Latest news live updates: Odisha CM announces Rs 5 crore for Telangana flood relief efforts

47 new Covid-19 fatalities take death toll to 6,128 in Delhi; tally climbs to 3.4 lakh with 3,686 fresh cases, reports PTI

Maharashtra reports 8,142 Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 16,17,658; toll goes up to 42,633 as 180 die, reports PTI

CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 5 crore towards relief efforts post floods in Hyderabad & parts of Telangana

3,746 test positive for Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh, taking the tally to 7,93,299. Toll rises to 6,508 with 27 more deaths.

Over 2,000 Covid-19 patients benefited from plasma therapy in national capital, reports PTI quoting Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain

Calcutta HC partly modifies its order on community Durga Pujas, allows drummers to perform within no-entry zones of marquees and raises number of people who can be present there for big pujas from 25 to 60, reports PTI

Government constitutes 5-member inter-ministerial central team to conduct on-the-spot assessment of damages caused by rainfall and consequential floods in Telangana

All shops and commercial establishments, including vegetable, grocery outlets, tea shops, restaurants to operate till 10pm from October 22: Tamil Nadu CM

Khadse was number 2 in the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet before he being ousted out over allegations of helping his family to purchase land that was already acquired by the Maharashtra industrial development corporation. He resigned in 2016 and has been alienated by the BJP since then.

"The entire state has seen the injustice meted out to a senior leader like him in the BJP. With him joining the NCP, it will surely help our party," said Patil.

Patil said Khadse informed him a while ago that he has quit the BJP and will be coming to the NCP fold on Friday.

15 special teams to examine lakes, tanks in Hyderabad: K Chandrashekhar Rao

Aam Aadmi Party convenor Rahul Mhambre and other party workers detained by Panaji police for trying to enter CM's official residence to submit memorandum against coal transportation

Senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse quits the party, to join NCP on Friday: Jayant Patil, Maharashtra NCP chief

Karnataka Rajyotsava awardee Jaya C Suvarna passes away at his Goregaon east residence

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray visits rain-affected Kategao village in Osmanabad district and surveys the damage caused to the crops.

Calcutta high court allows entry of upto 45 people in Durga Puja pandals

113 police personnel tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 25,918 in the force, including 1,809 active cases, 23,839 recoveries, and 270 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police

Kerala gold smuggling case: Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court sends three accused -- Sarith PS, Ramees KT and Jalal AM -- to NIA custody for three days.

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa conducts aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Bellary