–  Death toll due to explosion at cracker unit in Balasore dist rises to 8.

–  Condition of Jaga, one of the conjoined twins of Kandhamal is not well.

–  Dharmendra Pradhan writes to HM Rajnath Singh to instruct CB officials to conduct free & fair probe into deaths of two youths in Jajpur dist.

–  255 houses in NALCO Nagar in Bhubaneswar to get PNG connection this month.

–  J&K: Police Officer shot dead by terrorists at his residence in Tral.

–  Govt announces Re 1 per call for outgoing calls for soldiers on digital satellite phone.

–  Uttar Pradesh: Diwali celebrations underway at banks of Saryu river in Ayodhya.