The Indian Navy freed all 20 crew of the Iranian fishing vessel Azini after a roughly 48-hour operation about 3,000 km from Mumbai. Iran thanked India, and the Defence Minister praised the force.
The Prime Minister opened the roughly 23 km Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar Pink Line and laid the foundation for four Phase-II corridors worth about ₹21,800 crore. He said the national metro network has grown from 248 km to 1,200 km since 2014.
The Health Ministry has proposed adding 10 ports of entry for imported drugs, medical devices and cosmetics through an amendment to Rule 43A of the Drugs Rules, 1945. The list includes inland container depots, a special economic zone and the Noida International Airport.
The Supreme Court ruled that a foreign divorce decree granted on the ground of irretrievable breakdown cannot be enforced in India under Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In a bigamy case, proceedings against the husband's parents and second wife were quashed, while the case against him continues.
Rahul Gandhi challenged the Prime Minister to an open debate on the charge of taking foreign help and being anti-national. Jairam Ramesh responded to Amit Shah's special-session dare on the SIR by demanding that the Chief Election Commissioner resign and the exercise be suspended.
The Madras High Court has ordered a medical examination of 17 recaptured Theni jail inmates after a mother alleged that warders beat them. Police teams have been sent to Salem and Palayamkottai, and a report is due by November 6.
A billboard at Tehran's Enghelab Square declares that Iran will kill Donald Trump, months after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli attacks on February 28. Banners also target Vance, Witkoff and Netanyahu as official rhetoric escalates amid the Middle East war.
A Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant gave Abhishek Banerjee liberty to pursue relief, and the Calcutta High Court will consider his plea on a media trial. His counsel said the High Court heard the matter once but ignored later mentions while his rights remained violated.
Abdulla Shahid, a former Maldives foreign minister and president of the UN General Assembly in 2021-22, has been arrested on child sexual abuse charges, which he denies. He is a prospective Maldivian Democratic Party presidential aspirant for 2028 and recently criticised President Muizzu's Pakistan trip as anti-India during a Delhi visit.
The Bombay High Court asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to re-upload actor Dia Mirza's firecracker-free Deepavali video, saying it was deeply pained by the controversy. The court described the objections as a petty mindset and noted the campaign's aim of cutting air and noise pollution.
The INDIA bloc filled Ramlila Maidan on 1 November to demand the chief election commissioner step down over voter-roll revision.
Cyclone Murasu formed over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole early on 3 November.
Delhi began winter vehicle and construction curbs as the city's air quality index rose to 261, its worst reading of the season so far.
Gross GST collections rose 23 percent in October to more than ₹2.31 lakh crore, led by domestic sales and a sharp rise in import revenues.
Four men died of suspected poisonous gas while cleaning a food-waste chamber at a hotel on the Ujjain-Dewas road late on 31 October.
Voting for 100 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh was mostly peaceful, but TDP and YSRCP workers clashed in Pulivendula and journalists were attacked.
Oil firms raised commercial LPG by about ₹10 a cylinder on 1 November, with a smaller rise on migrant workers' 5 kg free-trade refills.
The Union government released an additional tax-devolution instalment of about ₹1.09 lakh crore to states on 31 October, on top of the regular monthly transfer.
New Zealand beat India by seven wickets in the fifth T20 on 1 November to win the series 3-2.
Haryana ordered a safety audit of schools after a six-year-old girl was assaulted by another pupil in a Panchkula government school; two teachers were suspended.
A traders' body said the 1 November Ramlila Maidan rally shut most nearby shops in peak Diwali season and caused losses of thousands of crores.
Spanish authorities said 56 of 69 people killed in the Urda high-speed train collision had been identified by 1 November, with 13 foreign victims still unnamed.
Qatari mediators hosted further talks aimed at easing the Iran conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz as shipping through the waterway stayed far below normal.
French protests on 31 October drew about 320,000 people by interior counts, with clashes and tear gas in several cities.
A two-day G20 foreign ministers meeting in the United States ended without a communique as governments split over Ukraine, Iran and energy security.
Britain's prime minister said the UK was open to structured talks on slavery reparations, while keeping them off the formal summit agenda.
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 5,026 deaths among 10,351 Ebola infections, underlining an outbreak that has overwhelmed local capacity.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed in Istanbul to work on a new Black Sea grain corridor.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short an Africa trip and called for urgent talks after a leadership dispute at the Constitutional Tribunal brought protests and clashes.
