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The Maharashtra BJP unit has promised to prevail upon the Narendra Modi-led Central government to award Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, one of the foremost freedom fighters India has ever seen, in its Maharashtra poll manifesto. Maharashtra will go to polls this October 21.

Three fortuitous developments are helping the Modi-Jaishankar-Doval trio to effect some subtle changes – Modi and Jaishankar’s high octane diplomatic blitz in the US to re-energise the US relationship; the crafting of Wuhan II at Mamallapuram where Chinese president Xi Jinping had a meeting with PM Modi, and the unexpected opening up of the field in the Afghanistan peace process.

The ED will interrogate Chidambaram in Tihar jail on October 16. The court had given the Enforcement Directorate the option to either interrogate Chidambaram at the court premises or in Tihar jail.

Many top Separatists are in jail as the probe into the terror funding case is underway. There are however some Separatists who are still in the Valley, but in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 they have been largely silent. The question is, have they learnt their lesson and hence have quietened down?

Amit Shah, Union home minister warned those who speak ill of the nation that they would be jailed. 

 Muzaffarpur Police lodged FIR against celebrities, social activists and academicians, who have written an open letter to PM Modi against mob lynching cases involving Jai Shri Ram chants in the nation
 

Former finance minister P Chidambaram is facing probe for alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007

The Delhi Police Special Cell is carrying out raids at several locations in the national capital following an intel report of Jaish terrorists entering the region. No suspect has been arrested, police said
 

DK Shivakumar, Congress MLA from Kanakapura, Karnataka will be in Tihar jail at least till October 15 as a Delhi court has refused to grant him bail yet again

US President Donald Trump's repetitive claims that he is willing to mediate on the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan has caused external affairs minister S Jaishankar to clarify that India would not agree to third-party mediation

Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar's brother, DK Suresh, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Karnataka deputy chief minister Ashwath Narayan said, "These events should not be politicised.

19 teams of the NDRF have been deployed in Bihar due to floods following torrential rains. The death toll in Bihar has risen to 29. The state government has requested the Indian Air Force for two helicopters to aid in rescue operations. Amid constant threats of nuclear war by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the new IAF chief marshal RKS Bhadauria on Monday said the Indian Air Force was ready to face any challenges. Catch the top stories of the country on MyNation in 100 seconds.

The Delhi high court has refused bail to former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. 

The Delhi high court has rejected Congress leader P Chidambaram’s bail plea in the INX media case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arrested Chidambaram from his residence in New Delhi and is currently lodged in Tihar jail.