The big news: Gujarat elections are on December 9 and 14, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The Centre may extend the deadline to get Aadhaar and link it to services, and the BJP will mark November 8 as ‘anti-black money’ day.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Gujarat Assembly election to be held in two phases on December 9 and 14: The counting of votes will take place along with Himachal Pradesh on December 18.
- Centre tells SC it is open to extending Aadhaar-linking deadline for those without UID to March 31: The Supreme Court will hear all pleas challenging the decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for various services on Monday, October 30.
- BJP will observe ‘Anti-Black Money Day’ on November 8, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley: All major party leaders will participate in events marking the day.
- The world will get ‘toasted, roasted and grilled’ if we don’t act on climate change now, says IMF chief: Christine Lagarde said it was crucial to address climate change and inequalities to avoid ‘deep trouble’ and a dark future in 50 years.
- Security at Army bases need to be improved, Army chief Bipin Rawat says: Increased surveillance could prevent attacks like the ones in Uri and Pathankot last year, Rawat said.
- Man arrested in Greater Noida for raping 11-year-old Nigerian-Indian schoolboy: The accused raped the boy for the past four years, police said.
- Congress will move court if Rajasthan’s immunity bill is not scrapped, says Sachin Pilot: This kind of legislation has no place in a democracy, said the party’s state unit president.
- Father of Indian child missing in US tells police he moved her body after she choked on her milk: Wesley Mathews had earlier told the police his daughter went missing after he told her to stand outside their house at 3 am for not drinking her milk.
- China announces its top leadership for the next term, does not name Xi Jinping’s successor: For the first time, the Standing Committee does not have a single member born before the 1949 Communist revolution.
- Twitter says it will make advertisements and its sources more transparent: The move comes weeks after social media sites testified that those platforms were used to spread Russian propaganda during the 2016 US election.