Breaking News October 30 | HIGHLIGHTS

A 54-year-old man and his wife were killed in a road accident in this Uttar Pradesh district on Wednesday, police said. Inspector in-charge of Kotwali Mithilesh Mishra said Shriprakash Singh, a resident of Birbhanpur in the Baksha police station area, had come to Jaunpur with his wife, Neerja Singh (50), to visit her mother.

They were on their way home to Birbhanpur when, at the Polytechnic four-point crossing, a truck (registration number UP 50-BT 2283) travelling from Lucknow towards Varanasi hit their motorcycle, the officer said. The woman died on the spot while the man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, he added. Police have informed the family and sent the bodies for post-mortem.

Seven passengers suffered injuries after a private bus caught fire in Samalkha on Wednesday evening, police said. The bus was on its way from Panipat to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, they said. There are no serious injuries in the incident, a police official said. "How the bus caught fire is being investigated," he said.

A Shirdi travel bus caught fire in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh earlier today. More details awaited.

Maharashtra: Fire broke out in a general store and house in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai this evening following an explosion in 3 gas cylinders stored in the shop. 

 Uttar Pradesh: A massive fire broke out in a scrap godown in Srinagar Colony of Lucknow. Firefighting operations are underway. Details awaited.

Poonch, J-K: Jawans of Romeo Force of the Indian Army sing bhajans, distribute sweets and light sparklers as they celebrate #Diwali away from their home, in hilly areas of Pir Panjal Range at an altitude of 8000 feet.

Andhra Pradesh: Fire broke out in a shop after being struck by lightning in Undrajavaram, East Godavari. Two people died, five critically injured; five others sustained minor injuries. 

Jharkhand: Former CM and BJP leader Champai Soren participated in Kali Puja at a pandal in Adityapur 2 of Seraikela Kharsawan today.

Mayonnaise banned in Telangana by food  saftey Commissioner for 1 year

he winter session of the Odisha assembly will begin on November 26, according to a notification issued on Wednesday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, also in charge of the Finance Department, will present the Supplementary Budget for 2024-25 on the first day, while the Appropriation Bill will be tabled on December 5.

Uttar Pradesh: Drone show underway at Saryu Ghat in Ayodhya.

Delhi: India Gate, Parliament and Rashtrapati Bhavan illuminated in lights on the eve of Diwali. 

Actor Darshan gets bail in murder case on medical grounds, released from Ballari prison.

Diwali 2024: Former Odisha CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik extend wishes to people.

Deepotsav 2024: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath performs aarti on the banks of Saryu River in Ayodhya. 

 Uttar Pradesh: Lakhs of diyas illuminated along the banks of the Saryu River in Ayodhya as part of the grand Deepotsav celebration.  

Tamil Nadu: People throng markets to shop for the festive season.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of Rs 284 crore projects and tourist attractions at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat. 

JD(S) releases a list of star campaigners for Assembly by-elections in Karnataka.

 Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya.

reparations underway on the banks of Saryu River for 'Deepotsav' celebrations in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. 

 Tamil Nadu: Traffic congestion and slow vehicular movement in Chennai's Koyambedu area amid festive season.

"This is a moment of pride for us all. This is the 8th Deepotsav that we are celebrating. When the first Deepotsav was celebrated eight years ago, everyone was saying 'Yogi ji please build (Ram) mandir'. At that time, I told everyone that Lord Ram will soon bless us all, and we are all thankful to PM Modi and his farsightedness. When the entire world was battling COVID-19 on August 5, 2020, the PM visited Ayodhya and laid the foundation stone for Ram Temple," says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, participating in 'Divya Deepotsav 2024' in Ayodhya.

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in the presence of Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the tourism app and released the book written by Ayodhya Mayor.

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday reshuffled more than 260 policemen, including 150 from Mumbai, ahead of the November 20 assembly elections in the state, an official said.

Flowers showered from a helicopter on the artists enacting the roles of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

Disengagement between India and China in Depsang and Demchok completed.

Tamil Nadu: Chennai city receives rainfal, waterlogging seen in various areas. 

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath welcomes artists portraying lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman in Ayodhya.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy arrives at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad to attend a meeting on caste census. 

