As India celebrates Diwali with homes shimmering in gold and markets echoing with laughter, there lies a patch of darkness behind Manas Bhavan in the heart of Bhopal.

Jyoti Singh, wife of Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh, filed her nomination as an Independent candidate today from the Karakat Assembly constituency.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ridiculed US President Donald Trump’s claims of destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling them delusional. Khamenei also dismissed Trump’s Gaza peace efforts as “empty talk and Zionist bravado,” signaling Tehran’s resistance to US and Israeli influence.