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
Amit Shah to close Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav as 33rd Mahtari Vandan instalment is released
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the closing ceremony of Chhattisgarh's three-day Rajyotsav on Tuesday. He will inaugurate the Artemis Shanti Hospital and the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Park in Raipur, and the 33rd instalment of the Mahtari Vandan Yojana will be released in Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai's presence.
Three BSF men injured in Tripura border village attack, eight arrested, says CM Manik Saha
Three BSF personnel were injured after being attacked at Ashabari village in Tripura's Boxanagar, and eight people have been arrested, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday. Saha said authorities were told to act swiftly and stringently, and that violence against security personnel would not be tolerated.
Not talking about building the Siang dam yet, says Pema Khandu as a 36-hour bandh empties Upper Siang
No decision has been taken on the 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project and only a pre-feasibility report is being prepared, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Monday evening. He said a PFR does not amount to approval for construction. The Congress has demanded the project be scrapped and a 36-hour bandh began on Monday.
Government
Amit Shah to close Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav as 33rd Mahtari Vandan instalment is released
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the closing ceremony of Chhattisgarh's three-day Rajyotsav on Tuesday. He will inaugurate the Artemis Shanti Hospital and the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Park in Raipur, and the 33rd instalment of the Mahtari Vandan Yojana will be released in Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai's presence.
54% of women, 57% of adolescents: Maharashtra sets out to halve anaemia by 2030
Maharashtra's public health department has issued a government resolution for an 'Anaemia-Free Maharashtra' campaign to halve the prevalence across target groups by 2030. It will cover children, adolescents, women of reproductive age, pregnant women and lactating mothers, with screening, treatment and follow-up.
Not talking about building the Siang dam yet, says Pema Khandu as a 36-hour bandh empties Upper Siang
No decision has been taken on the 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project and only a pre-feasibility report is being prepared, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Monday evening. He said a PFR does not amount to approval for construction. The Congress has demanded the project be scrapped and a 36-hour bandh began on Monday.
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
Rs 53,866 crore for eight warships the Navy designed itself
The Defence Ministry signed contracts with GRSE and Goa Shipyard on Monday for eight Next Generation Corvettes, the first project where the Navy's own design goes to defence PSU yards picked through competition. GRSE shares rose over 4 per cent on Tuesday. The first ship is due in 2030.
A 19-month-old cheetah cub, five pellets and a boar hunt that went wrong
Madhya Pradesh's STF has arrested two brothers for shooting KNG-22, a cheetah cub rescued from Sheopur forest division on October 25 that died two days later. Police say they confessed to firing while hunting wild boar. It is the first cheetah killed since the animals were reintroduced four years ago.
Shah calls INDIA rally a 'save infiltrators' march, dares Congress to debate SIR in Parliament
Addressing a BJP padayatra in Hyderabad in support of the SIR, Home Minister Amit Shah called the INDIA bloc's Delhi rally a 'save infiltrators' rally. He rejected the charge that 13 crore voters had been removed, saying six crore had changed address and three crore were dead. He challenged the Congress to a Parliament debate on SIR and EVMs.
World
Neither bloc has 61, and Israel's president starts the arithmetic on Wednesday
Israel's October 27 election left Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc with 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's opposition with 48, while Arab-led parties took a record 19. President Isaac Herzog begins consultations with all factions on Wednesday. Netanyahu remains caretaker prime minister.
54 million votes already cast: America decides Congress control today
Americans vote on Tuesday in midterm elections that decide control of Congress and shape the last two years of Donald Trump's presidency. More than 54 million have already voted early. Republicans are defending narrow majorities in both chambers.
At 20 years and 68 days, Antonelli is F1's youngest world champion
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli finished third at the Mexico City Grand Prix to claim the 2026 world championship at 20 years and 68 days, beating Sebastian Vettel's record. He is the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.