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In a major reshuffle in the state's police ranks, the Odisha government on Sunday transferred over 55 IPS officers, including SPs of 21 districts, according to notifications.

Senior IPS officer AK Ray of the 1988 batch was appointed DG (Prisons and Correctional Services), while Vinaytosh Mishra of the 1993 batch was appointed ADG (Crime Branch).

The flood situation in Bihar remained critical as embankment breaches have been reported along several rivers, particularly impacting districts near the Indo-Nepal border.

On Sunday, a breach occurred in the embankment of the Bagmati River at Madhkaul village in Sitamarhi, while the Gandak River’s left bank embankment in West Champaran was damaged due to excessive water pressure, resulting in floodwaters entering the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, officials said.

According to a statement from the state Water Resources Department (WRD), "Due to the unexpected increase in the flow and water level of the Bagmati River, minor seepages on the left and right embankments in Belsand, Parsauni, Bargainia, and Rasalpur blocks of Sitamarhi district, as well as in Piprahi, Puranhiya, and Sheohar blocks of Sheohar district, were reported and immediately repaired." In response to the damage, Nishikant Kumar, executive engineer of the Flood Control Division in Bagaha, was suspended for negligence and failure to coordinate effectively with local authorities.

Justice Manmohan on Sunday took oath as the 32nd chief justice of the Delhi High Court.

Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath to the 61-year-old judge at a ceremony at the Raj Niwas, the LG's secretariat.

The ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, judges of the Delhi High Court as well as senior officers of the city government and the police.

Chief Minister Atishi also took to the social media platform 'X' to extend her wishes to Justice Manmohan.

 The Odisha government on Sunday extended the suspension of internet services in Bhadrak district for two more days to restore normalcy after violence erupted between two groups over an "objectionable" social media post.

On Friday, the local administration imposed indefinite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in areas under Puranabazar police station to maintain order.

As of now, police have arrested 15 people, including the main accused who posted the controversial content online.

 Heavy rains pounded Gujarat's Vadodara city, inundating low-lying areas and causing water levels to rise in the Vishwamitri River on Sunday evening, officials said.

The city received 76 mm of rain in just two hours, causing waterlogging in many areas and disrupting normal life.

The local administration was on the edge as the water level rose in the Vishwamitri River and Ajwa Lake, a reminder of the flooding nearly a month ago when thousands of people were evacuated and rescued.

Vishwamitri was flowing at 20.30 feet at 5 pm, lower than the danger mark of 25 feet, but officials said they are prepared to deal with any flood-like situation.

Launching a vitriolic attack on the main opposition party, BJP national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Sunday alleged the Congress means 'kushasan' (misgovernance), corruption and criminalisation as he urged the voters to bloom the ‘lotus' for a third time in Haryana.

Nadda also pointed towards Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh, targeting the grand old party for not keeping its poll promises despite being in power there for two years.

He was holding a poll rally in Haryana's Rohtak.

Lashing out at the previous Congress regime in Haryana, the BJP president alleged that there were land scams and poor farmers' lands were usurped.

Slamming the previous regime for corruption in government jobs, he alleged that jobs were given with 'kharchi-parchi' (bribe and favouritism) system and the promising youths used to stand in a queue of unemployment.

The intense campaigning for the third and final phase of polling in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election concluded on Sunday evening, with major political parties, particularly the BJP, Congress, NC and PDP, engaging in fierce exchanges over critical issues, including Pakistan, Article 370, terrorism and reservation.

Voting for this crucial phase, covering 40 Assembly segments across seven districts -- Jammu, Udhampur, Samba and Kathua in the Jammu region and Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara in north Kashmir -- is scheduled for October 1.

The electoral fate of 415 candidates, including former deputy chief ministers Tara Chand (Congress) and Muzaffar Beig, are at stake in this phase.

The voter turnout was robust in the earlier phases, with 61.38 per cent participation recorded in the first phase on September 18 and 57.31 per cent in the second phase on September 26.

A massive fire broke out on Sunday at a masala factory in Agra. Two fire tenders are currently present on the scene, working to control the blaze. Authorities have yet to confirm the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage.

MoS for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai holds a meeting with NDRF officials regarding the flood situation in Bihar.

V Senthil Balaji, R Rajendran, Govi Chezhiaan and S M Nasar were sworn in as ministers by Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi at Raj Bhavan in Chennai. 

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi administered oath to newly appointed R Rajendran, as minister of Tamil Nadu today.

A terrorist was killed in an ongoing operation in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, taking the death toll in the incident to two, officials said.The body of the terrorist was recovered from the scene of the encounter at Kog-Mandli in Billawar tehsil this afternoon, the officials said.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Delhi's Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences for extending cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to the beneficiaries of the state's Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Yojana.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu said under the MoU, the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) will offer cashless treatment based on credit authorisation issued by the Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY) on the recommendation of the referral board in the Naharlagun-based Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS).

The TRIHMS, located near the capital city of Itanagar, is Arunachal Pradesh's first medical college and state hospital.

Three to four foreign terrorists are holed up in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and an operation is underway to neutralise them, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Anand Jain said on Sunday.

