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Uttar Pradesh defeated Telangana 51-44 in the girls’ Level I category of the Sub-junior National Basketball Championship in Vijayawada. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh also registered wins, while Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal recorded victories in other matches.

A Bhadohi woman has alleged that her in-laws locked the toilet at home and assaulted her after she refused to bring Rs 50,000 from her father as dowry. Police registered an FIR against five relatives under multiple provisions

BJP state in-charges and co-in-charges met in New Delhi under party president Nitin Nabin to review organisational expansion, election preparedness and national issues. The meeting focused particularly on upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Assembly polls and grassroots strengthening after the recent reshuffle

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paid tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary, recalling his courage, sacrifice and patriotism. Modi highlighted Bhagat Singh’s fearlessness and sensitivity towards people, while Yogi Adityanath urged youth to draw inspiration from his life

A man allegedly shot dead his wife and two priests during a dispute over a religious ritual in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district. Police surrounded the house after he locked himself inside with his children and launched efforts to arrest him

  AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said his party is open to alliances with groups seeking to prevent the BJP from returning to power in Uttar Pradesh. He said AIMIM will announce any alliance after October 2 and urged stronger Muslim political representation 

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