Bypolls to three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly seats - across 13 states  - will be held today. Votes will be counted on Tuesday. The three Lok Sabha bypolls are in Himachal Pradesh (Mandi), Madhya Pradesh (Khandwa) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

India reported 14,348 fresh COVID-19 cases and 805 deaths, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.The country also reported 13,198 recoveries on Friday, taking the recovery rate at 98.19 per cent, which is the highest since March 2020.

Following reports of minorities being targeted in the state and properties being vandalised, the Tripura High Court Friday asked the state government to file a detailed report by November 10 on the incidents, if any, involving religious minorities.

Union Public Service Commission, UPSC on Friday declared the result of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2021. The exam was held on 10th of October. Those who appeared in the exam can check their results from the official website of UPSC at upsc.gov.in.

The Union government on Friday awarded Surat the city with the best public transport system and Kochi for the most sustainable transport system.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will perform the Diwali puja at Thyagaraj Stadium, where his government is constructing a replica of the Ayodhya's Ram temple.

The Odisha government has launched School Sanjog Programme, an initiative of mobile schools in van for class I-V students from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) communities.

The integrated campus for a 500-bedded hospital and 100-seated medical college in Sundargarh has been completed by NTPC. However, it is yet to be operationalized.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister of Odisha with Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, brought to the attention of the Union Minister the State Government’s demand for establishment of AIIMS in Sundargarh. 

The long-range bomb, after release from the IAF fighter aircraft, guided to a land-based target at a long range with accuracy within specified limits,the DRDO said in a statement.

Andhra Pradesh is all set to have digital libraries across the state from Ugadi. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said digital libraries, including computer equipment, of phase-I, would be made available by Ugadi 2022 and directed the officials to prepare an action plan to complete phase-II works by December 2022 and phase-III works by June 2023.

Delhi University clears proposal to name new colleges after Savarkar, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley: Delhi University vice-chancellor has decided to name upcoming colleges and centres.

Delhi Police on Friday started removing the barricades and concertina wires it had put in place at the anti-farm laws protest site at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.

Veteran tennis star Leander Paes joined the Trinamool Congress, becoming the third celebrity - after actress Nafisa Ali and activist Mrinalini Deshprabhu.

Thirty-nine women officers of the Indian Army were granted Permanent Commission (PC). The Supreme Court directed the Army to consider granting Permanent Commission to the women officers by November. The women officers, who were granted Permanent Commission, would undergo special training courses and challenging military assignments to empower them for higher leadership roles

The Indian Coast Guard's new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Sarthak was commissioned into service in Goa by its Director General K Natarajan on 28 Oct. Sarthak is fourth in a series of five OPVs being built by the Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). 

Doctor Rama Raman Mohanty has been appointed as the new Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET),Odisha. Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued notifications in this connection on Friday.

Jio and Google announced today that the much-anticipated JioPhone Next, the made-for-India smart phone jointly designed by the two companies, will be available in stores from Diwali, adding to the festival cheer in the country.

A mobile application has been developed to keep a vigil on the movements of fisher folk for the conservation of olive redley turtles and their eggs. The application will help the fishermen in identifying a no-fishing zone and get an alert when they enter the prohibited area for fishing from November 1 till May 31 within 20 km from the coast in the river mouths of Dhamra, Devi and Rushikulya.

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya today launched the nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.