A 36-year-old man died after a compressor machine exploded in an electronic goods repair shop in this northern district on Wednesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Rasheed, a native of Oorkadavu here. Police said the mishap happened when he was repairing a refrigerator at the shop.

Spanish authorities said Wednesday that 51 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways. Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed the death toll.

A fire broke out in a slum area in Rohini here, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said on Wednesday. According to the official, no casualties have been reported.

The Delhi BJP MPs have filed a writ petition in the High Court against the AAP government's decision to not implement the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in Delhi, state president Virendra Sachdeva said on Wednesday. In a press conference, Sachdeva slammed the AAP and its convener Kejriwal for depriving lakhs of eligible people in Delhi of the Centre's health insurance scheme.

A 35-year-old man was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on the suspicion of being a police informer, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night in Putkel village under Basaguda police station limits, a police official here said. After being alerted, a police team was sent to the area in the morning, he said.

A Belgian paraglider was killed after colliding mid-air with another paraglider in Himachal's Kangra district, five days ahead of the Paragliding World Cup 2024 set to take place in Bir-Billing, police said on Wednesday. Feyarets, a free-flying paraglider in his mid-sixties, had come to Bir-Billing for practice, ahead of the World Cup.

A message claiming a bomb had been placed on Air India's flight from Delhi to Mumbai via Indore was posted on a social media platform which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Wednesday. The Indore police in Madhya Pradesh have registered a case in this connection against an unidentified person, they said. The "threatening message" that a pipe bomb was placed in Air India's flight AI 636 was posted on an X social media account at 5. 08 pm on Tuesday, an Aerodrome police station officer said quoting a complaint by a local official of the airline.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday to inaugurate the Museum of Valour dedicated to Major Ralengnao Bob Khathing and unveil a statue of Bharat Ratna Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the border district. Singh will also celebrate Diwali with soldiers stationed along the India-China border, officials said on Wednesday. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh will also join the event, they said.

Bollywood star Salman Khan has received another death threat call, demanding ransom. The unknown caller demanded Rs 2 crore this time from the actor. Soon after the news broke, the Mumbai Police came into action instantly and registered a case against an unknown person for sending various WhatsApp messages on the Mumbai Police Traffic Helpline number demanding ransom.

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is an accused in Renukaswamy murder case, on medical grounds, to undergo spine surgery. The bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted interim bail for a period of six weeks to undergo medical treatment.

An electrician died in a major fire that broke out at a banquet hall in Noida, Sector 74 around 3 am on Wednesday. The banquet hall which was worth crores of rupees was reduced to ashes.

The United Nations stressed Tuesday that if Israel puts in place new laws cutting ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, the Israeli government will have to meet their needs under international law.

China on Wednesday successfully launched its spaceship sending three astronauts, including the country's first female space engineer on a six months’ mission to fine tune its low orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship was launched by a Long March-2F carrier rocket, early Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-19 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit.

South Africa has launched an innovative new scheme to increase tourism, especially from India and China, inviting tour operators from those two countries to join their local counterparts in signing up to the scheme. Two months after Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, conceptualised the concept, his Department on Tuesday announced the Trusted Tour Operator Scheme (TTOS), which is aimed at enhancing job creation that flows from increased tourism.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday emphasised that the upcoming Mahakumbh in Prayagraj would be "more divine and grand" than all previous Kumbhs. This "intangible cultural heritage of humanity" will showcase the rich traditions of Sanatan Indian culture, its diverse social fabric, and people's deep-rooted faith, Adityanath said.

The BJP is contesting on 148 assembly seats in Maharashtra, the highest among half a dozen major political parties in the ruling and opposition camps, followed by the Congress on 103 as the filing of nominations ended on Tuesday.

The federal judge presiding over the criminal case of a man charged with trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump declined to recuse herself, saying a defence request that she do so was without merit. Lawyers for Ryan Wesley Routh had urged US District Judge Aileen Cannon to step aside, saying her handling of Trump's classified documents prosecution created at least the appearance of bias in favour of the former president and current Republican nominee. They cited the fact that she was appointed to the bench by Trump and has been repeatedly praised by him for her rulings in the documents case, including her dismissal in July of the prosecution — a decision now being appealed by special counsel Jack Smith.