Yemeni government forces said they had captured the Huwayshian mountain range in Al-Jawf after fighting with Houthi units east of the provincial capital Al-Hazm.
Road transport authorities have ordered a forensic audit of vehicle portals after reports that motorists' records may have been exposed.
The insurance regulator has given people until 31 October to comment on how commissions and distribution costs should work.
Security forces arrested seventeen people accused of impersonating cadres at a designated camp in Kangpokpi.
Police used tear gas at an anti-dam protest in Arunachal Pradesh, and four women were reported injured.
Karnataka's chief minister has allowed prosecution of a jailed IAS officer in a public recruitment case.
Rain brought Delhi's air to a moderate reading, while Mumbai stayed in the very poor band.
A red alert warns of extremely heavy rain in five Kerala districts on 25 and 26 October.
The India–New Zealand trade agreement took effect on 20 October, with tariff cuts that depend on the product.
Congress has cited a former judge's unpublished memoir to question pressure on appointments and a bench.
Serbia voted on 25 October after nearly two years of student protests that began with a station disaster.
Brazil's runoff pits President Lula against senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with the count still to settle the result.
Protests over rents, prices and public services have spread across several European countries, with clashes in some cities.
Spanish authorities arrested 128 people after a night of unrest and reported looting in Barcelona.
France has put tens of thousands of officers on duty before further protests over living costs and services.
Audi is preparing its first company-owned car plant in the United States, with the details still unconfirmed.
Some central banks are selling gold while others keep buying, and one month does not set a trend.
Some American diplomats have been told to leave Saudi Arabia as security worries rise in the Gulf.
India wants a larger shipbuilding industry, but its share of global orders is still about half of one percent.
An Indian air-independent propulsion system for Kalvari-class submarines has reached another test stage, not service.
Karnataka has been directed to release water to Tamil Nadu in the long-running Cauvery dispute.
Delhi Police released student leader Neha Bora on Saturday. Abhijeet Dipke remains in custody and is due before a magistrate.
A bus carrying pilgrims from Bhopal to Khatu Shyamji fell off the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Kota. The collector confirmed eight deaths.
The US president waived duties that could have put a 100 percent tariff on goods from large buyers of Russian oil, including India, from 18 October.
India chased 115 to win the first women's T20 in Raipur by four wickets, after slipping to 19 for 4. Deepti Sharma made 49.
The Enforcement Directorate has asked former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to appear in Kochi on 23 October in the CMRL-Exalogic case.
Former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, 98, was admitted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi on Friday evening. Doctors say he is stable.
India's high commission in Ottawa says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Canada on 11 and 12 December. Mark Carney has named the same dates.
Russian attacks on Friday killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine, and cut electricity to more than a million.
Turkey's interior minister said four people have died and three are missing after the Istanbul floods. He called it the city's worst flood since 1942.
Aden's security administration said two of three ballistic missiles fired on Friday night landed inside the international airport. No casualties were reported.
Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and 16 other countries said Colombia's decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem breaks agreed rules on the city's status.
Karnataka's chief electoral officer said more than 99 percent of hearings under the special voter-roll revision are done. 19,365 cases are still pending.
Police detained the Cockroach Janta Party founder on Friday to stop a march in Delhi protesting the jailing of two other party leaders.
The Election Commission has started the annual process to update voter lists for 2027 in seventeen states and union territories across the country.
India’s exports to the United States rose to 51 billion dollars between April and September 2026 despite global trade disruptions and high import taxes.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal opened a centre that puts India's export numbers, schemes and approvals on one official screen.
The Indian government and LIC will sell a majority stake in IDBI Bank to a Canadian company for over fifty-two thousand crore rupees.
The Supreme Court has ruled that converting to Islam does not automatically allow people to claim backward class reservation benefits in Tamil Nadu.
India's embassy in Saudi Arabia has urged citizens to stay indoors and obey local rules following missile and drone attacks.
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The Enforcement Directorate searched 29 locations across India to investigate a scheme where company share prices were allegedly manipulated to benefit a few insiders.
The southwest monsoon has fully withdrawn from India, but heavy rains and alerts continue across several southern states and parts of the north.
Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma reached the Denmark Open quarter-finals after beating Germany's Yvonne Li, setting up a clash with Olympic champion An Se-young.
Officials from across India have gathered in Dharamshala for a two-day national conference to discuss digital governance reforms and public services.
Fresh Russian strikes hit power grids in Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity as civilian casualties rise and political tensions grow.
