- A day after more than 130 people died in a bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi, nine people have been arrested. Among them are managers of Oreva, the company that renovated the bridge, ticket collectors, bridge repair contractors and three security guards whose job was to control the crowds.
- A prolonged spell of rain in early October gave Delhi its second-best air quality in the month since 2015, when the Central Pollution Control Board started maintaining air quality index data.
- The Second Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Bengaluru has directed Air India to refund ₹ 44,029 to a passenger whose flight from Bengaluru to London was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said his government is considering withdrawing AFSPA from two more locations in the state.
- Megastar Amitabh Bachchan walked the ramp along with ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 14’ contestant and former Miss Odisha’s first runner-up, Pooja Tripathy, on her request.
- The much-awaited Bhubaneswar-Jeypore direct flight operation under UDAN scheme commenced from today. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off the flight service at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here at 10.30 AM.
- Odisha Cadre IAS Officer Vinod Kumar who was granted bail by the High Court in Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) loan scam four days ago, was convicted in another corruption case by the special vigilance court here on Monday.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched the website and mobile app for Make In Odisha Conclave 2022. The website address is (https://www.mio.investodisha.gov.in).
- The district administration has clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC at the Dhabaleswar shrine in Athagarh of Cuttack district. It will remain in force for indefinite period, said Athagarh sub-collector. The decision was taken in view of huge congregation of devotees on Bada Osha and Karttik Brata as the communication on the suspension bridge has been restricted for inspection. Similarly, ferrying devotees to the famous Shiva seat by boat is not feasible.
- Police here on Monday seized 850 grams of brown sugar in Mangalaghat area here and arrested four persons in connection with the case. Acting on reliable inputs, a joint team of Baseli Sahi police and STF conducted a raid in the area and arrested two peddlers from West Bengal and two from Odisha.
- The winter session of Parliament could be held in the old building as some construction work of the new building may stretch beyond the stipulated completion time, sources said on Monday. The government had aimed to complete the new Parliament building before the winter session which usually starts from the third week of November.
- Several places across Odisha are now reeling under intense cold wave conditions. Semiliguda in Koraput district recorded minimum (night) temperature of 11.4 degree Celsius which was the lowest in the State. As per IMD, there will be no respite from cold condition as the mercury is likely to plummet further in some parts of the State in coming days
- More than 48 lakh bottles of liquor worth over Rs 100 crore were sold in Delhi on the weekend preceding Diwali. People celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday after two years of muted festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday accused the BJP of 'trying to buy' 20 or 30 MLAs of the ruling TRS and topple his government and claimed that 'brokers' from Delhi offered the sitting legislators Rs 100 crore each.
- Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet, just days after he took over one of the world's most influential social media platforms.
- The Supreme Court Monday deprecated the ‘regressive’ and ‘invasive’ practice of the ‘two-finger test’ on rape survivors and said it has no scientific basis. The apex court asked the Centre and the states to ensure that it is not conducted.
- Meta-owned photo-sharing app Instagram stopped working Monday, with several users unable to get online and receiving a message that their account has been suspended.
- The State Transport Authority (STA) has informed the High Court of Orissa that booking slots for the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) have been increased to 25,000 per day. Also slots are available for the month of November .
- A lower court in Kolkata Monday extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal education minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee till November 14 for his alleged involvement in multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam.
- India on Monday reported 1,326 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 4,46,53,592.
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