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Nolo is expected to keep moving west across the Pacific and is not forecast to threaten any land through Friday (October 1), forecasters said

This week's talks in Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit - known as COP31 - to be held next month in Turkey

Here is a select list of stories to start the day

The two leading candidates will advance to the second round of voting on October 25

Authorities do not believe there is a remaining threat to the public, but have not publicly named any suspects or persons of interest, and have not identified a motive for the shooting

The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base

The Chief Minister says the government is planning to expand water taxi and kayak services to Ezhikkara, Kottappuram and Azheekode as part of the Muziris Heritage Project

The Election Commission of Indias conduct raises serious questions about legality, accountability and constitutional propriety

Oppn. party doubles down on demand for Gyanesh Kumars removal, demands FIR against police officer accused of sexual harassment by 3 women scribes; traffic restricted in parts of central Delhi

The evolving defence strategy of the United States offers India an opportunity to build leverage

If intensive regulatory mechanisms were the real engine of quality, our most tightly regulated universities and HEIs would have been outperforming the IISc, IITs, IIMs NITs and other similar institutions.

While 30 to 40 colleges were established under different political dispensations in Delhi, none of them have attempted to provide hostel accommodation on their campuses

The killing of Mad Sandhu has left police chasing unverified online claims while queer voices in Punjab draw attention to a history of gender and sexual expression that predates todays anxieties over visibility

Residents demand police action as speeding bikes disturb sleep and raise fears of accidents; 21-year-old mechanic dies in road crash

Students must be free to choose a third language that is not tested in a Board exam

Polling will take place on October 6. The byelection will be a five-cornered contest, with the TVK-led Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, the AIADMK-led NDA, the Left parties, and the NTK in the fray

The U.S. is leaving Iraq in weariness, if not defeat

They hoist black flags to mark their opposition to the proposal. They demand that the govt. return the lands belonging to Srinivasapuram, build new houses for 15,000 fishermen along the Marina Loop Road, and discuss the matter with them

The police said that an electrical short circuit could have been the reason for the accident

Taking out a roadshow in Dharapuram on the last day of campaigning for the bypoll, he hits out the impudence of DMK president M.K. Stalin in body-shaming his partys candidate for the constituency

The campus has two sections, the first a hostel for 100 pre-Matriculation Scheduled Tribes boys, and the other for 50 students in Classes 11 and 12

Delhi Police stop protesters as they try to march towards heavily barricaded Jantar Mantar; in Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray describes CEC as BJPs 'weapon', Raj Thackeray calls for use of ballot papers instead of EVMs

Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led an opposition rally in Mumbai against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, demanding the scrapping of SIR and greater electoral transparency.

High drama as video of Minister Shreyasi Singh shouting at Jamui Sadar Hospital management goes viral; District Magistrate forms a three-member team to probe the deaths

The district-level teams have been instructed to conduct direct inspections at hospital pharmacies and stores rather than relying solely on records

Punjab AAP has suspended MLA Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana after he questioned teacher shortages in government schools and the State governments education reform claims.

The feat has been described as Indias first free-space quantum-key distribution (QKD) link at a distance of 5.56 km

The high-decibel campaign for the bypolls in Madurantakam, Dharapuram Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu has ended.

The bypolls set to take place on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) will be held in five Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, as well as in one Lok Sabha seat in Assam; the votes will be counted on Friday

Jairam Ramesh reposts a video of the October 2 event saying the publics anger forced the Chief Minister to silence the crowd; Naidu, Sitharaman, Lokesh and the BJP say it was party workers enthusiasm