Highlights: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off coast of Central America region

BSF troops of 22 battalion thwarted a drone intrusion attempt at around 9.15pm by shooting down an Octa-copter (8 propellers) in BOP (Border out post) Rania in Amritsar, said BSF.

Ahead of the party's Presidential polls tomorrow, Congress's Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry states, "The Ballot Paper will have the names of two candidates (Mallikarjun Kharge & Shashi Tharoor) on it. Voters are instructed to put a 'tick' in the box..."

A massive fire broke out at a godown in the Mumbra area of ​​Thane city. 4 fire tenders & Mumbra police team on the spot.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of Central America on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the new terminal of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Airport in Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia were also present.

PM Modi to inaugurate PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 in Delhi tomorrow, inaugurate 600 PM Kisan Samruddhi Kendras. He will also release PM-KISAN Funds worth ₹16,000 crores, launch PM Bhartiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana - One Nation One Fertilizer and Agri Startup Conclave & Exhibition.

UN envoy Pramila Patten said that rapes and sexual assaults attributed to Moscow's forces in Ukraine were part of a Russian "military strategy", AFP reported on Saturday. Read more here

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the erosion-affected embankment in the Maijan area of Dibrugarh; reviewed ongoing repair work.

Seven people died in an incident of boat capsize that took place at the confluence of the Ganges and one of its tributaries in Bihar, an official said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

President Murmu underwent successful cataract surgery of her left eye at Army Hospital Research & Referral, Delhi Cantt today at 11:30am. Surgery was conducted by Brig SK Mishra & his team. She was discharged from hospital at 1:30pm & advised rest: Army Hospital R&R

Number of people speaking languages other than Hindi is numerically more than Hindi-speaking people in the Indian Union. I'm sure you'd appreciate that every language has its own speciality with its uniqueness and linguistic culture: TN CM MK Stalin writes to PM Modi on Hindi language

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the distribution of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards in Gujarat on October 17 at 4pm via video conferencing, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Sunday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday released its fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.

Union home minister Amit Shah launches India's first Hindi version of MBBS course books, in Bhopal in the presence of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state medical education minister Vishvas Kailash Sarang.

The CBI has summoned Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia at 11am Monday for questioning in the excise policy scam case.

PM Modi applauded the digitisation advent of India, and cited the World Bank saying that it also praised it.

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the UPI services, and said that everyone and everywhere, even a vegetable vendor uses it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates 75 Digital Banking Units to the country.

Huge crowd turn up to pay last respects to Kashmiri Pandit, Puran Krishan Bhat, who was gunned down by terrorists outside his residence in Jammu's Shopian district on Saturday.

Deputy speaker of Chhattisgarh Assembly and senior Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi passed away after a heart attack on Sunday, party leaders said. He was 58 at the time of death. Mandavi complained of uneasiness, and was rushed to a hospital in Dhamtari town. Read more.

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai expresses grief over the death of nine people at a road accident in the state. “Adequate compensation will be given to the families of the deceased and arrangements will be made for proper treatment of the injured.,” he tweeted.

India sees another decline in its daily Covid-19 tally after 2,401 fresh infections are logged on Sunday, according to the health ministry's morning bulletin updated at 8am. The active count stands at 26,625.

Nepal's veteran historian, honoured as Shatabdi Purush, Satya Mohan Joshi passes away at the age of 103 on Saturday morning, ANI reported citing hospital officials.

As many as nine people lost their lives in an accident involving a head-on collision between a tempo traveller vehicle and a KMF milk one near Gandhinagar in Arsikere taluka in Karnataka, ANI reported citing the police.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has defended her statement from earlier this week wherein she said that advanced nations must take “responsibility for the global spillover of their political and economic decisions”. At the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, happening in the US and that was concluded shortly before on Sunday (as per IST), Sitharaman said that several nations - incidentally all from South Asia (including India) expressed concern over the spillover effects. "I repeated it in some of the meetings inside as well," she said in response to a question.