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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has escalated his feud with Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, alleging the leader is a “100 per cent Pakistani agent” planted by a foreign power.

Breaking down the figures, the report noted significant damage to transport infrastructure: 4,794 km of R&B (Roads and Buildings) roads and 311 culverts and bridges were damaged, resulting in losses of ₹2,794 crore.

Patiala House Court in Delhi on Friday extended the judicial custody of self styled 'Godman' Chaitanyanand Saraswati for a further 14 days. His bail application is scheduled for a hearing on November 7. Saraswati was arrested last month following complaint by some girls studying in the institute run by him.

Each war room will be equipped with laptops, internet connections, and at least four to five tech-savvy volunteers to ensure smooth communication and data management, Abhishek instructed.

Manipur’s apex Meitei body COCOMI has opposed reviving the Sangai Festival, warning the state not to project “false normalcy” while thousands of displaced residents remain in relief camps.

The former CM said farmers were always subjected to loot and scams during crop procurement under BJP rule.

The first flight took off from Amritsar on October 29, while the return flight from London arrived on October 30; the flight will operate thrice a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

JMM spokesperson Manoj Pandey said, “If we are not contesting the elections, there is no reason for our star campaigner, Chief Minister Hemant Soren, to campaign there. Moreover, no formal invitation has been extended to him for campaigning.”

A BJP stronghold since 2010, the Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar has a new face fielded by the NDA in the form of the 45-year-old Ratnesh Kumar; while the Congress has placed its hopes on the IIT-IIM graduate, Shashant Shekhar

Zafar Khan, the Jodhpur president of All India Tourist Permit Bus Owners' association, alleged that the department has imposed arbitrary and seizures of several buses on violation of permit.

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), the state has been working to address the growing challenge of faecal sludge management. The Jal Shakti Vibhag has identified 22 existing STPs across the state where infrastructure will be developed to enable co-treatment of faecal sludge.

"The role of Satish is quite serious. He is the actual assailant who smothered the victim Mansukh [Hiran], due to which, death of Mansukh is caused, which prima facie is homicidal death amounting to murder," the court said.