A tragic school roof collapse in Peshawar claims thirty-three lives, leaving families demanding answers about building safety and accountability.
Israel says commercial trucks into Gaza have stopped for two days. Gaza's truckers say the reason given is an excuse.
Recent attacks on a presidential palace in Yemen and an airport in Saudi Arabia have killed civilians and disrupted travel.
Torrential rain flooded Istanbul on Thursday. Three people have died, including a 14-year-old boy, and five are still missing.
Japan's weather agency warned of a magnitude 9.9 earthquake, then cancelled it eight minutes later. The real quake was 6.9 and far away.
European Union leaders started a two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday, October 15, 2026, but ended the first day divided over energy prices and the budget.
India face Zimbabwe in Raipur for the first match of their women's cricket series under evening lights.
Opposition leaders have asked the Supreme Court to pause voter list revisions after nearly thirteen crore names were removed from electoral rolls across India.
The Supreme Court stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Rahul Gandhi over his 2018 remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal.
The Karnataka High Court has cancelled a law that increased reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes beyond the fifty per cent limit.
The Madras High Court upheld the resignations of six Tamil Nadu lawmakers but ordered the Speaker to decide their disqualification cases within two months.
An anti-drug activist was shot dead during a livestream in Punjab, sparking protests and calls for a statewide shutdown.
India has officially named 28 geographical features in Ladakh and rejected China's claims that the move is illegal or invalid.
The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has withdrawn a proposal to decide uniform topics for Friday sermons following widespread outrage across the region.
A government task force has proposed generating exam papers at the last minute using artificial intelligence to prevent question paper leaks across India.
Madhya Pradesh health officials are investigating the deaths of 46 newborns over three months at a government hospital unit in Seoni district.
Police in Chennai detained hundreds of temporary hospital workers who were gathering for a hunger strike to demand permanent government jobs.
New government data shows that rising food prices pushed India's retail inflation to 5.54 per cent in September, with rural families facing the hardest struggle.
HCLTech posted a strong quarterly profit and hired thousands of young engineering graduates as demand for artificial intelligence services increased.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the government is listening to arguments about reducing taxes on stock market gains and share trades before the next budget.
India and the United States are nearing a trade agreement, but officials have avoided setting a firm date for signing the final pact.
Union ministers have asked five states to stop farmers from burning crop waste as farm fires rise in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan this month.
The India Meteorological Department says the northeast monsoon will soon bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to southern states as the summer monsoon finally leaves.
Health experts are investigating a rise in dengue cases in Doda while Haryana reports a sharp increase in infections across several districts this month.
A senior scientist warns that India cannot rely on imported technology for critical defence systems and must build its own computer chip industry.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project crossed a major hurdle in Vadodara by completing 14 large concrete beams over a busy main railway line.
Indian badminton stars P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen lost their first-round matches at the Denmark Open while younger players showed promise in Odense.
Two American economists won the 2026 Nobel Prize for helping central banks manage inflation and growth by understanding how people make financial decisions.
The IMF raised its 2026 world growth forecast to 3.1 per cent and says India remains the fastest-growing major economy at 7.0 per cent.
Pakistan's federal government suspended the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and placed its elected leader in preventive custody.
Russia launched missiles and drones at Ukraine, killing people and damaging homes, amidst confusion over a US-proposed energy ceasefire.
Drones hit two cargo ships off Bulgaria in the Black Sea, sinking one and leaving {{eleven sailors missing}} after the attack.
A global hunger monitoring group warns that war and severe drought are pushing millions of people in Sudan toward famine.
Displaced Palestinian families face fresh hardship in Gaza City as military lines expand, while rights groups warn the ceasefire exists only in name.
A massive landslide blocked a river in Nepal, destroying homes and bridges while stranding hundreds of local villagers and foreign trekkers.
The UN General Assembly elected 15 countries, including India's neighbour Nepal, to the Human Rights Council in a vote where every candidate ran unopposed.
With three weeks left before the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump says his party faces a hard battle to keep control of Congress.
Leading an opposition delegation to the President, Rahul Gandhi demanded the repeal of recent state elections, alleging massive voter deletion and systemic electoral fraud.
Authorities have locked down central Delhi and deployed thousands of security personnel to block a massive youth-led protest demanding the election chief's resignation over voter deletions.
Ahead of a major national protest at Jantar Mantar, police across several states have detained thousands of activists, students, and farmers to prevent them from reaching Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Friday addressed the heavy security shutdown in Delhi ahead of a planned protest, balancing civil liberties with public access to essential facilities.
