Odisha News
? Odisha records 3779 Covid-19 Recoveries today including 550 from Khordha, 427 from Cuttack, 158 from Puri. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 161044.
? Bhubaneswar reports 349 new COVID-19 cases including 120 Quarantine and 229 local contact cases: taking the total positive cases to 19893 in the Capital City.
? 373 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Water Resources department submitted Rs 932 crore proposalfor Protection of River Embankments in Odisha.
? Rs 2 crore-brown sugar seizure in Balasore: In a first, Enforcement Directorate (ED) will probe money trail and money laundering angles of drug peddlers in Odisha.
? Miscreants loot over Rs 2 lakh in front of DCB Bank in Keonjhar town.
India News
? Veteran atomic scientist & former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Sekhar Basu dies of Covid-19.
? Punjab: 4 people die, 4 others rescued from the debris of a building collapse in Dera Bassi area of Mohali. More victims trapped, rescue operation is underway.
? Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri shot dead in Srinagar by unidentified gunmen.
? Durga Puja Carnival will not be organised this year in West Bengal.
? Supreme Court issues notice to Centre and UPSC on plea filed by civil services aspirants seeking postponement of exam.
? Zoom announces several new features for more interactive video meets.
? IPL 13: RCB and KXIP players to wear black armbands in Dean Jones’ honour.
? Sushant Singh Rajput case: Bombay High Court to hear Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik’s bail pleas on September 29.
? Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam’s condition is critical; still on ventilator.
? Bollywood Drug Probe: Deepika Padukone to face NCB on Friday in drugs case.
? Salman Khan’s ‘Bigg Boss 14’ to premiere on October 3.
World
? Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones dies of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. He was 59.