A food delivery man riding in rain - Image - KK Choudhary-TOI- BCCL- MumbaiA food delivery man riding in rain - Image - KK Choudhary-TOI- BCCL- Mumbai
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  1. The Governor of Manipur today ordered the extension of AFSPA in the state for six months. However, it would exclude jurisdictions under 19 police stations coming under the Imphal Valley.
  2. NIA conducted a multi-state raid covering 51 locations, cracking down on gangs with suspected links to Laskhar-e-Taiba and Khalilstani terrorists operating from Pakistan and Canada.
  3. A 12-year-old girl in Ujjain’s Barnagar area was subjected to the horrible plight of seeking help door-to-door, bleeding after being raped. With medical examination conforming to a rape, the government has ordered an SIT probe.
  4. The SC has declined former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s petition against police custody in the Skill Development Scam. However, it agreed to look into his plea to quash the FIR against him on October 3.
  5. Animal rights activist and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has accused ISKCON of selling dry cows from their Goshalas to slaughterhouses, calling them the “biggest cheat” in the country. However, expressing dismay over her comments, ISKCON has dismissed the allegations as “unsubstantiated and false.”
  6. Several areas of Mumbai and Thane experienced intense thunderstorms with lightning strikes and cloudburst-like heavy rains this afternoon. Meanwhile, IMD has given an orange alert to Konkan-Goa and Madhya Maharashtra for the next three days.
  7. The Malayalam film ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ has been selected as India’s official entry for the 2024 Oscars. The survival drama is based on the 2018 Kerala floods that submerged the entire state and caused widespread damage to life and property.
  8. In a massive blaze in a chemical factory in Mohali, Punjab, two people suffered major burn injuries, while five others minor burns. Another major fire was reported from Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area at a girl’s PG hostel. Delhi Fire Services personnel rescued all the 35 girls who were trapped in the hostel building.
  9. CBI has initiated a preliminary inquiry to look into alleged irregularities in building the new official residence for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The renovation at 6 Flagstaff Road in the Civil Lines area was carried out at an outlay of around ₹44 crore.
  10. 91 Indian universities have been featured in the Word University Rankings 2024 prepared by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. Among the Indian universities, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore is at the top position.