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Electoral bonds: The court is considering a slew of petitions, which have challenged the validity of the Centre's electoral bonds scheme.

The death toll climbed to 528,857 after 10 fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, with Kerala reconciling three. Of the fresh deaths, three were from Karnataka, and one each from Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal.

In one of the videos shared from the official twitter handle of Gujarat BJP and Union minister Smriti Irani, Italia can be heard calling the PM ‘neech aadmi’

In a widely shared video, Ambedkar Nagar DM can be heard asking local people to fix a time so that the food can be prepared accordingly for distribution.

The Punjab government clarified on Wednesday that a window of two hours- from 8pm to 10pm- would be given for bursting firecrackers on Diwali, October 24, restricting the cracker bursting otherwise.

The services for the fourth Vande Bharat Express were flagged off on Thursday.

Owaisi said people think Muslims are scaring, forcing their little children to wear the hijab. "Come to Hyderabad and you will find out how notorious drivers our sisters are. You will understand whether they can be forced and scared," Owaisi said.

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