Top news of the day: Election Commission likely to announce on pan-India SIR on October 27; 21st century belongs to India and ASEAN, says PM Modi, and more

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Election Commission apt to denote connected pan-India SIR connected October 27

The Election Commission of India volition clasp a press league to denote pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ database connected Monday (October 27, 2025) evening, officials said. While implicit details were inactive awaited, the canvass authorization is apt to denote the archetypal signifier of SIR successful which 10 to 15 states volition beryllium covered, including those going to Assembly polls successful 2026. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry are scheduled to spell to polls adjacent year.

21st period belongs to India and ASEAN, says PM Modi

The India-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is emerging arsenic a almighty instauration for planetary stableness and growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Sunday (October 26, 2025). In a virtual code astatine the India-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) yearly summit, PM Modi besides said that the grouping is simply a cardinal pillar of New Delhi’s Act East Policy. “The 21st period is our century, the period of India and ASEAN,” PM Modi said successful his virtual code to the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit successful Kuala Lumpur successful Malaysia, stressing the deep-rooted historical, cultural, and civilisational bonds.

Two suspects successful Louvre jewel heist arrested successful Paris

Two suspects successful the brazen daylight heist of immoderate of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre were arrested successful Paris connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) evening and are being questioned, Le Parisien paper reported connected Sunday (October 26), citing sources adjacent to the investigation. One of the 2 suspects was astir to permission the state and was taken into custody astatine Charles de Gaulle airdrome astatine astir 10 p.m. connected Saturday (October 25), the insubstantial said. The different was arrested aboriginal successful the evening successful the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb northbound of Paris.

Cyclone Montha Live updates connected October 26

The India Meteorological Department connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) said the depression implicit the southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards and is apt to intensify into a heavy slump and further into a cyclonic storm. The upwind strategy is expected to fortify into a heavy slump by October 26 and a cyclonic tempest implicit the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal by the greeting of Monday (October 27). It is apt to transverse the Andhra Pradesh seashore astir Kakinada by Tuesday (October 28) night, with maximum upwind speeds of 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph, according to the India Meteorological Department.

India-EU FTA talks intensify, Piyush Goyal acceptable to conscionable his counterpart successful Brussels

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal volition sojourn Brussels connected October 27 to 28 to clasp high-level discussions with his counterpart successful the European Union (EU) to supply “strategic absorption and governmental impetus” to the ongoing negotiations connected a escaped commercialized statement betwixt India and the European Union. At the aforesaid time, a delegation of the European Parliament Trade Committee volition beryllium successful New Delhi connected October 27 to 29 to heighten “mutual knowing amid intensive commercialized negotiations betwixt the EU and India”.

Kurnool Bus Accident: Bike rider was drunk, constabulary confirm

The motorist, whose motorcycle collided with the ill-fated backstage autobus astatine Chinna Tekur successful Kurnool leaving 19 passengers charred to death, was drunk, constabulary confirmed connected Sunday (October 26, 2025). “The Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL) astatine Kurnool had submitted its study confirming that the motorcycle rider, B. Shiva Shankar, was drunk,” Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said. The SP said that the viscera samples person traces of intoxicant arsenic per the RFSL report.

About 8,000 schools with zero enrolment employment 20,000 teachers successful India: Ministry data

Close to 8,000 schools crossed the state had zero enrolments during the 2024-25 world session, with West Bengal accounting for astir specified schools, followed by Telangana, according to authoritative data. A full of 20,817 teachers were employed successful the schools with zero enrolments. In a peculiar case, West Bengal accounted for 17,965 specified teachers, on with the highest fig of schools without enrolments (3,812).

BJP, AIADMK’s calculation is to delete voters’ names done SIR: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin, connected Sunday (October 26, 2025), alleged it was the calculation of the BJP and AIADMK to triumph the State Assembly election adjacent twelvemonth by removing voters among the moving class, Scheduled Castes, minorities and women done the [Election Commission of India’s] Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

21 Maoists surrender successful Chhattisgarh’s Kanker; manus implicit 18 weapons, including AK-47s

As galore arsenic 21 Maoist cadres surrendered successful Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district connected Sunday (October 26, 2025) aft handing implicit 18 weapons to authorities, a constabulary authoritative said. They laid down arms nether ‘Poona Margem: Rehabilitation done Reintegration’ inaugural started by Bastar Range police, the authoritative added.

Israeli subject says it conducted ‘targeted strike’ successful cardinal Gaza

Israeli forces carried retired a “targeted strike” connected an idiosyncratic successful cardinal Gaza who was readying to onslaught Israeli troops, Israel’s subject said connected Saturday (October 25, 2025). A U.S.-backed ceasefire is successful unit betwixt Israel and the Palestinian militant radical Hamas conscionable implicit 2 years since the warfare successful the Gaza Strip began, but each broadside has accused the different of violations.

Nepal’s interim government: Two caller ministers instrumentality oath arsenic PM Sushila Karki expands Cabinet

Nepal’s Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki expanded her Cabinet for the 3rd time since taking implicit successful September aft 2 caller ministers were inducted successful the authorities connected Sunday (October 26, 2025). President Ramchandra Paudel, successful a peculiar ceremony, administered the oath of bureau to Bablu Gupta and Sudha Gautam aft proposal from the premier minister, according to the sources astatine the President’s Office.

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