He said adequate security arrangements are in place in the poll-bound district to ensure ‘violence-free’ voting in the third and final phase of assembly polls on October 1.

A policeman was killed and two officers injured Saturday evening when terrorists opened fire on a joint security search party at Kog-Mandli village in Billawar tehsil.

Talking to reporters near the scene of the encounter, Jain said an information was received about presence of terrorists in the area and subsequently an operation was launched, leading to an exchange of fire.

Head constable Bashir Ahmad laid down his life and two officers -- a DSP and an Assistant Sub-Inspector -- were injured in the encounter, he said, adding both the officers are stable.

The whole area is under tight security cordon and an operation is underway to neutralise the three to four foreign terrorists hiding in the area, he said.

The Odisha government will release the first instalment (Rs 5,000) to more than 40 lakh beneficiaries under its flagship women-centric programme Subhadra Yojana on October 9, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ambitious Subhadra scheme of the BJP government on his birthday, on September 17 this year. On that day, the first instalment of Rs 5,000 was sent directly to the bank accounts of about 25.11 lakh beneficiaries.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, in the presence of several other dignitaries, would release the first instalment of money to over 40 lakh women on October 9 at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district during the Durga Puja festival, she said.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone, inaugurates and dedicates to the nation various projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 11,200 crore through video conferencing.

On PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti cancelling her campaign "in solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon & Gaza, especially Hassan Nasarullah", JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah says, "I will not say anything about it today. We have always opposed the bombing and use of force by Israel for the past year and have repeatedly demanded that it should not be stopped. The series of killing and injuring innocent people should be stopped whether it is in Gaza, Lebanon or anywhere else. After what happened yesterday, it seems as if the clouds of war are now visible in the entire region. GoI, PM Modi, the leaders of other countries should put pressure on Israel to establish peace there again"

The Aam Aadmi Party has approached the Supreme Court challenging the election held for a member of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's standing committee.

The move came after Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP of "murdering" democracy and claimed that the election held on September 27 was "illegal and unconstitutional".

Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh has met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and assured him about being steadfast to the party's ideology and principles, sources said on Sunday.

The meeting on Saturday evening came amid a row over Singh's recent remarks that it would be mandatory for street vendors to display their identity cards at their shops. The state government later clarified no such decision had been taken.

 Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai along with other BJP leaders, listens to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'.

"Due to the success of the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' the Waste to Wealth' mantra is becoming popular among people. People have started talking about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle," says PM Modi in the 114th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'
 

 Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda listens to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'.

"In Raipura Village of Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, construction of a large pond has raised the groundwater level considerably. The women of this village benefited from this," says PM Modi in the 114th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'
 

As Mann Ki Baat completes 10 years, PM Modi says it has shown that people like positive, inspiring, encouraging stories

"In Jhansi, some women have given a new lease of life to the Ghurari river. These women are associated with a Self Help Group and they have led this campaign by becoming Jal Saheli," says PM Modi in the 114th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'
 

"When I remember each and every incident, each and every letter connected with Mann Ki Baat, I feel as if I am having a Darshan of the Janata Janaardan, the people, who are like the Almighty to me," says PM Modi in the 114th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'

"My dear countrymen, Namaskar. This episode today is going to make me emotional. It's flooding me with a lot of old memories... The reason is that this journey of ours in Mann Ki Baat is completing 10 years," says PM Modi on 10 years of Mann Ki Baat

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Protesting nurses at state-run hospitals in Odisha called off their four-day-long strike after they got assurance from Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling that their 10-point demand would be "fulfilled".

Odisha Nursing Employees' Union general secretary Ashwini Kumar Das said nurses joined duties from 11 PM on Saturday after a discussion with the minister.

"We called off the strike after the government assured us that our demands would soon be fulfilled. The minister said that the government is aware of our demands and has set up an inter-departmental committee to address our issues," Das told reporters.

The nursing staff working in government hospitals have been demanding the fulfilment of their 10-point charter of demands.

A wet outfield due to overnight rain has delayed the start of play on day three of the second Test between India and Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium here on Sunday.

Bangladesh are scheduled to resume their first innings from 107 for 3, which they managed on the rain-hit opening day.

The umpires will inspect the conditions at 10:00am.

The entire second day was washed out without a ball being bowled, and only 35 overs were bowled on the opening day.

A tigress that killed 11 persons over the last three years has been successfully caged under Chichpalli forest range in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said.

 Union Minister of Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju flagged off the 3 km marathon from India Gate to Bharat Mandapam on World Heart Day

The anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has entered its second day since it began on Saturday in which Security forces are actively pursuing 3-4 Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who are believed to be trapped.

One Head Constable of J&K Police was martyred yesterday, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) have been injured in the exchange of fire between the forces and terrorists.

 In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana, its Faridabad candidate Pravesh Mehta joined the ruling BJP on Saturday.

A businessman was robbed of 4 kgs of gold jewellery in north Delhi’s Gulabi Bagh area soon after he alighted from an autorickshaw, police said on Saturday.

The incident was reported on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The caller claimed that some robbers on a two-wheeler snatched three bags, containing around 4 kgs of gold ornaments, that he was carrying, they said.