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Wednesday 14 October

  1. Deccan Chronicle: Combined fiscal deficit of 15 states is estimated at ₹11.5 lakh crore in FY2027, above budget estimates and FY2026 provisional actuals

  2. Deccan Chronicle: Maharashtra directs drought officials to revive water schemes and establish fodder banks as relief operations continue across 305 talukas

  3. Deccan Chronicle: Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh accumulated rubbish again within 30 days of a volunteer cleanup, while untreated sewage and industrial discharge also enter the waterway

  4. Free Press Journal: Madhya Pradesh shifts Teacher Eligibility Test to district-level centres and offline mode after teacher groups raised travel and technical concerns

  5. The Print: MCD directs officials to obtain structural-safety certificates from more than 2,400 Delhi paying-guest accommodations within 15 days

  6. The Print: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann dedicates 154 Aam Aadmi Clinics, taking the state total to 1,244

  7. The Hindu: Telangana’s Director of Public Prosecutions says special courts will be established in every district, following a Hyderabad clinic on atrocity cases

  8. New Indian Express: Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and names three alternatives after a Supreme Court direction

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    Times of India · The Hindu · The Sentinel

  9. Akashvani News: Uttar Pradesh opens weekday sugar sales at ₹52 per kg in Lucknow, with a single designated centre and prices varying by mill and pack size

  10. New Indian Express: Madhya Pradesh STF probes alleged passport racket linking at least 76 applications to six monastery addresses across the state

  11. Deccan Herald: Delhi government sets seasonal construction restrictions from November 2026, including a complete ban from December 10 to January 20

  12. Free Press Journal: Uttar Pradesh’s Mandi Parishad releases about ₹477 crore to repair and strengthen 1,111 rural link roads spanning 1,714 km across 18 divisions

  13. Deccan Herald: Delhi University Executive Council approves ₹5,889-crore hostel plan for 21,895 students, pending Union Education Ministry funding approval

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    Indian Express · Business Standard · India Today · NDTV

  14. The Print: Delhi's Municipal Corporation identifies 81 dangerous houses and issues repair advisories for 553 others after surveying around 30.6 lakh houses

  15. The Print: Haryana introduces a regulatory framework for six categories of mental health establishments, including psychiatric wards, de-addiction centres and rehabilitation institutions

  16. Mint: Uttarakhand announces additional disaster-norm assistance for hailstorm-hit farmers and defers their October–December electricity bills; Kisan Credit Card relief remains a request

  17. The Hindu: Vijayawada’s Kanaka Durga temple will reserve all queue lines for free darshan on October 16, cancelling protocol and recommendation-based visits

  18. The Hindu: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka says welfare programmes benefit around 1.06 crore families, with ₹1,64,431 crore transferred over three years

  19. The Hindu: Kerala agencies inspect accident-prone 12-km Adoor–Pandalam road stretch after fatal crashes, ahead of Sabarimala pilgrimage traffic

  20. Free Press Journal: Mumbai Traffic Police permanently ban a left turn near Panbai School from October 15, redirecting vehicles bound for Agripada Junction via Santacruz Junction and Dayaldas Road

  21. The Hindu: Aravana production resumes at Sabarimala after a month-long plant shutdown, with output expected to rise from 1.5 lakh to around 3.5 lakh tins daily after October 20

  22. Free Press Journal: MIDC schedules 10% water-allocation cut and weekly 36-hour shutdowns for Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar and adjoining areas

  23. The Tribune: Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru launches a 25-qubit quantum facility for training and experimentation, with a plan to train 100 engineers by December

  24. Free Press Journal: Union health ministry approves 50 MBBS seats at Pune’s ESIC Medical College from 2027–28, Maharashtra chief minister says

  25. Indian Express: Seven BIMSTEC states adopt Delhi Declaration at first Home Ministers’ meeting and approve pacts on regional security cooperation

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    IANS · ANI

  26. The Hindu: Kozhikode panchayats report shooter shortages, funding gaps and boundary rules delaying legal wild-boar culling

  27. The Hindu: A proposed 147-hectare bauxite mine in Odisha’s Balda hills threatens habitat of the endangered Jeypore ground gecko, scientists warn

  28. Free Press Journal: Mumbai’s Wadia Hospital reports nearly 300 children and adolescents with obesity over three years; doctors say lifestyle factors accounted for over 80% of cases seen

  29. The Hindu: Andhra Pradesh is forecast to see rain through October 19 as the Northeast Monsoon begins, with isolated heavy showers and winds up to 40 kmph

  30. Indian Express: West Bengal Cabinet clears recruitment to 45,185 posts, authorising a large state-government hiring exercise

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    ThePrint · UNI

  31. The Tribune: India Meteorological Department issues orange alert for Thursday and yellow alert for Friday in Chandigarh Tricity, with hail and rain risking paddy damage

  32. UNI: Kerala asks Centre to shorten seven-year wait for death certificates for fishermen missing at sea

  33. UNI: Kerala Police adds 164 vehicles, bought for ₹23.65 crore, to support anti-drug, counter-terrorism and intelligence work across the state

