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'You became MP in 2024, so will you resign?': Ravi Shankar Prasad to Rahul Gandhi
Ravi Shankar Prasad to Rahul Gandhi. Addressing a gathering during a conclave organised by the BJP over the anti-Sikh riots, the former Union minister and MP Prasad slammed Mr. Gandhi for questioning the special intensive revision of electoral rolls
₹10,000 crore for road development in rural Karnataka: Khandre
₹306 crore earmarked for rural drinking water; TP,ZP polls likely by second week of January

Bill To Regulate Multiple-Year House Rent, Agency Fee In FCT Scales Second Reading
Bill To Regulate Multiple-Year House Rent, A Bill for an Act to Regulate Rental Payments, Prohibit Compulsory Multiple-Year Rent Demands, Housing Agency Practices and Rent Increases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to Establish a Unified Digital Register for Housing Agents, Prescribe Agency Fees, Protect Landlords and Tenants has scaled Second Reading in the House of Representatives.

Sharp objects found in Halloween sweets in three European nations
Dozens of cases are reported in Austria, Germany and Hungary, including a nine-year-old girl hurting her tongue while eating chocolate containing a pin.

Tamil Nadu Cooperative Consumer Federation cancels onion orders, cites poor quality
Around 25% of the onions were rotten, had sprouted or were affected by fungus; and 50% did not meet the requisite size standards

America is heading for two years of constitutional brinkmanship
An unlikely mix of political bargains and constitutional confrontation will define the next two years.

BJP to take out 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' rally in Jamshedpur on November 5
BJP's Jamshedpur Mahanagar Committee president Sanjeev Sinha told newsmen that preparations for the march were underway in full swing

Traffictech: We’ve written to road sector agencies to fix all road markings – NRSA
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it has written to road sector agencies, including the Department of Urban Roads and the Ghana Highway Authority, to ensure that faded and missing road markings across the country are fixed. Mr Amaliba said that highways passing through towns remained the responsibility of the Ghana Highway Authority and were not automatically handed over to the Department of Urban Roads.

Thunderstorm forecast in 13 Telangana districts on November 5
Cyclone Murasu weakened into deep depression

SC stays Madras HC order on Chidambaram temple
Questions whether High Courts have parens patriae jurisdiction only over public temples and not places of worship of other faiths

Why even a strong El Niño does not guarantee a poor Indian monsoon
The IMD refers to this level as 'deficient’. However, 1997 had ‘average’ rainfall

With no illegal immigrants found on draft electoral rolls, SIR greatly inconvenienced people: Owaisi
Qadeemi Masjid was there before Delhi became the national capital, says AIMIM president

Season of defections: More leaders change parties ahead of 2027
Poghisio is the latest defector, having left Gideon Moi's Kanu for ODM.

‘I will not delete my posts’: Inside Uganda’s crackdown on online critics
Uganda’s online critics allege abductions and intimidation as families search for missing relatives.

Rahul Gandhi sounds poll bugle in Punjab, says ‘chitta’ major issue facing state
People need a government that works for Punjab. Not like AAP, which is run from Delhi, he said

Houthis’ monthlong siege on Taiz creating hell for trapped Yemenis
Blockade prompts warnings of a 'catastrophe' as food, water, fuel and medical supplies are unable to reach city.

Modi calls Naidu, reviews damage from Cyclones Arnab and Murasu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister seeks Central assistance for losses suffered by farmers and damage to roads and power lines

CM Vijay reiterates Tamil Nadu’s opposition to NEET before Centre’s task force
Mr. Vijay expressed that admissions should be based solely on Class XII marks.

Women break barriers in Telangana’s Singareni coal mines
They are also taking part in mine rescue operations and preparing to operate heavy mining machinery. Meet the women of Telangana’s Singareni coal mines who are breaking rocks and challenging stereotypes in one of India’s traditionally male-dominated industries.

Three Govts, three CMs failed to complete ₹35 crore 700-metre road bridge in 15 years
The 700-metre Ghatkesar rail-cum-road bridge has divided a village on the city’s outskirts; residents travel four km to cover a distance of barely 50 metres

In setback to Keralam govt, HC reinstates Milma Thiruvananthapuram union dissolved over Sabarimala ghee row
Division Bench quashes order of Registrar of Co-operative Societies which was upheld by Single Bench

Germany's celebrated children's author Janosch has died
Bear, Tiger and Tiger-Duck: The author and illustrator Janosch achieved world fame with his heartwarming children's figures. He died at the age of 95.

Jaishankar highlights importance of digital public infrastructure at Commonwealth meet in Antigua and Barbuda
Mr. Jaishankar also spoke about India's recent Free Trade Agreements and other ongoing negotiations at the meeting