1.The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has officially announced the release of additional financial assistance of Rs 20 crore specifically allocated for the Ganjam district.

2.President Droupadi Murmu’s scheduled three-day visit to Odisha starting November 3 has been cancelled.

3.Population census will be conducted across India, except in poll-going and snow-bound regions, from January 25 to February 28, 2027, the Census Commissioner announced Friday

4.Concerned over the rising trend of filing criminal cases after failure of relationships, the Supreme Court Friday said physical intimacy during good times cannot be branded as rape later just because that association turned sour or broke.

5.The Madras High Court has issued notices to CJP spokesperson Saurav Das and various Union government bodies regarding a PIL seeking an inquiry into his background.

6.The Revenue and Disaster Management Department of the Government of Odisha has issued a formal notification (RDM-Reg-MISC-0014-2026) dated 30 October 2026, directing concerned authorities and courts to take up the correction of specific land records from the 1956-57 (Khan year 1077) settlement period.

7.Manisha Bhanwala scripted history Friday, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Wrestling World Championships and only the second wrestler from the country to achieve the feat after Sushil Kumar .

8.A day after the Election Commission extended the deadlines for the SIR exercise in Delhi, poll officials Friday said they were planning to step up door-to-door re-verification of 47.56 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls published on August 31.

9.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday expressed grief over the deaths of three members of a family, including a nine-month-old baby, in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Odisha’s Kandhamal district and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.

10. A devotee from Dhenkanal district died after falling ill while waiting outside the barricades for darshan at Srimandir in Puri Friday.

11. A low-pressure area over the South Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a depression around October 31 and move towards the Andhra Pradesh coast over the subsequent two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday.

12.Air India and Air India Express Friday announced extending the cancellation of their flights connecting Saudi Arabian cities till November 14 due to the prevailing situation in the region. 

13. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is set to flag off the Bengaluru-Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper train on Sunday. The new service is expected to enhance rail connectivity between the two major cities.

14.India to build 8 stealth warships in Rs 40,000-crore Navy expansion

15.Cyclone Arnab disrupts railway operations, with 42 trains cancelled, including a Vande Bharat Express, and 70 others affected due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging. Check the full list of cancelled