LIVE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be on official visit to India from Oct 18 to Oct 20

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be on an official visit to India from October 18 to October 20. External Affairs ministry stated that this will be his first visit to India after the commencement of his second term in office in January 2022.

Two people attacked with sharp weapons in broad daylight in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai, after an argument reportedly broke out over parking space. City’s SP said case has been registered and the investigation is underway.

Gujarat government on Monday reduced VAT (value-added tax) on CNG & PNG reduced by 10%, Gujarat Minister Jitu Vaghani announced. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 90th Interpol General Assembly tomorrow in Pragati Maidan, Delhi on Tuesday. 195 INTERPOL member countries comprising Ministers, Police Chiefs of countries, Heads of National Central Bureaus& senior police officers will attend the meeting.

Voting for the Congress presidential elections comes to an end according to news agency ANI.

Next hearing on the Gyanvapi Shrinagar Gauri dispute case at Varanasi District Court in Uttar Pradesh will be on October 21st, according to news agency ANI.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday asked SpiceJet to send oil samples to engine maker Pratt & Whitney in every 15 days in the wake of an emergency landing in Hyderabad earlier this month due to smoke in cabin from oil leakage in AC.  Read more

Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Kerala government’s petition against take over of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport by Adani Group

Delhi Police on Monday detained Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh outside CBI headquarters for alleged violation of prohibitory orders, according to PTI reports.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s bail hearing adjourned for tomorrow, according to news agency ANI. After his judicial custody ended, he in the PMLA court. Sanjay Raut has been arrested by the ED in the Patra Wala Chawl case.

“We’re giving importance to drip irrigation & use of sprinklers to conserve water and maintain soil health. We have also given utter importance to natural farming which has led to a multi-fold increase in production,” PM Modi said in Kisan Sammelan on Monday.

K-pop boy band BTS members will serve mandatory military service, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency said on Monday. “All other members will also serve mandatory military duty according to their plans,” their management group HYBE said in a regulatory filing.

BJP has withdrawn its candidate for crucial Andheri bypoll amid appeals, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced in Nagpur on Monday.

Supreme Court issues notice on a judgment by the Punjab & Haryana HC that held that a minor Muslim girl is free under the personal law to marry after she attains puberty. “This matter will have to be considered,” says SC, appointing Sr advocate Rajshekhar Rao as amicus curiae.

Supreme Court junks appeal by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari against summons issued against him in November 2019 in a defamation case filed by Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia. SC, however, allows the similar plea by BJP MLA Vijender Gupta.

Bombay high court refused to grant bail to Elgar Parishad accused Jyoti Jagtap who had appealed against a special court order which rejected her bail application in February this year.

Supreme Court has issued notice to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea filed by BJP member Subramanian Swamy seeking a CBI probe into the alleged role of RBI’s nominee director in bank loan fraud cases, reported news agency ANI.

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week as several residential buildings were damaged in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, mayor Vitalii Klitshchko said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to embark on a four-day visit to the northern districts of the state on Monday, during which she is likely to meet industrialists and take part in administration meetings, officials said.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia sought the blessings of his mother on Monday morning as he geared up to face CBI officials.

Disputes over the newly allotted election symbols to the two factions of the Shiv Sena continue as the Sikh community leaders have now objected to two swords and shield – the symbol allotted to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena.

At 2,060 fresh cases, India sees yet another dip in daily Covid tally; active count stands at 26,834

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on his birthday and wished for a “long and healthy life.”

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered on Monday a government probe into the Unification Church, after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe renewed scrutiny of the sect.

Asian equities fell while major currencies made gains against the dollar in a cautious open to the week following further weakness on Wall Street and a defiant message to the world from China’s Communist Party congress.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 on Monday. It is a 2-day event dedicated to meeting the “needs of farmers and transforming agriculture sector,” a government statement read. PM is also expected to release PM-KISAN Funds worth ₹16,000 crores.

NASA had said this slingshotting wil help Lucy gain part of the orbital energy it needs to travel to the unexplored population of asteroids.

As probe into the alleged human sacrifice case in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district continued, relatives of more missing women have approached the police fearing main accused Mohammad Shafi alias Rasheed might have been behind their disappearances. 

More than 600 people are now known to have perished in the worst floods in a decade in Nigeria, according to a new toll released Sunday. The disaster had also forced more than 1.3 million from their homes, said a statement by Nigeria’s ministry of humanitarian affairs, released on Twitter.