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Assam SP Kumar Sanjit Krishna, who is the brother of state chief secretary, detained in connection with police job exam paper: officials

Karnataka reports 8,477 new COVID-19 cases, 85 fatalities and 8,841 recoveries. Infection tally rises to 7,43,848, death toll reaches 10,283. There are 1.13 lakh active cases of the disease in the state.

Their leaders divided them internally and let their countries become battlegrounds between the dominant powers of their time. Their people paid for the leaders’ actions with blood and tears, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Supreme Court says daughters-in-law have the right to stay in their in-laws' house, under the Domestic Violence Act; overrules its earlier judgement

Royal Challengers Bangalore win the toss and elect to bat first against Kings XI Punjab.

As many as 109 teams of the NDRF comprising of modern rescue equipment are deployed in various parts of the country for the prompt response during flood & other emergencies, of which 24 fully equipped teams are deployed widely in Telangana, Karnataka & Maharashtra: NDRF

Andhra Pradesh reports 4,038 new COVID-19 cases, 38 more fatalities and 5,622 recoveries. Infection tally goes up to 7,71,503, death toll reaches 6,357.

Farooq Abdullah the patriarch of Jammu and Kashmir's National Conference today announced an alliance with arch-rival Mehbooba Mufti of People's Democratic Party, reports NDTV

Tamil Nadu reports 49 deaths and 4,410 new COVID-19 cases taking the total number of cases in the State to 6,74,802. The death toll is at 10,472. 6,22,458 people have been discharged in the State so far including 5,055 people discharges today: State Health Department

Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, India's first Oscar winner, died at her home on Thursday after prolonged illness, her daughter said. She was 91.

Athaiya, who won an Oscar for her work in the 1983 film Gandhi, passed away peacefully in her sleep, her daughter Radhika Gupta told PTI.

The last rites took place at the Chandanwadi crematorium in South Mumbai

"She passed away early this morning. Eight years ago, she was diagnosed with a tumour in her brain. For the last three years, she was bedridden because one side (of her body) was paralysed, her daughter said.

Athaiya, who was born in Kolhapur, began her career as a costume designer in Hindi cinema with Guru Dutt's 1956 superhit "C.I.D.".

Amid some media reports that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a closure report in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, the federal agency on Thursday refuted the claims and said that such reports are "erroneous" and the investigation is still continuing.

CBI spokesperson R.K. Gaur said in a statement, "CBI continues to investigate the death of Sushant. There are certain speculative reports in the media that the CBI has reached a conclusion. It may be reiterated that these reports are speculative and erroneous."

The remarks came amid media speculation that the agency will be filing a closure report soon.

The all-party meet of the signatories of the Gupkar declaration has begun at the residence of National Conference President Farooq Abdullah here on Thursday.

The meeting was convened after former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah met with PDP President Mehbooba Mufti at her residence on Thursday, a day after she was released from detention.

The signatories of the Gupkar deceleration, including Mehbooba Mufti and People's Conference Chairman Sajad Lone, have reached the residence of Farooq Abdullah to take part in the meeting.

Mizoram reports 13 new COVID-19 infections pushing total tally to 2,220 out of which 99 are active cases.

China has no locus standi to comment on India's internal matters: MEA on China's remarks on status of Ladakh

Ministry of External Affairs denies claim by Pakistan PM's national security advisor that India sent message with desire for talks

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Niketa Baldevbhai Dave, Director of Pentium Infotech Ltd. and Hirak Biotech Ltd. in connection with Ahmedabad's People's Cooperative Bank Ltd. money laundering case.

The ED said that Dave was arrested under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case relating to fraud in the cooperative bank. A local court sent her to four-days ED custody.

The ED filed a case on the basis of a case registered by the CID-Crime in Gandhinagar in May 2009. The Gujarat Police in its FIR alleged that Dave, Pratik R. Shah (also a director) and others committed fraud of Rs 25.25 crore with the APCBL.

Over 70 people who had gathered at the Krishi Bhawan in central Delhi to protest the three recently enacted central farm laws were detained by the Delhi Police, officials said.

Police said 77 people were detained before they could start their protest at 12 pm.

Further action will be taken, they added.

Three people dead, one person missing near Daund in Pune district, due to overflowing of a canal in the area: Pune Rural Police, Maharashtra

Almost seven months after a nationwide lockdown was imposed, movie theatres and multiplexes have reopened in West Bengal on Thursday with strict Covid-19 safety protocols for the viewers.

The theatres have reopened with only 50 percent of its total seating capacity so that there is a minimum distance of at least 3-metres between two people watching the movie.

"We are encouraging paperless entry and digital payments at the ticket counter. One has to enter inside the movie theatre after thermal screening and a thorough sanitisation process. Masks and gloves are also being distributed to every person at the entry point before getting inside the auditorium," said Puneet Gupta, spokesperson for INOX Leisure Ltd.

