German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts her 2-day India visit from October 31 to November 2, where she will be accompanied by a 12 member delegation, including three cabinet ministers, nine junior ministers, and secretary-level officers. During her visit Merkel will also meet top executives of major Indian companies which are active in Germany. The two countries are likely to discuss ways to further ramp up ties in areas of defence, security, renewable energy, high technology, skill development, and more. PM Modi and Chancellor Merkel are also expected to deliberate on key regional and global issues including the situation in Afghanistan, West Asia and Korean peninsula.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts her 2-day India visit from October 31 to November 2, where she will be accompanied by a 12 member delegation, including three cabinet ministers, nine junior ministers, and secretary-level officers. During her visit Merkel will also meet top executives of major Indian companies which are active in Germany. The two countries are likely to discuss ways to further ramp up ties in areas of defence, security, renewable energy, high technology, skill development, and more. PM Modi and Chancellor Merkel are also expected to deliberate on key regional and global issues including the situation in Afghanistan, West Asia and Korean peninsula.

Atal Tunnel is the world's longest highway tunnel at the height of 10,000 ft. It will be inaugurated by PM Modi&nbsp;October 3. Connecting Manali with Leh, the 9-km-long tunnel, apart from being&nbsp;a boon for the locals and tourists,&nbsp;will be a big&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;support to the Indian Army amid the ongoing tensions with China. Here's all you need to know about this&nbsp;an engineering marvel.&nbsp;

The Indian Army on Thursday said that Pakistan is making attempts to defame the force and create a divide within it. In a statement, the Army said that a state sponsored malicious social media disinformation campaign has been run by Pakistan in particular against Lt Gen Taranjit Singh. Pakistan has been running a campaign on social media that Lt Gen Taranjit Singh&nbsp;has been detained on the order of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat after he took a stand against the policies of the Modi-led government.&nbsp;The army said having failed consistently to incite religion-based disaffection within India, Pakistan, in a desperate attempt, is now trying to create a divide within the Indian Army.

Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally on Thursday crossed the 14 lakh-mark with an addition of 16,476 fresh cases, said a state health official.
The states COVID-19 tally increased to 14,00,922, while 394 more deaths took the fatality count beyond the 37,000 mark to 37,056, he said.
A total of 16,104 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of recovered cases to 11,04,426, the official said.
With this, the state now has 2,59,006 active cases.
Mumbai city reported 2,352 positive cases during the day, which pushed its overall count to 2,07,620, while 43 fresh deaths raised the toll to 8,972, he said.
Pune city added 1,069 COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 1,56,783, while 25 new deaths took the toll to 3,553, the official said.
The state has so far conducted 68,75,451 tests.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 14,00,922, new cases 16,476, deaths 37,056, discharged 11,04,426, active cases 2,59,006, people tested so far 68,75,451.

West Bengal Chief Minister has slammed the UP police and the Yogi Adityanath government over the handling of the alleged gang-rape of the teenage girl&nbsp;from Hathras. Mamata said just like Sita's 'Agni Pariksha', the Dalit girl was put on a funeral pyre in the dead of the night without being able to be cremated properly.&nbsp; Condemning the way the victim was brutalised and allegedly gang-raped, Mamata called it barbaric and shameful and questioned the UP police for cremating the girl without the consent of her family.&nbsp;Taking a dig at PM Modi, Mamata said that with growing atrocities against the Dalits, some leaders just pretend to eat with them during the election but actually bring down acts of cruelty after the polls.

In a good news for the passengers planning to travel during the festive seasons, Railway Board Chairman and CEO VK&nbsp;Yadav on Thursday said that the national transporter is planning to introduce 200 special trains between October 15 and November 30 to cater to passenger rush. The CEO also said that the railways has decided that it will take stock of passenger services on a daily basis depending on the needs of the state governments and the status of the pandemic.&nbsp;The railways had suspended all regular passenger, mail and express trains indefinitely on March 25 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

