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  1. The Income Tax department carried out searches in the house of DMK MP S Jagatrakshakan’s house in Chennai. TN CM Stalin has called the raids vindictive politics by the BJP-led government at the Center.
  2. Fresh violence was reported from Manipur’s Imphal West District. Two houses were torched and several rounds of bullet fire were heard in the Patsoi police station area.
  3. Madhya Pradesh has decided that 35% of the government’s jobs would now go to women. Announcing the reservation for women, MP M Shivraj Singh Chouhan said he is also reserving 50 percent of teaching posts for women.
  4. Yet another explosion involving a fireworks unit kills four workers. The tragedy occurred in a licensed fireworks manufacturing unit at Thillaiyadi in Mayiladudhurai district in Tamil Nadu.
  5. Scottish Police concluded the Glasgow Gurudwara incident investigation as “No offense committed.” On Sep 29, three radical Khalistani activists prevented the Indian High Commissioner from entering the Gurudwara.
  6. The Center has banned Shabir Ahmad Shah-led Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) under the stringent UAPA. The home ministry notification said JKDFP is fostering secessionist activities and is conspiring to create a separate Islamic state.
  7. Bengaluru Police have filed an FIR after a Cunningham Road ‘bus shelter’ gets stolen. The shelter along with its steel structure worth Rs.10 Lakh was installed just a week ago.
  8. The SC bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked how the prosecution can bring Manish Sisodia under money laundering when no money is going to him. It further instructed it to word the section of the offense rightly.
  9. Pushing for parity in diplomatic presence, India’s Ministry of External Affairs reiterated its call for a reduction in Canadian diplomats in India, also citing their continued “interference” in the country’s “Internal matters.”
  10. Chandrayaan-3 mission, with its lander and rover, continues to be in sleep mode. The chances for its revival are going bleak, with Sunlight receding and another long night beginning on the moon.