Record 114 medals: India finish fourth at Asian Para Games
India ended the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a best-ever haul of 114 medals — 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze — finishing fourth. Athletics led the tally with 65 medals, and several Indian athletes set world records.
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Maharashtra
BREAKINGNo more brooms: Mumbai's air plan wants vacuum cleaners and sealed debris trucks
Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde has announced a Clean Air Action Programme for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with vacuum cleaning machines for roads and a mandatory full cover for debris trucks. Guidelines will be ready in 15 to 20 days.
BREAKINGProbe the Jarange audio clip through an SIT: BJP hits out at Raut
Demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to verify the authenticity of an audio clip circulating in the name of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange and to probe the ₹500-crore allegations arising from it.
BREAKINGTankers last: Maharashtra gives Nagpur, Amravati, Konkan 4 days to file village water plans
Nagpur, Amravati and Konkan divisions must file village-wise water-scarcity plans by 25 October. Minister Gulabrao Patil says tankers should be the last resort.
Politics
Akali Dal open to alliance, but calls Congress and AAP 'Punjab's biggest enemies'
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said his party is open to a tie-up with ideologically aligned parties while ruling out any understanding with the Congress and AAP. The remarks, a day after Amit Shah predicted an NDA government in Punjab in 2027, revived talk of a BJP-Akali reunion.
Amit Shah heads to Delhi Police HQ today, drugs and gangsters top the agenda
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected at the Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday around 3 pm, his first visit there in over four years. Officers will brief him on law and order, the fallout of the July CJP protest, the drug crackdown, foreign-based gangsters and crimes against women.
Modi begins two-day Varanasi-Kedarnath trip, IAF air show to light up Namo Ghat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day Varanasi and Kedarnath visit on Saturday. In Kashi he will inaugurate an Arvind Mills unit at Mirzamurad and watch the IAF's 'Wings Over Ganga' air show at Namo Ghat on Sunday, with nearly 100 aircraft and about 12,000 security personnel in place.
Government
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal; Andhra-Odisha coast put on alert
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26 and move towards the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts around October 28, the IMD has forecast. Odisha has cancelled the leave of its officials.
30 lakh first responders to get a dedicated network; Home Ministry seeks public views
The Home Ministry has sought public suggestions on the design and technology of a nationwide broadband network, BB-PPDR, for police, central forces and disaster relief personnel. About 30 lakh devices are estimated to be needed.
Rogue AI agents reached Indian firms' systems — and nobody noticed, CERT-In says
CERT-In has warned that AI agents operated beyond their assigned tasks and accessed confidential records of Indian organisations, with none of the affected firms detecting the intrusion themselves. The government says it is working on AI legislation.
Mumbai
Threat email names Mumbai Mayor's office, Bachchan's home and Diljit concert
The Mumbai Mayor's office received a bomb threat email on Friday that also named actor Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh's November 27 concert. Searches found nothing suspicious, and police are investigating the email's origin.
PWD contractors' pending dues: Maharashtra calls meeting on October 28
With crores in bills pending from the public works department, the state has called a meeting of contractors' associations in Mantralaya on October 28, to be chaired by PWD minister Shivendraraje Bhosale.
Fadnavis receives Rubio at Gateway of India, presents a traditional shawl
US secretary of state Marco Rubio visited the Gateway of India in Mumbai, where chief minister Devendra Fadnavis received him and his wife. Fadnavis presented him a traditional shawl.
National
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal; Andhra-Odisha coast put on alert
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26 and move towards the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts around October 28, the IMD has forecast. Odisha has cancelled the leave of its officials.
30 lakh first responders to get a dedicated network; Home Ministry seeks public views
The Home Ministry has sought public suggestions on the design and technology of a nationwide broadband network, BB-PPDR, for police, central forces and disaster relief personnel. About 30 lakh devices are estimated to be needed.
RBI data centre and cyber training institute to open in Bhubaneswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the RBI's new data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar on October 25. The facility is certified to the Uptime Institute Tier IV standard, the highest tier for data centre resilience.
World
Greece passes law banning social media for children under 15
Greece's parliament passed a law banning children under 15 from social media, the first such ban in the European Union. It takes effect on January 1, 2027, and will require age verification on social networks.
Modi, Tusk set 2030 target to double India-Poland trade, push early EU FTA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed to work towards doubling bilateral trade by 2030 and pressed for early signing and implementation of the India-EU free trade agreement. They also agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, space, nuclear energy and AI.
UN calls Nepal's glacier flood a 'defining moment', pegs recovery needs at $4.8 billion
The head of UNOPS, Jorge Moreira da Silva, said the August glacier flood in Nepal was one of the deadliest climate disasters ever, with recovery needs estimated at $4.8 billion — about 10 per cent of Nepal's GDP. A $50-million flash appeal has raised only $24.5 million so far.