At least seven security personnel were killed in an IED blast triggered by Maoists on a police vehicle in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. The incident occurred in the Kutru region around 2:30 pm. The area has been cordoned off, and authorities have confirmed the explosion, stating further details are awaited.

Stressing that there is no need for monitoring or screening at hospitals and airports, Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said HMPV is not a notifiable disease and will be recorded under influenza-like illnesses

Baba Siddique (66) was shot dead outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Mumbai’s Neelamnagar area on October 12 by three assailants.