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
Raj Thackeray pulls down his Modi-Adani documentary after a call from Mumbai's police chief
The MNS chief said on Sunday he had deleted the documentary from his social media handles following a request from the Mumbai Police Commissioner. He did not say what the request cited.
A thank-you note from Rahul Gandhi, and a November 1 date for the opposition rally
The Congress leader sarcastically thanked the BJP and its allies for promoting the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against 'vote chori'. The Congress also accused the Election Commission of withholding information on the ECINET software.
Expelled on Saturday, announcing a new party on Sunday: Anant Singh's 24 hours
The JD(U) expelled the Mokama MLA and his wife, former MLA Neelam Devi, for six years over alleged anti-party activities. A day later he said he would float his own party and predicted the JD(U) would struggle to win ten seats.
Government
NCP wants the finance ministry back, and Fadnavis has told Sunetra Pawar's team it will come before the winter session
A delegation led by Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday and asked that the finance portfolio be returned to the NCP. Senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal said the Chief Minister was positive but linked the transfer to arrangements for drought-relief funds, and that the party expects the department before the December winter session. Bhujbal also dismissed talk of a cabinet reshuffle and of a merger of the two NCP factions.
A governor's parting letter: Arlekar asked the President to sack Kerala's entire PSC days before leaving
Days before he moved to Tamil Nadu, former Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar recommended to President Droupadi Murmu that PSC chairperson M R Baiju and the commission's members be removed. The opposition calls the move illegal under Articles 316 and 317; the BJP backs it. The assembly reconvenes on Monday.
'In Karnataka, the Kannadiga is sovereign': CM warns IT firms over hiring, and Bengaluru picks sides
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar warned private firms of action if they are found deliberately sidelining Kannadigas in recruitment, after a video alleging that Bengaluru IT companies reject candidates who list Kannada as their mother tongue went viral. The claims have not been independently verified and the government has not named any company.
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
Operation Trident: 38 raids across three states, 18 arrests and 1,424 bank accounts frozen
Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Sunday that 38 teams raided 38 locations across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur on October 23, arresting 18 people and freezing 1,424 bank accounts. The government said the operation uncovered about Rs 100 crore in hawala transactions, attached properties worth Rs 17.82 crore and seized 500 detonators. Shah said the network ran drugs through the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh corridor.
Congress wants Manipur CM out and the Assembly dissolved, cites fresh violence and 300 deaths
The Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh, dissolution of the Assembly and fresh elections, alleging failure to contain renewed violence. Party MP and Manipur in-charge Saptagiri Ulaka said around 300 people had been killed since May 2023 and nearly 60,000 displaced. He also alleged that armed groups hold more sophisticated weapons than the security forces.
Four launch pads by 2029, a Gaganyaan test in two months: ISRO lays out its next three years
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said on Sunday that India plans four functional launch pads by 2029 and a 2,000-acre Small Satellite Launch Vehicle complex at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. The first uncrewed Gaganyaan test is planned within two months, to be followed by two more, and Chandrayaan-5 will be a joint lunar mission with Japan carrying a 350-kg rover.
World
Terrorism as statecraft is 'simply unacceptable', and a quiet advisory for Indians in Saudi Arabia
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said terrorism used as an instrument of statecraft can never be justified, flagging that not all states display zero tolerance. Separately, India advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia not to film missile or drone interceptions.
Lula wins a fourth term from behind, and Bolsonaro's son refuses to accept it
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term with 51.79% of the vote in Sunday's runoff, beating Flavio Bolsonaro's 48.21% by about 4.4 million votes. It is the first time since Brazil's return to democracy in 1988 that a first-round loser has won the presidency. Bolsonaro is seeking an annulment; PM Narendra Modi congratulated Lula.
Two years after a canopy fell and killed 16, Serbia's students have their government
Serbia's Republic Election Commission said on Monday that the student-led Student List won 52.54% of the vote in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, against 39.29% for Aleksandar Vucic's United Serbia. Vucic conceded on Sunday night, ending 14 years of his dominance and a movement that began after 16 people died in a railway station canopy collapse.