stating their age as 123 years.

BJP releases a list of 92 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh elections.

ED filed a charge sheet in the Mahadev app case at PMLA court in Raipur on October 20. As many as 14 accused have been named in the prosecution complaint. The next hearing of the case is 25 November 2023. No celebrity has been accused in the prosecution complaint.

Tamil Nadu: On Oct 20, the officers of Trichy Airport customs recovered 612 gm gold of 24K purity valued at Rs 37.58 lakh extracted from two gold paste packets that were concealed in sanitary napkins at Trichy airport.

Former PM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif returned to Islamabad after four years.

“This is an important module because, in the entire process, we are playing with life,” he said.

CM Ashok Gehlot to contest from Sadarpura, Sachin Pilot to contest from Tonk, CP Joshi from Nathdwara, Divya Maderna from Osian, Govind Singh Dotasara from Lachhmangarh, Krishna Poonia Sadulpur

Five people, including a child, were killed after a van was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Yamuna Expressway (YXP) in Greater Noida on Saturday, police said.

“Today's test flight was the first step in the last leg of the Gaganyaan mission,” he said.

“Accused Gurpreet arrested in the case had met the woman in Switzerland,” Delhi Police said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the successful launch of the Gaganyaan's TV-D1 test flight, saying it has scripted India's another remarkable space odyssey.

In any weather or festival, a policeman is always on duty to maintain law and order,” he said.

"Congress party is now aware that the vote they were searching for is not with them anymore," he said.

Visuals from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

It will be a short-duration mission.

Visuals from Akshardham, New Delhi