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  • JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda told the media today that his party, which is part of the LDF government in Kerala, got full concurrence from Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to ally with BJP in Karnataka. However, Kerala CM called the statement “untrue and completely absurd.”
  • Snubbed by the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh over seat sharing, Akhilesh Yadav has warned that his party would have a rethink on going ahead with the opposition bloc INDIA for the Lok Sabha polls.
  • Nithari serial killing case co-accused Moninder Singh Pandher walked free from the Luksar jail in Gautam Budh Nagar today, after the Allahabad High Court acquitted Pandher and Surinder Koli, terming the prosecution’s investigation botched up.
  • Canada has withdrawn 41 of its diplomats from India. The move comes after New Delhi set October 20 as the timeline for withdrawal warning that the diplomats would lose immunity if they prolong their stay here.
  • Veteran Communist leader and former CM of Kerala V S Achuthanandan turned 100 today. He is also the eldest CM to assume office–Achuthanandan was 82 years and 6 months old when he took oath as the CM of the state.
  • The Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories in India to end the practice of manual scavenging completely. It has also directed a compensation of Rs.30 Lakh for sewer deaths and Rs.20 lakh for permanent disablement.