The counting of votes for the maiden Silchar Municipal Corporation (SMC) election will take place today, after the State Election Commission, Assam conducted polling in the historic first-ever corporation election in the city on Saturday, October 3.
The Delhi government has withdrawn, for now, the order assigning ACP Vivek Bhagat the current duty charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Additional DCP). The decision comes after Bhagat, a DANIPS officer, requested that he not take up the additional responsibility until an enquiry into allegations of harassment involving women journalists is completed.
The Election Commission (EC) will today hold bypolls for five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Counting of votes will take place on Friday.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye have agreed to take measures for the rapid deployment of military forces in Saudi Arabia amid escalating tensions involving the kingdom and Yemen’s Houthis, according to a media report.
The Election Commission (ECI) has debunked the social media claim by Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi regarding Form 6 of Special Intensive Revision (SIR). “The order for SIR in Bihar issued on June 24, 2025 was issued with the unanimous approval of the Commission. This order has been upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment dated May 27, 2026,” ECI in a post on X said. In its Press Note No. 120 dated 26 September 2026, in Point 1(iii), ECI has stated that, “The declaration attached to…
Two alleged criminals were shot in the leg during an encounter with the Special Staff team of Northeast Delhi Police in the Usmanpur area, police said on Monday. The encounter took place on Sunday night after the two allegedly opened fire at the police team. Around 26 rounds were fired by both sides during the exchange.
The United States has reportedly withdrawn all of its long-range bombers deployed at Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase and sent the aircraft back to their home stations in the US following an unspecified new threat. The development comes as British authorities continue to investigate an alleged Iranian plot targeting the military facility, where American aircraft had been stationed.
Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami, who attacked Indian Captain Smit Machchhar in an attempt to seize control of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, may have shut down the aircraft’s engines and tried to crash the Boeing 737 in the Saudi desert after his alleged plan to bring it down in Tel Aviv failed, according to an investigation by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera cited by Ynet News.
TV actor Avinash Mishra has emerged as the winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi 15. The actor defeated Orry and Ritvik Dhanjani in the final showdown of Rohit Shetty’s stunt-based reality show and lifted the coveted trophy. The finale was filmed in Mumbai and is being aired over two nights on Colors TV, with the winner being announced during the finale telecast.
The Asian Games 2026 came to an end, and every participating nation gave its best effort in a variety of games. It is interesting to note that the Indian contingent finished with a total of 107 medals to its name, and the 2026 edition of the Games ended with India with a total of 85 medals.
