A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Congress wins Gurdaspur bye-poll in Punjab: In Kerala, the Indian Union Muslim League beat the Left to retain the seat in the Vengara Assembly bye-election.
  2. Chopped body of missing bartender in Delhi found in friend’s fridge: The police said Vipin Chand Joshi went missing on October 9 after leaving work with Badal Mandal, in whose house the body was found.
  3. One injured in shooting at Virginia State University, lockdown lifted: The police said there is no further threat, but officers will remain alert.  
  4. Himachal Pradesh minister Anil Sharma to join BJP ahead of Assembly polls: He accused the Congress of sidelining him and his father Sukh Ram.  
  5. Pakistan says it does not need to extend militant leader Hafiz Saeed’s house arrest: It withdrew a request to extend the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief’s detention under an anti-terrorism law.
  6. Portion of foot overbridge at Charni Road station collapses, one injured: An official said the structure was old, and the civic body was reconstructing it.  
  7. ‘Workplace harassment in our industry is over’, says Oscars board as it expels Harvey Weinstein: The Academy said its 54-member board of governors ‘voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him’.
  8. Kanpur traders say posters comparing Modi with Kim Jong-un were not meant to malign prime minister: The police had booked 22 traders after hoardings that read ‘Kim has decided to destroy the world, Modi has decided to destroy business’ were put up in the city.
  9. Toll in California wildfires, deadliest in state’s history, rises to 40: So far, the flames have damaged or destroyed 5,700 homes and forced around a lakh to evacuate.
  10. Skoda Auto India barred from naming car ‘Monte Carlo’ after trademark claim: The automaker had launched its Rapid Monte Carlo model in the country in August.