  34. The Hindu: Kozhikode Medical College’s cardiology department has eight doctors on its rolls against 14 sanctioned posts, with one working at Wayanad MCH

  35. BusinessLine: Hyundai says it plans ₹4,000 crore more investment in Maharashtra by 2030, aiming to raise Pune plant capacity from 170,000 to 320,000 vehicles a year

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    BW Businessworld

  36. Hindustan Times: Delhi’s Municipal Corporation identifies about 21,000 properties used commercially despite residential designations among nearly four lakh surveyed, and plans notices and phased sealing

  37. The Hindu: Hot-air balloon operations are banned at a tourism centre in Idukki over risks from sudden wind changes, including balloons striking power lines

  38. The Print: Keralam bill proposes dedicated vehicle-seizure yards in every taluk for vehicles held over unpaid motor-vehicle tax

  39. Indian Express: NHAI directs banks at Delhi airport to stop using FASTag to restrict T3 arrivals-lane entry and use it only for parking payments

  40. The Hindu: Road Safety Association demands repairs to Coimbatore roads dug up for underground drainage work as water-filled pits affect traffic

  41. Bar & Bench: Delhi High Court says it can execute commercial decrees below ₹2 crore when the original suit was within its jurisdiction, rejecting a challenge to enforcement

  42. Free Press Journal: Madhya Pradesh plans to deploy Chief Minister’s young professionals across all 55 districts to assess welfare-scheme implementation

  43. New Indian Express: DMRC says entry and exit were restricted at 45 of 303 stations during October 10 protest; ridership was about 32 lakh, versus 58 lakh normally

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    Bar & Bench · NewsX

  44. Akashvani News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate or dedicate five Ladakh projects worth around ₹3,350 crore by video conference, including a 298-km road and airport terminal

  45. BusinessLine: Kashmir apple growers report harvest wages of ₹1,000–₹1,500 a day, above January’s broader horticulture benchmark

  46. Times Now: DRDO tests quantum key distribution on Chandipur’s live military network to protect artillery and armoured-weapon trial telemetry

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    The Tribune

  47. Free Press Journal: MCD tells tribunal 59,173.9 metric tonnes of drain silt were deposited at Delhi’s Singhola site since July 2025, after its 2025 clearance

  48. WELL Labs: WELL Labs assesses Bengaluru should make its zonal drainage plan binding on land-use planning, using water-risk profiles to guide developmentResearch

  49. Free Press Journal: Nashik administration will close Ramkund and nearby ghats to devotees for 15–20 days to finish Kumbh Mela works, while keeping designated post-death ritual sites open

  50. Deccan Chronicle: Delhi journalists’ union asks Supreme Court to protect protest reporting, citing at least 35 journalist detentions during two days of demonstrations

  51. Goa: Goa launches medical assistance cell offering eligible patients 30% of procedure costs, capped at ₹2 lakh per patientRecord

  52. The Hindu: Erode Corporation starts weekly separate collection of household hazardous waste under 2026 rules, directing residents to hand it over every Wednesday

  53. The Tribune: NCISM permits National Institute of Ayurveda in Panchkula to open 14 postgraduate courses with 70 seats from 2026–27

  54. ThePrint: A preliminary probe found an improperly positioned replacement rail panel caused a MEMU derailment at a Rajasthan worksite; Railways orders inspections across zones

  55. UNI: Maharashtra’s Cabinet Sub-Committee on Drought Relief freezes District Planning Development Committee-funded concrete road projects and directs funds to drought measures

  56. The Hindu: Telangana directs fodder cultivation on five to ten acres of lake and pond submergence land to address a potential shortage during low rainfall

  57. UNI: Odisha inaugurates Tata Steel Kalinganagar production lines with 1.9 million tonnes of annual capacity and launches a separate NINL expansion

  58. IBC Laws: IBC Laws reports that Karnataka High Court upheld a cheque-dishonour conviction, finding a cheque can make a time-barred debt legally recoverable under Section 25(3).Research

  59. SpicyIP: SpicyIP reviews Delhi High Court patent rulings that leave the sequence for assessing inventive step and statutory exclusions unresolvedResearch

  60. The Hindu: Disability activists say Chennai’s Marina beach access tender omits detailed construction specifications and a seven-year maintenance requirement

  61. The Hindu: Tamil Nadu agrees to buy short-term electricity at up to ₹37 per unit as evening peak demand reaches 20,527 MW amid supply gaps

  62. Bar & Bench: Legal analysis says personality-rights claims should turn on cognisable harm, as a Delhi court’s order restraining a film for identifying Salman Khan faces appeal

  63. Free Press Journal: Keralam approves Malayalam-English LLB entrance papers from next academic year, giving law-course applicants a Malayalam option

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    Deccan Herald · Deccan Chronicle

  64. The Hindu: Delhi Metro carried 32 lakh passengers on October 10 despite being fully functional, below its usual second-Saturday count of 58 lakh

  65. The Print: Karnataka minister reports 2.04 crore person-days under VB-G RAM G from July 1 to October 13, up from 1.71 crore in the same period last year

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    BusinessLine

  66. Deccan Chronicle: Karnataka adds nine taluks to its drought-hit list, bringing the declared total to 226 as it prepares a Centre relief memorandum