Haryana Minister Anil Vij has issued a statement on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state.&nbsp;Rahul&nbsp;is set to hold tractor rallies across Punjab and Haryana from October 3 to 5 to protest against the farm laws. After reaching&nbsp;Pehowa in Haryana&nbsp;from Patiala, the former Cong president is scheduled to hold&nbsp;one-day political programme in the state. Alleging that 'Gandhi family wants to set fire to the country', Vij said that 'Rahul Gandhi will not be allowed to enter Haryana and no one will be allowed to spoil the state&rsquo;s atmosphere. He reminded there were two times earlier when&nbsp;the Haryana government had stopped demonstrations of the Congress on the Punjab-Haryana border. But Congress says they won't be daunted and are ready for a confrontation.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a jibe at PM Modi on Thursday for the Namaste Trump event organized on February 24. The senior leader&rsquo;s jibe follows American President Donald Trump&rsquo;s remark on India&rsquo;s Covid figures. The US President had raised questions over the credibility of India's COVID-19 tally, claiming that it does not accurately disclose the number of deaths. &nbsp;Trump also mentioned India while talking about climate change, saying it is one of the countries that &lsquo;send up real dirt into the air&rsquo;. Chidambaram took to twitter to call out Modi&rsquo;s &lsquo;friendship&rsquo; with Trump, asking if Modi will hold another 'Namaste Trump!' rally to honour his dear friend after all these accusations.

Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir&rsquo;s Naugam sector on Thursday, killing two soldiers, even as the Indian Army gave a befitting response. Defence spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia said two soldiers were killed and four sustained injuries in the mortar&nbsp;firing from across the border. He said&nbsp; the injured personnel are being evacuated while a befitting response is being given to the Pakistani firing.

PTI,&nbsp;Lucknow:&nbsp;A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said on Thursday said the forensic report has revealed that the 19-year-old Hathras woman who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital was not raped.
Citing a forensic science laboratory (FSL) report, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said the cause of her death is an injury on the neck and trauma resulting due to it.
"The report of the FSL has also come. It says clearly that samples did not have sperm. It makes clear that there was not rape or gang rape," Kumar said.
"Even the woman in her statement to police did not mention about rape but talked about 'marpeet' (beating) only,&rdquo; he said.
"For disturbing social harmony and create caste violence, some persons wrongly presented facts," the UP police officer said.
"Police took immediate action in the case and now we will identify those who tried to disturb social harmony and create caste violence," the ADG added, stressing that people "distorted facts" in the media.&nbsp;

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were on Thursday arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police after they were stopped from marching towards Hathras, the party said.
Rahul Gandhi also fell down in the melee after police tried to stop him and his supporters from proceeding on the Yamuna Expressway. The Gandhis were then taken away in a police jeep.
"Shri Rahul Gandhi, Smt Priyanka Gandhi and senior Congress leaders have been arrested by the UP police," the Congress said on Twitter, using the hashtag "JusticeForIndiasDaughters".
Rahul Gandhi earlier questioned senior UP cops under which law was he being stopped by them as he wanted to walk alone towards Hathras to meet the rape victim's family.
"Can you tell me under which law can you stop me from marching towards Hathras," he told the cops.
"I want to go alone to Hathras and on what basis can you arrest me," he added, to which the cops told him that he had violated Section 188 of the IPC of disobeying the orders promulgated by the government during the pandemic.
Congress leader Randeep Surjrewala put out a video along with a tweet showing Rahul Gandhi allegedly being roughed up as he marched forward on the Yamuna Expressway.
Pictures of him falling down in the melee were shared by the Congress.
"Lala Lajpat Rai had said that every blow of a stick on my body would prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the British Raj.
"The sticks on Rahul ji and Priyanka ji's convoy will also prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the Yogi government," Surjewala said in a tweet in Hindi.
Congress leader P Chidambaram also alleged that none of the country's laws seemed to apply to the UP police.
"UP police is a law into itself. None of the laws of the country seem to apply to it," he alleged.
"What is wrong if the leaders of a political party protest against a gruesome crime and wish to visit the victim's family," he asked on Twitter.
Chidambaram said the two leaders were not violent, they did not carry arms and they were lodging a peaceful protest. "Why should the police stop them from protesting peacefully? Why should the UP police arrest the two leaders and take them away?" "I hope the court where the leaders will be produced will release them," he said.
The Gandhis were seeking to walk down from Greater Noida to Hathras after their vehicles were stopped by the police.
After walking for some time, they were stopped by the police. A large number of Congress workers and leaders were accompanying them during their march.&nbsp;

