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- Uttar Pradesh
HCLTech Plans ₹500 Crore Lucknow Expansion; Yogi Adityanath Sets Goal of 50 AI Startups in City
At the 10th anniversary of HCL's Lucknow campus, the group announced a ₹500 crore second phase with about 5,000 new seats. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said t…
- Maharashtra
MPSC Paper Leak: Fadnavis Asks Governor for Judge-Led Panel to Examine Commission's Present and Former Chiefs
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has recommended a committee headed by a retired High Court judge to examine the conduct of present and former MPSC chairpersons…
- West Bengal
Bengal Cabinet Approves 14,454 Government Posts and ₹50,000 Aid for Unmarried Women in Higher Education
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the 14,454 posts in forests, fire services, prisons and home and hill affairs will be filled in six to eight months. The ca…
- Rajasthan
Rajasthan CM Gives New Mayors and Civic Chiefs a 100-Day Plan, With Basic Works Due Before Diwali
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma told newly elected mayors and civic body heads to finish cleaning, road, lighting, sewer and drain works within a month, before …
- West Bengal
"Give Me Six Months": Suvendu Adhikari Says West Bengal Will Bring a Uniform Civil Code
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state would implement a Uniform Civil Code within six months, followed by laws against what he called "love jihad", "la…
- Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Cabinet Meets in Banbasa, Clears ₹200 Crore Skill Scheme for 1.19 Lakh Students and 23 Other Proposals
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's cabinet met at Banbasa in Champawat district and approved 24 proposals, including a ₹200 crore higher-education skill schem…
- Telangana
Telangana Clears Two Pending DAs for 6.9 Lakh Employees and Pensioners; Arrears Total ₹6,174 Crore
The Telangana cabinet approved two dearness allowance instalments pending since 2024, to be paid with October salaries on November 1. The state also sought drou…
- Karnataka
Karnataka Voter Roll Row: 91,278 Deletion Requests Filed, None Acted On Yet, Says Poll Officer
Karnataka has received 91,278 Form 7 applications seeking the removal of names during the revision of its electoral rolls. Congress and the BJP-JD(S) have trade…
- Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Gets ₹43,250 Crore of Investment Proposals at Singapore Forum, Led by ₹41,750 Crore Data Centre
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said Chhattisgarh secured FDI commitments worth ₹43,250 crore at the first SING Forum in Singapore, including ₹41,750 crore from E…
- Chhattisgarh
Mahanadi Dispute: Chhattisgarh and Odisha Say They Will Accept Central Water Commission's Decision After Amit Shah Meeting
Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Chief Ministers Vishnu Deo Sai and Mohan Charan Majhi in New Delhi on the long-running Mahanadi water dispute. Both states hav…
- Delhi
Delhi Begins Winter Pollution Curbs: No Fuel Without PUC at 500 Pumps; Outside Non-BS-VI Vehicles Barred From November 1
Fuel stations in Delhi stopped serving vehicles without a valid pollution certificate on October 1. From November 1, non-BS-VI vehicles registered outside the c…
- Bihar
Bihar Pitches Roads, Power and a ₹5 Lakh Crore Target at Rising Bihar Investor Summit in Patna
Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union minister Nitin Gadkari opened the Rising Bihar Investor Summit 2026 in Patna. The state wants investment worth ₹5 lakh…
- Jharkhand
Charges Framed Against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in Ranchi Land Case; High Court Declines Relief
A special PMLA court in Ranchi framed charges against Chief Minister Hemant Soren and 16 others over 8.86 acres of land in the Bargain area. Soren denied the al…
- Madhya Pradesh
MP Cabinet Clears ₹24,500 Crore of Proposals and 20% Reservation for Agniveers in Police, Forest and Jail Posts
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's cabinet approved a 20 per cent horizontal quota for former Agniveers in five uniformed services, five more years of honorarium for …
