A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal orders officials to spend ‘whatever is necessary’ to improve safety: After the Mumbai stampede, the minister also said that additional escalators had been sanctioned for crowded stations in Mumbai.
  2. People in border areas are an asset, they should not migrate, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh: Many people leave the border areas in Uttarakhand because of a lack of livelihood opportunities, the border police said.
  3. ‘Don’t believe fake news’, Donald Trump says in response to San Juan mayor’s plea for help: Much of Puerto Rico is still without power, and rescue efforts have allegedly been mismanaged, while the US’ administration has responded slowly.
  4. Leering at a child is punishable under Pocso Act, says Bombay High Court: The court was hearing a plea filed by two men seeking to quash an FIR filed against them under the Act.
  5. BSF unearths tunnel from Pakistan with ‘war-like’ material in Jammu and Kashmir: Border Security Force officials said a search of the tunnel indicated the ‘presence of armed infiltrators who managed to flee back’.
  6. Hafiz Saeed sends Rs 100-million defamation suit to Pakistan foreign minister: Khawaja Asif had said that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief was one of the ‘darlings’ of the US and was once ‘dined and wined’ in the White House.
  7. Delhi’s air goes from moderate to poor, likely to get worse soon: Traffic congestion due to Dussehra could have made air quality worse from September 27, experts said.  
  8. We won’t allow bullet train until local railway is revamped, says Raj Thackeray: The MNS chief said his party would march to the Western Railway headquarter in Mumbai on October 5.
  9. Woman dies in Gujarat after being tortured for practising ‘witchcraft,’ four others critically injured: The police have arrested five men in connection with the incident.
  10. Starting November, Tata Motors will supply e-cars to all government departments: The firm quoted the lowest price for the vehicles, each costing Rs 11.2 lakh inclusive of GST and a five-year warranty.