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday proceeded on foot towards Hathras to meet the family of the Dalit gang-rape victim after their convoy was stopped in Greater Noida by the UP Police.
The convoy was stopped near Pari Chowk, prompting party workers and senior leaders to proceed on foot to Hathras, which is 150 km away from here.
A large number of Congress workers from Uttar Pradesh accompanied the two leaders on their march towards Hathras. They also raised slogans against the UP government.
Talking to reporters while walking on the Yamuna Expressway towards Hathras, Priyanka Gandhi said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should take responsibility for the alleged gangrape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in the district and strict action should be taken against the perpetrators of the crime.
The victim died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday.
"Since our cars have been stopped, we will walk down to Hathras as we want to meet the victim's family. We want to express our condolences to the family," Priyanka Gandhi said.
"He (Adityanath) would have to do something for women's safety. We will continue to fight till the time he does something. The women in the entire state will fight as they realise that they are not safe and secure. Everyday such incidents are happening. Eleven rape cases are registered in Uttar Pradesh everyday," she said.
The Congress general secretary recalled that around the same time last year, her party was protesting for the Unnao rape victim.
Attacking the UP government for "not allowing the family to cremate the woman with honour", she said, "You claim to be the protectors of the Hindu religion, we are Hindus, but where has it been written that you cannot allow a father to lit the pyre of his daughter and not allow the family to cremate the victim? "The incident was a big injustice. What the state government did after that was a bigger injustice," she said, adding the Adityanath must ensure that atrocities against women are stopped.
Ahead of the visit by Congress leaders, the Hathras district magistrate imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and ordered sealing of the district borders to maintain peace.
&nbsp; A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14 and referred to the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Monday with spinal cord injuries, paralysis and cuts in her tongue. She died around 3 am on Tuesday.
Her brutal death and subsequent cremation in the dead of the night in Hathras allegedly under police pressure on Tuesday triggered massive outrage across the country over the law and order situation in UP and over women safety in general.
Earlier, a Congress functionary said the Noida-Greater Noida expressway was barricaded by the police and scores of personnel deployed on the road shortly after the Congress leaders and workers entered UP's jurisdiction from Delhi.
Nearly a hundred vehicles were in the convoy that was stopped from proceeding, the functionary said Scores of Congress workers had also staged a protest at the Delhi-Noida border, raising slogans against the BJP-led governments in the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh over the gang-rape and death of the Dalit woman.
The protestors at the Delhi-Noida border also included women functionaries of the party as well as workers of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) who gathered at the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) link around 11.30 am.
The Gandhis were joined by Randeep Surjewala, P L Punia, and UP unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu.
When asked about the prohibitory orders placed in Hathras ahead of the Congress leaders' visit, Surjewala told reporters at the DND, &ldquo;Instead of stopping criminals, the Yogi Adityanath government is working on stopping Rahul and Priyanka and that is the question.&rdquo; He also questioned the cremation of the woman in the dead of the night, saying it was against the Hindu traditions and was done without her family's involvement.&nbsp;

Air India One, a highly secured VVIP aircraft modelled on US President's aircraft 'Air Force One', has arrived at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport shortly. The plane took off from Texas and has state-of-the-art technology and will replace the current B747 planes used for VVIP travel. The aircraft comes with an impregnable audio and video communications system that can function mid-air. The plane is also equipped with a highly sophisticated missile tracking system and is capable of mid-air refuelling in case of emergencies. The custom-made Boeing B777 (Air India One) aircraft will be used to fly the president, vice-president and the prime minister. When VVIPs travel on the aircraft, it will be operated by pilots of the Indian Air Force and not Air India.

