1.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said his government would take all possible measures to make Cuttack a smart city.

2.The two suspects arrested in the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique have claimed they belong to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

3.Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to Narendra Modi condoling the death of industrialist and global icon Ratan Tata.

4.Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba died at a state-run hospital here due to post-operative complications on Saturday, seven months after he was acquitted in an alleged Maoist links case. He was 54.

5.Nayab Singh Saini will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana at 10 am October 17.

6.Nine labourers, including two women, were killed and one person was injured after soil caved in during construction of a stainless steel factory near Kadi town in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Saturday.

7.RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said India has become stronger and more respected in the world with enhanced credibility in the last few years but sinister conspiracies are testing the country's resolve.

8.Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday alleged that the BJP was a "party of terrorists", as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks that the grand old party is being run by a "gang of urban Naxals".

9.The West Bengal government Saturday said the mass resignation of doctors of state-run hospitals is not valid and it must be submitted individually according to service rules.

10.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday dedicated inaugurated the Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim and 74 other infrastructure projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) built at a cost of Rs 2,236 crore.

11.The Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool used by international humanitarian agencies to measure and track hunger levels with GHI scores based on under-nourishment and child mortality indicators across 127 countries, has ranked India 105th, which places it under the “serious” category.

12.French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issued a joint statement, condemning the recent targeting of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

13.The United States has sanctioned an Indian ship services company for allegedly being involved in the transport of petroleum from Iran through a "Ghost Fleet" in defiance of restrictions on Tehran.

14.Seeking to enhance employee productivity and motivate them to perform better, a structural steel design and detailing company, Team Detailing Solutions has gifted as many as 28 cars and 29 bikes to its employees.

15.The Army Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday, officially launched "Agniastra," a portable multi-target detonation device, during the Army Commanders Conference in Gangtok.