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At least nine people crushed to death at Kasibugga temple in A.P.’s Srikakulam district

At least nine persons including a boy were killed reportedly after they fell down from a six-feet-high wall when they attempted to escape from rush after an iron railing was damaged inside Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibugga town in Srikakulam on Saturday (November 1, 2025). “A case has been registered against the temple owner, Hari Mukunda Panda, under various sections under culpable homicide,” Srikakulam Superintendent of Police said.

Kerala declared free from extreme poverty, first State to do so

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared the State as free from extreme poverty at a special session of the Assembly on the occasion of ‘Kerala Piravi’ on Saturday (November 1, 2025), making it the first Indian State to make such a declaration. Refuting the Opposition allegations that the declaration was a publicity stunt, CM Vijayan said that the implementation of the Extreme Poverty Alleviation Project (EPEP) was a decision taken in the first Cabinet meeting of the current Left Democratic Front (LDF) in 2021.

Bihar ex-MLA Anant Singh, 2 others arrested over Dular Chand Yadav death case in Mokama

Controversial former Bihar MLA Anant Singh, who seeks to reclaim Mokama seat on a ticket of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), was arrested in a late-night operation on Saturday (November 1, 2025) in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj supporter Dular Chand Yadav, officials said.

Countdown begins for launch of ISRO’s heaviest communication satellite CMS-03 for military on November 2

The 24-hour countdown for the launch of over 4,000 kg communication satellite CMS-03 commenced at this spaceport on Saturday (November 1, 2025), ISRO said. The satellite weighing about 4,410 kg will be the heaviest to be launched from the Indian soil and into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the space agency said.

Women’s Cricket World Cup final

As nations, there are several parallels one can draw between India and South Africa. Both were European colonies that fought for their freedom, and both had remarkable social movements that changed the face of their cultural fabric. Both are diverse nations with similar economic backbones in industry and agriculture, and both share a passion for cricket. Come Sunday, both nations will find themselves intertwined once more, in a clash for ultimate One-Day glory. This time, in the final of the Women’s World Cup at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Nepali passenger turned away by Qatar airways, immigration officials had no role to play: MHA

Days after a public health professional from Nepal alleged on social media that she was stopped and deported from Delhi airport by Indian officials, while on way to Germany from Kathmandu, the union ministry of home affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Saturday (November 1, 2025) that “Indian immigration authorities have no role to play in this entire episode.” MHA added that “the incident has been wrongly portrayed as bias / discrimination against Nepali citizens.”

Training for BLOs on SIR begins across Bengal; demand grows for ‘heightened security’

A section of booth-level officers (BLOs), tasked with carrying out door-to-door verification for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, during a training session at Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium demanded clarity on attendance issues for their regular government duties and on security measures being taken for their safety during the SIR exercise.

Messi tour goes pan-India; Hyderabad added after Kerala cancellation

Lionel Messi’s much-anticipated ‘GOAT Tour to India 2025’ just got bigger with Hyderabad added as the new southern leg stop to ensure fans in the region are not “deprived” of seeing their idol following the cancellation of Argentina’s proposed friendly in Kerala. The revised plan now ensures Messi’s ‘GOAT Tour’ will span all four corners of India — east (Kolkata), south (Hyderabad), west (Mumbai) and north (New Delhi) — turning it into one of the biggest sporting spectacles ever hosted in the country.

Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces

Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Saturday (November 1, 2025), a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Hundreds of tourists stranded in Nepal’s Everest region due to bad weather

Hundreds of tourists were left stranded as adverse weather led to suspension of flights for the third straight day at Lukla airport in the Everest region of Nepal, officials said Saturday (November 1, 2025). It has been raining continuously with cloudy skies and fog leading to very poor visibility in and around the Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, the gateway to Mt. Everest and other peaks of the region.

Lucknow enters UNESCO list as ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’

Lucknow has officially been declared a UNESCO ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’ during the 43rd Session of the UNESCO General Conference, currently under way in Uzbekistan. The global recognition celebrates the city’s centuries-old Awadhi cuisine, living food traditions and inclusive cultural heritage.

Sabarimala temple artefacts case: Kerala High Court-appointed SIT makes third arrest

The Kerala High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiring into the misappropriation of gold-plated copper moulds covering the stone carvings and sculptures at the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple recorded the third arrest in the sensational case on Saturday (November 1, 2025). Officials identified the suspect as D. Sudheesh Kumar, a former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) executive officer who served at the temple in 2019.

Delhi’s winter atmosphere unsuitable for cloud seeding: IIT Delhi report

Delhi’s winter atmosphere is climatologically unsuitable for consistent cloud seeding due to a fundamental lack of sufficient moisture and saturation, particularly during the peak pollution months of December and January, according to an IIT Delhi report. The report comes against the backdrop of the Delhi government conducting two cloud-seeding trials in Burari, north Karol Bagh and Mayur Vihar in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, but there was no rain.

GST collections rise 4.6% to ₹1.96 lakh crore in October

Gross GST collection increased 4.6% to about ₹1.96 lakh crore in October driven by festive buying spree despite a cut in GST rates. Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on 375 items, including kitchen staples to electronics and automobiles, were slashed with effect from September 22 — the first day of Navratri and considered auspicious for buying new goods.

Rohan Bopanna announces retirement from professional tennis spanning over two decades

Two-time Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna, among India’s most accomplished tennis players, announced his retirement on Saturday (November 1, 2025). “After 20 unforgettable years on tour however, it’s time… I’m officially hanging up my racquet,” Bopanna stated on his Instagram account. Bopanna, 45, achieved great heights as a doubles player. He rose to the world number one spot in doubles last year, becoming the fourth Indian after Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza to reach the summit.

Top diplomats from Germany, Jordan and UK call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan war

The Foreign Ministers of Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom jointly called on Saturday (November 1, 2025) for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Sudan, describing the situation there in stark, apocalyptic terms after a paramilitary force seized the last major city in the East African nation’s Darfur region. United Nations officials said the rampage through the Darfur city of el-Fasher has reportedly killed more than 450 people in a hospital.