Breaking news highlights: Tamil Nadu records 222 new Covid cases, zero deaths

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the list of its star campaigners for the upcoming assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. Some of the campaigners include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh. 

Tamil Nadu on Friday recorded 222 new Covid cases which pushed the caseload to 35,90,238. No fresh deaths were seen and the toll remained unchanged at 38,048. The active cases in Tamil Nadu stand at 3,504. 

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday removed Pakistan from its “grey list” after more than four years, though the multilateral watchdog said Islamabad will have continue its work to further improve systems to combat terror financing and money laundering. Read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Jairam Thakur as prominent leaders who would campaign for the party in the hill state ahead of Assembly elections. Read more

Massive traffic snarls were seen on Friday evening on the Sarhaul border on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway amid the festive fervour ahead of Diwali - a time of the year when people indulge in shopping and visit their relatives. Read more

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reportedly decided to challenge the disqualification verdict against its chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. Read more

Reliance Jio Infocomm on Friday posted a 28 per cent year-on-year rise in its net profit for the September quarter at ₹4,518 crore. Read more

The Director General of Civil Aviation has lifted the restrictions on private carrier SpiceJet, allowing it to operate airlines on full capacity from October 30. Read more

Hours after an Army chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, two bodies were reported to be found amid massive search operations. The accident was reported in a very remote area in the Upper Siang district on Friday morning. The accident comes weeks after an Indian Army pilot was killed in a helicopter crash. Read more

Punjab cabinet approves implementation of Old Pension scheme for retired government employees.

The army chopper that crashed in the Upper Siang district had taken off from Likabali, according to Defence PRO, Guwahati. 

“Search & rescue team rushed to the spot. Two Army ALH & one IAF Mi-17 being deployed for search & rescue operation,” the official said.

"Mana village is known as the last Inidan village. But for me, every village on the border is the first village in the country," PM Modi said.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said she has been served a notice asking her to vacate her official government accommodation, the Fairview residence in Srinagar.

A military chopper crashed near singging village, 25 km from the Tuting headquarters in the Upper Siang district today, reported ANI quoting Defence PRO. The official said that the crash site is not connected by road. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

Congress's mass outreach programme re-entered Karnataka after three days in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi thanked the people of Andhra Pradesh for their “overwhelming support and encouragement.”

Three members of the banned PFI were arrested on Friday morning from Nagarbera area in Assam's Kamrup district, police said.

Sensex climbs 327.9 points to 59,530.80 in early trade; Nifty advances 89.65 points to 17,653.60.

PM Modi is wearing a handmade dress made by the women of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, reported ANI. The dress is popularly called Chola Dora. This dress was gifted to PM during his recent visit to the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun and is received by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmeet Singh. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of various projects in addition to visiting Kedarnath and Badrinath.

Around 18000 volunteers will start laying 17 lakh earthen lamps from Friday at the majestic Ram Ki Paidi ghat and 37 other ghats at banks of river Saryu.

Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report by The Washington Post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone of connectivity projects worth more than ₹3400 crores including two new ropeway projects connecting Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib.

EU leaders reached an agreement "to work on measures to contain energy prices for households and businesses," European Council President Charles Michel tweeted early Friday morning.