The Supreme Court has ruled that ongoing voter list revisions cannot be used as an excuse to delay local body elections in Andhra Pradesh.
The Kerala High Court has ordered a corruption case against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over alleged fraudulent payments made to his daughter's firm.
The BJP secured significant by-election victories in Assam and West Bengal, even as the INDIA bloc accused the Election Commission of "vote chori."
Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam secured crucial victories in the Dharapuram and Madurantakam Assembly by-elections, consolidating its position in the Tamil Nadu legislature.
Indian benchmark indices staged a significant rally on Friday, snapping an eight-week losing streak, driven by IT sector gains and global cues.
The Indian rupee remains under severe pressure near record lows as high global oil prices and massive foreign capital outflows outweigh a recent central bank rate hike.
Shai Hope struck an unbeaten century as West Indies chased down 250 against India in Ranchi, keeping the bilateral T20 International series alive.
A central team has arrived in Maharashtra to assess widespread drought conditions and crop damage after dry spells forced hundreds of villages onto emergency tanker supplies.
Opposition leaders condemned the Maharashtra government after Pune police booked 15 students protesting an MPSC exam paper leak and demanding the commission chairman's removal.
Forest officials in Manipur have identified over 300 hectares of illegal poppy cultivation across three hill districts as authorities prepare destruction drives and explore alternative livelihoods.
The Union government and Ladakh representatives will resume talks on October 15 to discuss a unique governance model and democratic representation for the region.
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her outstanding efforts to promote international law and justice.
The United States has targeted the International Criminal Court with crippling sanctions, threatening the global justice system hours after a former judge won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Deadly Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh airport have triggered massive flight cancellations, severely disrupting travel for millions of Indian workers and residents in Saudi Arabia.
US President Donald Trump has pledged not to attack Iran before the November midterm elections, even as a devastating naval blockade on Tehran remains active.
Global crude oil prices remain above one hundred dollars a barrel due to shipping disruptions in the Middle East and a major hurricane in America.
Hurricane Isaias has strengthened into a Category 3 storm, threatening the US Gulf Coast with life-threatening storm surges, heavy rainfall, and severe economic losses.
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging buildings, cracking major roads, and triggering widespread evacuations across several provinces.
Ukrainian forces reclaimed territory along the Siverskyi Donets river as devastating Russian strikes across civilian areas left scores of innocent people dead.
Ukraine faces renewed blackouts and winter infrastructure threats while Washington urges Kyiv to halt attacks on Russian oil facilities following high-level fuel talks.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye have agreed to rapidly operationalise their collective defence pact amid escalating regional warfare, raising concerns over wider militarisation and civilian safety.
A suspected drone strike in Sudan has killed up to forty people, mostly women and girls, amid escalating fighting near the Ethiopian border.
An Israeli drone strike wounded six civilians in Lebanon as military incursions in southern Syria reached record highs, leaving vulnerable populations facing persistent hardship.
Lithuania has deployed up to one hundred soldiers to its border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, citing fears of asylum seekers fleeing a potential military mobilisation.
Italy’s lower house has approved a major electoral reform that grants extra seats to the winning coalition, raising concerns about democratic representation and power concentration.
Afghanistan has opened a road connecting Badakhshan to China, offering Beijing new access while reshaping regional dynamics amid escalating cross-border tensions with Pakistan.
Opposition-led protests in Delhi and Mumbai demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the voter-roll revision.
CJI Surya Kant said the Supreme Court never approved the modified Form 6 used to add new voters.
Nirmala Sitharaman said India-US trade negotiations have plateaued, with Russian oil tariffs complicating the talks.
Most economists polled expect a 25-basis-point repo hike as inflation stays above the RBI’s 4% target.
With China pausing fuel exports, India’s 5.6 million-barrel-a-day refining system could fill the regional gap.
S Jaishankar said India is in talks with both Moscow and Kyiv on Black Sea shipping and limiting attacks.
The pact offers five-year multiple-entry visas and a young professionals scheme during Guy Parmelin’s India visit.
Five cubs born at Kuno to a Botswana father and Indian-born mother take India’s cheetah count to 60.
Indian Railways credits AI alerts and Plan Bee with preventing 255 elephant deaths in the Northeast this year.
The CBI arrested a DGCA deputy director and an aviation firm director over an alleged ₹2.5 lakh bribe.