  67. Outlook India: Delhi transfers ₹1,370 per student to more than 5.1 lakh MCD schoolchildren for uniforms and bags through direct benefit transfer

  68. The Print: Survey of 1,036 men in Delhi-NCR finds six in 10 aged 45 and above do not know their prostate cancer screening status

  69. The Print: Delhi Jal Board launches control centre integrating network, complaint and tanker data for monitoring and repair response

  70. BusinessLine: NABARD subscribes to NSDC’s maiden ₹4-crore zero-return issue to fund overseas job preparation for 600 rural youth in Madhya Pradesh

  71. Deccan Chronicle: Andhra Pradesh skills corporation signs LoI with AM/NS India for a vocational training and livelihood centre in Anakapalli district

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    UNI

  72. New Indian Express: A South Panna study recorded 162 snakebite deaths across 1,261 cases; nearly 52% of deaths followed bites sustained during sleep

  73. LiveLaw: Gujarat High Court says Waqf tribunals may adjudicate disputes but cannot supervise boards’ management of trusts

  74. UNI: Manipur land records directorate says eight online services are operational and computerisation has reached 98.52% in six valley districts

  75. BusinessLine: Gujarat Energy and GSPL Transmission paid the Gujarat government a record combined ₹384.67 crore dividend for FY26, the highest single-year payout by a state-controlled company

  76. ThePrint: Marathwada is facing a drought with a reported 39% monsoon rainfall deficit, alongside withered crops and dry wells

  77. Indian Express: Mumbai Metro Line 7A work resumes on an airport-zone stretch after a 2.5-metre height conflict; Airports Authority clearance remains pending

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    Financial Express · Hindustan Times

  78. Financial Express: Indian Railways approves four new train services linking Raipur, Rowghat, Haridwar, Gujarat, Bir and Itarsi

  79. The Hindu: Policy Circle argues Kerala’s proposed 2026 senior-citizens Bill needs enforceable rights and remedies, warning its care and dignity guarantees could otherwise remain declarations

  80. The Hindu: Pune Municipal Corporation will suspend citywide water supply every Thursday from October 15 and ban drinking-water use for construction

  81. Financial Express: K-RIDE invites design bids for 7.795-km Bengaluru suburban rail section with a double-decker rail-and-road viaduct and Mathikere station

  82. Deccan Herald: Tamil Nadu Minister K G Arunraj says TVK will consider AIADMK legislators switching sides if they reject their party leadership, but will not solicit defections

  83. The Hindu: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma says about 40,000 displaced people from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur have been sheltered at a time

  84. The Hindu: Tamil Nadu schools will schedule three compulsory physical-education periods weekly, with two activity periods also eligible for conversion to physical education

  85. New Indian Express: Surat weavers report yarn prices up 40–45% since June as weak fabric demand and cash-flow strain prompt production cuts and threaten Diwali closures

  86. Business Standard: Nexon Geochem signs MoU for a ₹1,250-crore rare-earth magnet facility in Andhra Pradesh, with planned annual capacity of 600 tonnes

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    BusinessLine

  87. UNI: Pune district collector bans commercial fodder sales and transport outside the district to prevent a possible livestock shortage amid drought in eight talukas

  88. Free Press Journal: Jalna submits ₹900-crore proposal for a 60 MLD water scheme, which would raise planned city supply capacity to 115 MLD if approved and implemented

  89. Bar & Bench: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court criticises doctors’ reluctance to act under abortion law, orders urgent board review in 31-week foetal-abnormality case

  90. Free Press Journal: Maharashtra cut Mumbai orchestra bars’ annual premises-licence fee increase from 10% to 5% and deferred the rise’s start to January 2020

  91. Down To Earth: Down To Earth argues Delhi’s winter pollution plan relies on restrictions instead of sustained emissions cuts, while the city has about 6,840 buses against a need for at least 10,000

  92. Free Press Journal: Beed Municipal Council disconnects nine alleged illegal taps on Shahinshahnagar water main; residents say 15 to 17 connections remain

  93. The Hindu: Karnataka’s 108 ambulance workers threaten a strike from October 14 night as the health minister says only 350–400 of 750 required vehicles are operational

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    Business Standard

  94. Hindustan Times: Maharashtra Cabinet adds 40 talukas to drought list, bringing coverage to 305 of 358, and approves ₹5,000 advance for each farmer before Diwali

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    Deccan Chronicle

  95. ABP Live (English): Odisha Cabinet approves five-year free-textbook scheme for an estimated 28.7 lakh government and aided school students in Classes 9 and 10

  96. UNI: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu says moral education will begin in government schools next academic session, with the syllabus under preparationRecord

  97. The Print: Himachal Pradesh government constitutes commission to reorganise administrative units, including through creation, merger and bifurcationRecord

  98. Free Press Journal: NPCI postpones proposed 0.4% MDR on eligible UPI merchant transactions above ₹2,000 until after Diwali

  99. Deccan Chronicle: Tamil Nadu sanctions ₹8.45 crore for annual book fairs in all 38 districts in 2026–27, extending the programme’s statewide framework

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    The Shillong Times