Vivek Oberoi's home in Mumbai searched by Bengaluru Police in connection with drugs case allegedly involving brother-in-law, reports NDTV

A noxious haze hung over the national capital on Thursday as its air turned foul and the quality index mounted to 'very poor' category, for the second time this week. The East Delhi district recorded highest pollution.

Delhi's air quality index stood at 320 at noon, which falls in the 'very poor' category. The particulate matter with the diameter of 2.5 microgram per cubic meter, which is too small to be filtered out of the body, is the main pollutant.

Many colonies in Hyderabad and suburbs remained under water on Thursday while Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel continued rescue and relief work in the flood-hit areas.

Clear skies provided respite to the city battered by heavy rains in the intervening night of October 13-14 but the areas abutting overflowing lakes and nalas remained inundated while traffic on damaged highways is yet to be restored.

Personnel of Army, NDRF and Disaster Response Force (DRF) of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation continued rescue and relief works in the worst-affected areas. People trapped in marooned houses were being shifted to safe places through boats.

One of the worst floods in the city's history has so far claimed 19 lives while five others are missing.

The Odisha Police have arrested two persons in the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Cuttack, said an official on Thursday.

The accused have been identified as Santosh Behera and Rakesh Rout.

The two were apprehended within 24 hours of reporting of the offence, said Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi.

"Investigation will be completed early for both accused to stand trial and justice done," he said.

The 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in captivity inside a poultry farm for 22 days in Cuttack.

The audience will have to wait for one more day to watch films in the cinema halls in Gurugram as the PVR and other managements have decided to start operations from Friday.

The ticket prices have been reduced by 75 percent to woo the audience back. According to the management, six shows will be run at PVR on the first day.

All cinema halls will comply with the SOPs mandated by the Union Government. These include maintaining distances of one seat in the halls, 50 percent capacity, masks at all times, proper ventilation and air condition temperature settings at above 23 degrees Celsius. Also, markings have been made to ensure social distancing in the cinema hall galleries.

Three labourers were crushed to death under the wheels of a speeding truck in Shamli district on Thursday, police said.

Sanjiv, Shubham, and Parvesh aged between 22 to 27 years died in the incident while another worker received critical injuries and was hospitalised, police said.

The four were travelling to Fatehpur village from Banat village on a motorcycle when the accident occurred, circle officer Amit Saxena said.

The truck driver managed to escape from the spot along with the vehicle, police said.

BARC to pause weekly ratings for news channels for 3 months as it reviews its system amid fake ratings row

9-year-old girl allegedly raped by her neighbour in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh: Police

SC declines to entertain Republic TV petition challenging Mumbai police investigation into alleged TRP scam. SC allows the channel to move Bombay HC for relief. However, SC said, “we are concerned that commissioners of police have started giving interviews” on cases.

SC said it understands the channel has an office at Worli which is close to Flora Fountain (where the HC is located). “Better you move HC for relief,” SC said. The Channel’s counsel Harish Salve withdrew to petition to move HC.

Republic TV making TRP Scam FIR a "media spectacle", Article 19(1)(a) cannot be a shield against commission of crime: Mumbai Police to Supreme Court

A 17-year-old girl, who was distressed over repeated harassment by a relative, allegedly committed suicide in a village under Chilla Police Station, police said on Thursday.

Two police personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot, including an SHO, have been suspended for not taking prompt action in the case of a minor Dalit girl who was gang raped last week and later committed suicide.

Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 12,768 on Thursday as 207 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 29, a senior health official said.

Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points in opening trade on Thursday tracking losses in index majors TCS, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank amid weak cues from global markets.

Telangana reported 1,432 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 2,17,670 while eight more deaths pushed the toll to 1,249, the state government said on Thursday.

Telangana CM has called for an emergency high-level meeting in Hyderabad today on heavy rain & flood situation. The CM has asked the officials concerned to come prepared, as the state govt has to submit a report to the Centre on the loss caused due to heavy rain & floods: CMO

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,046 on Thursday as 10 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

India reports a spike of 67,708 new COVID-19 cases & 680 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total case tally stands at 73,07,098 including 8,12,390 active cases, 63,83,442 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,11,266 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 94,369 on Thursday as 633 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 38.4 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,091,240, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 38,426,373 and the fatalities increased to 1,091,245, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 7,911,497 and 216,734, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 7,239,389, while the country's death toll soared to 110,586.

The other top 15 countries with the maximum amount of cases are Brazil (5,140,863), Russia (1,332,824), Argentina (931,967), Colombia (930,159), Spain (908,056), Peru (853,974), Mexico (830,502), France (820,376), South Africa (696,414), the UK (657,459), Iran (513,219), Chile (485,372), Iraq (413,215), Bangladesh (382,959), and Italy (372,799), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 151,747.

The countries with a death toll above 10,000 are Mexico (84,891), the UK (43,245), Italy (36,289), Peru (33,419), Spain (33,413), France (33,058), Iran (29,349), Colombia (28,306), Argentina (24,921), Russia (23,069), South Africa (18,151), Chile (13,415), Ecuador (12,264), Indonesia (12,156), Belgium (10,244) and Iraq (10,021).