About 150 people described as illegal Bangladeshi residents were flown out on an IAF aircraft, with 500 identified in total.
Hearing a suo motu case on Delhi-NCR rapes, the court asked police to focus on prevention and 24-hour monitoring.
India won 21 gold among 85 medals to finish behind China, Japan and South Korea.
The GST Council may discuss dropping GST arrest powers on October 7 amid complaints of heavy-handed enforcement.
New Delhi and Islamabad summoned each other’s envoys after a security confrontation in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector.
Madhya Pradesh has approved 128 projects worth ₹13,851 crore to prepare Ujjain for the 2028 Simhastha.
A ₹2,400-crore two-line rail bridge over the Ganga at Mokama is now operational.
Kerala’s pilot puts low-cost sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators at 14 KSRTC terminals and depots.
The BJP named eight Uttar Pradesh candidates for October 16 vacancies, dropping Hardeep Singh Puri and B L Verma.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre where the 135-year-old library will go when Shastri Bhavan is demolished.
Rahul Gandhi launched an online Satyagraha platform to mobilise supporters against the voter-roll revision.
Yogi Adityanath announced that Bhadohi district will now be called Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi.
The SIT probing Ram Mandir donation allegations is being strengthened at the Supreme Court’s suggestion.
Police detained over 25 AAP workers, including Saurabh Bharadwaj, at an India Gate protest against the CEC.
Supreme Court petitions allege unilateral decisions by the CEC and challenge how the voter-roll revision is run.
Saudi-backed government forces launched a major offensive to retake Houthi-held ground near the Bab el-Mandeb.
Government troops took Dhubab and nearby areas by the strait, with Saudi air support and US intelligence help.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are operationalising the Mecca Pact, including rapid troop deployment to the kingdom.
A report on Iran’s strike on Kuwait’s Port Shuaiba details how six US soldiers died and dozens were wounded.
Russian strikes killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, snarling traffic for a third day.
On a visit to Kyiv, Friedrich Merz pledged €1 billion in military aid and €350 million for energy repairs.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said rising Russian hybrid attacks are putting lives at risk across Europe.
BND chief Martin Jaeger warned of a Russian “shadow war” but said a full attack on NATO remains unlikely.
Russia’s Defence Ministry says it hit two Ukrainian cargo ships in the Black Sea and fuel storage at Chornomorsk.
Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly led Lula in the first round, setting up an October 25 runoff.
Trump mislabelled Brazil’s vote as “India’s Presidential Election” while criticising US election counting.
Pedro Sánchez called an early general election after parliament rejected his government’s housing plan.
The former Catalan president is reportedly preparing to return, years after the 2017 independence attempt.
Eritrea’s long Red Sea coastline is drawing new attention as the Iran war upends Gulf shipping routes.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the medicine Nobel for optogenetics.
The physics Nobel recognised work on topological quantum matter and fractional quantum Hall effects.
Russian strikes on factories, mines and power in cities like Kryvyi Rih are draining Ukraine’s war economy.
The court will review a Trump policy that denies bond hearings to some detained immigrants.
A US Labor Department official signalled major action against companies using foreign-worker visas.
China’s October halt to fuel exports is pushing Asian buyers to seek supply from India and others.
Brent fell to about $100 as Middle East exports rose and the G7 prepared a 100-million-barrel reserve release.
A Nigerian army helicopter with 32 people aboard crashed, prompting a rescue operation; the cause is not yet known.
The bestselling novelist and former Conservative MP, once jailed for perjury, has died aged 86.
Captain Smit Machchhar’s account of fighting off his co-pilot is driving scrutiny of crew screening.
The 2026 Nobel announcements run from October 5 to October 12, with each prize worth 12 million kronor.
The Election Commission ordered a special enrolment drive in 20 states and UTs where SIR is complete.
Over 500 people were detained in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti during a protest against the SIR exercise.
President Murmu’s assent makes Gujarat the second state after Uttarakhand to approve a Uniform Civil Code.
Captain Smit Machchhar told PM Modi how he regained control after his co-pilot attacked him mid-flight.
Ukraine called India’s proposal to end the war its most comprehensive yet; details remain undisclosed.
A new NETRA facility near Guwahati will strengthen ISRO’s tracking of satellites and orbital debris.
The Centre and Uttar Pradesh are preparing a joint anti-pollution plan for eight NCR-linked districts.
Delhi launched an AI-backed control centre to track pollution sources in real time before winter.
