1.Six persons died after the cable wire of a cargo ropeway snapped at Pavagadh Hill in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district Saturday, officials said.

2.The Election Commission of India (ECI) is considering conducting SIR across the country.

3.Noting that the negotiation with Chhattisgarh to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute was on the right direction, Odisha’s Advocate General (AG) Pitambar Acharya Saturday said political dialogue was more important than the prolonged legal battle.

4.The State Transport Authority (STA) has intensifi ed its crackdown on road safety violations, cancelling as many as 401 vehicle fitness certificates during a three-day special enforcement drive against overloading and unfit vehicles.

5.The state government has said around 5.5 lakh cusec of flood water is likely to flow into the Mahanadi river at Mundali near Cuttack Sunday, following heavy rainfall in the last few days.

6.Stewart School in Cuttack marked a historic occasion Friday with the inauguration of the Netaji Museum, honouring alumnus Subhas Chandra Bose, one of India’s most prominent freedom fi ghters.

7.At least 50 devotees were injured, many of them critically, when lightning struck them Saturday afternoon during the Mandargiri puja atop Chitrakoot hill, near Jarachhat village under Kundheigola police limits in Deogarh district bordering this block in Angul district.

8.Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has approved the allocation of land to state enterprise Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RVUNL) for the establishment of largescale renewable energy-based production parks in Jaisalmer and Bikaner districts.

9.Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said that his government has launched the 'Bhu Bharati' portal for land administration to address the problems allegedly created by the 'Dharani' land records management system introduced during the previous BRS regime.

10.Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil Saturday said that the state has been granted 450 additional medical seats by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the academic year 2025– 26. This decision addresses a long-standing demand for more seats.

11.The Enforcement Directorate has summoned a Karnataka BJP worker who had petitioned the Allahabad High Court claiming that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a British citizen, official sources said Saturday.

12.Israel's army called Saturday on Palestinians in Gaza City to move to a humanitarian area it designated in the south as it expanded its operations in preparation for seizing the famine-stricken city, including targeting high-rise buildings.

13.South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts Saturday to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory.

14.South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts Saturday to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory.

15.The Indian equities ended marginally higher this week as initial optimism around Goods and Service Tax (GST) rationalisation trickled down and global trade tensions resurfaced.