In some good news, Union Health Ministry data says, 14 states in the country have reported less than 5,000 active Covis-19 cases. The officials added that the focus should be on states with a high caseload in order to break the transmission cycle of the viral infection.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, 10 states and Union Territories contribute 78% of the total recovered cases, with Maharashtra leading the tally with over 1,000,000 recoveries, followed by Andhra Pradesh with at least 600,000.
Epidemiologists have warned that&nbsp;govt should monitor why some states are reporting fewer cases, to rule out factors like lower testing numbers or not having an up-to-date reporting mechanism.

Condemning the&nbsp;gangrape-death&nbsp;of 19-year-old Dalit&nbsp;girl in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh,&nbsp;Maharashtra&nbsp;CM Uddhav&nbsp;Thackrey&nbsp;on Thursday made it clear that&nbsp;a Hathras&nbsp;like incident will not be tolerated in his state. Speaking virtually at the inauguration of the newly formed Mira Bhayandar&nbsp;Vasai&nbsp;Virar&nbsp;police commissionerate, Uddhav said that any kind of crime against women including harassment and eve-teasing would be dealt with severely. Further, the Chief Minister said that there should be a sense of fear of police and people should feel safe. His remarks come amidst the nationwide uproar over the brutal gangrape of a Hathras girl who died on Tuesday in a Delhi hospital.&nbsp;

The fresh&nbsp;Covid-19 count has been below 10 lakh&nbsp;for the past 10 days, the Union Health Ministry announced on Monday. With 85,376 people recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the number of daily recovery from Covid-19 has steadily increased in the nation. As of Thursday, India's total recoveries stand at 52,73,201 and the recovery rate is now at 85.53 percent. The ministry data also revealed that the last 10 lakh&nbsp;cases recovered in just 12 days. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu&nbsp;Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Delhi West Bengal Odisha Bihar&nbsp;and Telangana&nbsp;account for the 77 percent of the total recovered&nbsp;cases.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has shared an undated video of the Hathras Dalit girl&rsquo;s father, claiming that the family is not satisfied with the probe into the gangrape-death. The video was posted by the Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh as the local police citing forensic report ruled out rape in the death of the 19-year-old. In the purported video, the girl&rsquo;s father says that he and his family members are being pressurised to not speak up.&nbsp;&lsquo;Injustice is being done&rsquo;, Priyanka wrote on twitter while reacting to the video. Meanwhile an India Today report claimed that the girl&rsquo;s father was content with the investigation.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a PIL filed by retired bureaucrats alleging gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the government.&nbsp; The petition alleged that the Centre failed to undertake timely and effective measures to contain the virus and demanded an independent inquiry by a commission. Advocate Prashant Bhushan pointed out that despite MHA issuing an advisory on February 4, the international passengers were not screened until March 4. Bhushan also added that advisories were ignored during the "Namaste Trump" event as well . The bench after hearing the arguments said that it is a matter for public debate and the court is not &lsquo;inclined to interfere&rsquo;. It also added that these are matters for the Government to look into it.

An 8-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s Azamgarh district was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old neighbour in a village in Jiyanpur police station area on Wednesday.&nbsp;The police said that the accused has been arrested.&nbsp;
Officials say the accused was well-known to the family of the survivor and used to visit her house frequently. On Wednesday, he coaxed her to accompany him outside, where the incident took place.
The girl informed her parents after she was dropped home by the boy, following which her parents filed a complaint. The girl has been sent for medical examination and further investigation in the case is on.

A minor girl who was sleeping with her brother at home was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by 3 men near Marugarh&nbsp;Village in Madhya&nbsp;Pradesh's&nbsp;Khargone&nbsp;district.
MP police said, the incident took place on Tuesday night, after&nbsp;the 3 accused had a fight with the girl's brother.
The girl was reportedly dragged to a nearby field where the men took turns to rape&nbsp;her. The rapists are on the run and a search&nbsp;is underway to nab them.
&nbsp;

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has set up a three-member special investigation team to probe the Hathras gangrape incident. The team has been asked to submit its report within 7 days. The chief minister has also directed that the case should be tried in a fast-track court. All the four accused in the horrific gangrape case are in police custody. The victim's family has demanded a judicial probe saying that they don't trust UP police. The CM also tweeted that PM Modi&nbsp;spoke to him about the case and said that the culprits must get strict punishment.&nbsp;

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