Highlights: Priyanka Gandhi reaches house of Arun Valmiki in Agra

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has reached the house of Arun Valmiki in Agra. He was a sanitation workers who was held in connection to theft and later died in police custody.  Priyanka is currently inside the house of Valmiki and is accompanied by party's Uttar Pradesh president Ajay Kumar Lallu and leader Pramod Krishnam.

After a cloudburst hit Ramgarh in Nainital district in Uttarakhand, locals said the  region has suffered large-scale devastation. “I have suffered a loss of ₹40-50 lakhs. A portion of my house is completely damaged. The tank that I built for fish farming is also damaged,” ANI reported quoting a local.

Haryana announces financial aid of ₹crore for Uttarakhand government in view of the destruction in the northern hill state due to heavy rain, an official statement on Twitter read.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against wheeler driver Lakhan Verma and his accomplice Rahul Verma in the July 28 Dhanbad Judge murder case. The agency said that further probe into the matter is on, and that the chargesheet has been lodged within 90 days lest the two accused persons get bail.

According to latest updates, as many as two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir's (J&K) Kulgam. This comes amid the spree of civilian killings that have been haunting the Union territory (UT) since earlier this month. Jammu and Kashmir Police said that the militants were involved in killing of two migrant labourers in Wanpoh district on Sunday.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced that the state cabinet has decided to introduce state awards in line with Padma awards. “We will give 'Kerala Jyothi' (to 1 person in a year), 'Kerala Prabha' (2 persons in a year) and 'Kerala Sree' (5 persons in a year) awards from this year onwards,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

As many as 42 people have died due to rains and landslides between Oct 12 and 20  in Kerala, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan told news agency ANI on Wednesday. Six people are missing, and 304 relief centres have been set up in the state. “Financial assistance to affected people will be given shortly,” Vijayan added.

United States is ready to administer Covid-19 vaccine doses to children aged 5-11 from next month, AFP reported quoting White House.

The Uttar Pradesh government has ended night curfew across state from today onwards due to declining Covid-19 cases, home department officials said.

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will launch a song and an audio visual film to celebrate the the milestone of administering 100 crores Covid-19 vaccine doses at New Delhi's Red Fort on Thursday.

Amid increasing cases of coronavirus infections in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has ordered week-long paid holiday in order to bring down cases, AFP reported.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally been allowed to visit Agra to meet the family of deceased sanitation worker Arun Valmiki. She was earlier detained by Uttar Pradesh Police in Lucknow.

Jharkhand High Court has extended the interim relief of no coercive action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi till December 7 in connection with a defamation case filed against him over his alleged “why all thieves share the Modi surname” remark.

The United Kingdom has fined social networking company Facebook with over £50 million for information breach, AFP reported on Wednesday.

Following dismissal of his bail application by a special NDPS Court in Mumbai on Wednesday, Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, has approached Bombay High Court to seek bail in the cruise ship drugs case.

The central government on Wednesday issued fresh guidelines for international arrivals wherein it made a negative RT-PCR test report for Covid-19 mandatory for all tourists. The test must be conducted 72 hours prior to the journey and each passenger also need to submit a declaration regarding the authenticity of the report, an official statement read.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained in Lucknow while en route to Agra. She was going to meet Arun Valmiki, a sanitation worker, who was held in connection of theft and later died in police custody.

Punjab has formed a special investigation team (SIT) led by Varinder Kumar, ADGP and Director, Bureau of Investigation, to probe the killing of a Dalit man from Tarn Taran district at the farmers protest site in Delhi's Singhu border. Three Nihangs have surrendered in the matter and are currently in police custody for the same.

The special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, actor Arbaaz Merchant and model Munmun Dhamecha in the cruise ship drugs' case. Read full report here.

Ahead of court's order on Aryan Khan's bail plea application today, his father and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani, and Aryan's counsel Satish Maneshinde have reached the venue in Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of various development projects in UP's Kushinagar.

Supreme Court adjourns hearing in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case to October 26 after UP govt seeks more time to record witness' statements.

One of the terrorists neutralised in Shopian has been identified as Adil Ah Wani, who was active since last July. He was involved in the killing of one poor labourer at Litter, Pulwama. So far, 15 terrorists have been neutralised in two weeks: Vijay Kumar, IGP Kashmir

I've given orders that farmers who have lost their crops will be given compensation of ₹50,000 per hectare. All SDMs-DMs are conducting surveys, I hope it will be completed within two weeks after which you'll get your compensation in bank accounts in another two one-and-a-half to two months: Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM

Two unidentified terrorists killed in encounter in J&K's Shopian.