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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday ceremoniously launched and initiated the groundwork for numerous development initiatives spanning various sectors, with a combined value of approximately Rs 7,500 crore in Maharashtra. Addressing the public meeting in Ahmednagar, PM Modi commenced his speech in Marathi and paid respect to the holy shrine of Shirdi.

Adressing the public PM Modi said, "Today, with the divine blessings of Sai Baba, we have laid and inaugurated the foundation stone for development projects valued at Rs 7,500 crores. Additionally, the long-awaited Nilwande Dam, a five-decade aspiration for Maharashtra, has been successfully completed. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to perform the 'Jal Poojan' at this momentous occasion."

The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha, following its first meeting on the cash-for-query allegations against Mahua Moitra on Thursday, asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP to appear before it on October 31.

After a meeting of the panel on Thursday, its head and BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar said they will seek assistance from the Ministries of Home Affairs and IT in probing the allegations. Moitra has been asked to appear before the panel on October 31, Sonkar said.

US Mass Shooting News: Hundreds of police searched the US city of Lewiston and surrounding areas of Maine state for a man sought in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley, killing 22 people, with dozens more wounded. Police reported two shooting incidents in Lewiston — at Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley on Mollison Way, and Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street.

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres rejected accusations that he had justified Hamas attacks on Israel in his statement to the Security Council . "I am shocked by the misrepresentations by some of my statement ... as if I was justifying acts of terror by Hamas. This is false. It was the opposite," he said.

The fighting erupted on October 7 after Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza border and went on a rampage, kidnapping some 220 hostages and killing more 1,400 people, mostly civilians, Israeli officials say.

The worst-ever attack in Israel's history, it prompted a ferocious Israeli bombing campaign that Gaza's Hamas rulers say has so far killed 6,546 people, mostly civilians.