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Dinesh Sharma was sworn in as the 14th lieutenant governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at a ceremony in Sri Vijaya Puram. Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge administered the oath of office and secrecy.

A 35-year-old man was beaten to death with sticks by a group of men in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district. Police said the attackers stopped his motorcycle near Kaithi (Mathiya), while a probe is underway to identify and apprehend the accused.

The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed former minister Mohsin Raza as chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Minority Commission for a three-year term. The nine-member panel includes Raza and eight other members nominated through an official notification

Rahul Gandhi visited Raebareli on Tuesday and met traders, lawyers, pharmacists and other local representatives, assuring them their concerns would be prioritised. Traders raised issues including rising precious metal prices and GST. Gandhi will attend a DISHA meeting on Wednesday

The Allahabad High Court has sought responses from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL challenging Aadhaar-based issuance of learning and driving licences after allegations that licences were issued using Aadhaar details of a deceased person and with an obscene photograph

Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi will visit his Rae Bareli constituency for two days from Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet local groups, inaugurate development works funded through MPLADS and chair a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting

Ganga and Sharda river levels receded in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, but flood-like conditions persisted in low-lying areas. Varanasi faced waterlogging and sewage accumulation, while Sharda remained above danger level in Lakhimpur Kheri, inundating fields and village corridors

Two minor sisters, aged 15 and 9, drowned in the Saryu river in Gonda after slipping from a wall near a ghat while feeding fish. Locals and divers rescued them, but doctors declared both dead at a community health centre

Four members of a family were killed and a teenage girl seriously injured after their kutcha house collapsed amid rain in Kanpur’s Hirni village on Sunday. Police, fire personnel and locals rescued the trapped family members, while the cause of the collapse is being investigated

Population enumeration for Census 2027 will be conducted in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and non-snow-bound Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. Self-enumeration will run from November 16 to 30, with a revisional round following the exercise

Authorities demolished an alleged illegal mosque on government land inside Saharanpur Collectorate after a court rejected the mosque committee’s appeal. The action triggered political tensions, with opposition leaders questioning the demolition and announcing plans to challenge the matter before higher courts

A video purportedly showing former two-time Dibai MLA Shribhagwan Sharma allegedly assaulting his wife, Congress leader Archana Panda, surfaced in Bulandshahr. Panda alleged Sharma pushed and dragged her, while Sharma claimed the video was old and part of a defamation conspiracy

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath predicted a comfortable BJP victory in the 2027 assembly polls, citing welfare beneficiaries and development. He highlighted religious tourism, investment, employment and strengthened recruitment laws, while attacking the previous Samajwadi Party government over alleged failures

A 65-year-old farmer and his 28-year-old son were electrocuted to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur while installing electric fencing around their field to protect crops from stray cattle. Police said they came into contact with electricity from a nearby power pole

Bihar and Jharkhand signed a water-sharing agreement for the Sone river in New Delhi on Monday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The dispute dates to Jharkhand’s creation in 2000, when it sought a larger share of Bansagar project waters

Six people from Rajasthan were killed and around 20 injured when a pickup truck carrying pilgrims collided head-on with a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj early Monday. The victims were travelling to Soron for ash immersion and a holy dip in the Ganga

Two alleged Gogi gang shooters, accused of killing Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan, were killed in a police encounter in Shamli. Police recovered weapons and said two other suspects remain absconding as the murder investigation continues

Two sisters were killed and three others, including a six-month-old baby, injured after a speeding truck allegedly hit their motorcycle from behind on National Highway-2 in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district. The family was returning to Madhya Pradesh after celebrating Raksha Bandhan

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Lucknow’s development is closely linked to Uttar Pradesh’s progress while laying the foundation for 12 projects to transform Lucknow Cantonment into a model cantonment. He praised CM Yogi Adityanath for supporting development initiatives in the city

A man was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten by villagers in Shahjahanpur after he and another youth went to meet a woman. A video of the incident went viral. Police registered a case against the two men and said action would follow over the alleged assault