- Literature
Jeffrey Archer Dies at 86, a Day Before His Final Novel 'Adam and Eve' Is Published
The bestselling novelist and former Conservative MP died at home in London on October 5, his publisher HarperCollins said. He sold more than 300 million books; …
- Explained
Explained: What the GST Council Is Expected to Take Up When It Meets on October 8
The Council's first meeting in more than a year has been moved twice, most recently from October 7 to October 8. Reports point to proposals on arrests and prose…
- Religion
Tirumala to Hold Second Brahmotsavam of the Year From October 12; Garuda Seva on October 16
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams will hold the Navaratri Brahmotsavams of Lord Venkateswara from October 12 to 20, weeks after the annual Salakatla festival, …
- Fact check
Fact Check: No, the Centre Has Not Made Every Saturday a Holiday for Public Sector Banks
A gazette notice shared on social media claims every Saturday is now a holiday at public sector banks, including SBI. PIB Fact Check says the document is fake. …
- Crime
CBI's Week of Bribery Traps: CPWD Engineer Caught With ₹50 Lakh, Agency's Own Constable Arrested
In a week of bribery arrests, the CBI caught a CPWD executive engineer in Mumbai over ₹50 lakh paid for a land NOC, arrested one of its own constables and a law…
- Defence
Defence Ministry Signs ₹660 Crore Contract for BrahMos Fire Control Systems and Launchers for Navy Ships
The Defence Ministry has signed a contract worth over ₹660 crore with BrahMos Aerospace for fire control systems and launchers for Navy ships, under the Buy (In…
- Defence
Navy's First Indian-Built Fleet Tanker 'Surya' Launched in Visakhapatnam as Fifth Ship's Keel Is Laid
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched Fleet Support Ship-1, named Surya, at Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam, laid the keel of the fifth ship and opened a …
- Education
NEET PG 2026 Seat Matrix Out: About 58,000 MD, MS Seats, Up 11%, as Counselling Begins
The postgraduate medical seat matrix for 2026-27 lists about 58,000 MD, MS and diploma seats, up 11% from 52,173, with the fastest growth at private and deemed …
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
- Food
FSSAI Orders Festive Crackdown on Adulterated Sweets, Ghee, Paneer and Edible Oil
The food regulator has asked states to step up inspections and sampling through Navratri and Diwali, focusing on milk products, sweets, snacks, edible oil, beve…
- Celebrity
Drishyam 3 Crosses ₹300 Crore Worldwide in Four Days, Ajay Devgn's Biggest Opening
Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 3: The Conclusion has grossed ₹303 crore worldwide in four days, with ₹197.50 crore net in India, though Monday's collections fell 65.6% f…
- Weird
A $30 Painting Sells for $1.35 Million, a Man Wins the Lottery 50 Times Over, and Other Odd News of the Week
A painting bought at an estate sale for $30 fetched $1.35 million, a lottery player turned 50 identical tickets into $250,000, and the world's two oldest men sw…
- Make-up
Nykaa Expects Beauty Sales Growth in the Late Twenties as Stores Post Best Same-Store Growth in Six Quarters
Nykaa expects its beauty business to grow net sales value in the late twenties in the September quarter, with same-store sales up in the early twenties and 14 n…
- Music
Arijit Singh Announces Nine-City India Tour for 2027, Tickets on Sale October 13
Arijit Singh will play nine Indian cities between January and May 2027, starting in Ahmedabad and ending in Hyderabad, to mark 20 years in music. General ticket…
- Travel
Railways Add Festival Special Trains for Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath; North Central Zone Alone Plans 1,053 Trips
Railway zones are adding festival special trains from October to November, with North Central Railway notifying 1,053 trips and Eastern Railway 299 services, th…
- Make-up
Lakmē Fashion Week Returns to Delhi on October 13 With a New Make-up Line and Manish Malhotra's Comeback
Lakmē Fashion Week with FDCI runs in New Delhi from October 13 to 18, with the House of Lakmē launching its 9to5 Hya Glam make-up range, Amit Aggarwal closing t…
