Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud shared his reliance on divine intervention to find a resolution to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. He revealed his prayer for a solution during a ceremony in his native village. The historic verdict allowed for the construction of a Ram temple and a mosque on an alternative plot.

The court of the Shimla municipal commissioner had ordered the removal of three unauthorised floors of the controversial mosque in Himachal Pradesh. It gave the Waqf Board two months to carry out the directives

A cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 23 and reach the Odisha-West Bengal coasts next day.