In a move potentially aimed at appeasing the Muslim minority and backward communities ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the Maharashtra BJP-led Mahayuti government announced several key initiatives in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday garlanded a bust of Jayaprakash Narayan mounted atop a vehicle outside his residence where hundreds of party workers had gathered since morning after the authorities advised him not to visit the JP International Centre due to security concerns.

The World Health Organization observes October 10th as World Mental Health Day in an effort to increase public awareness of mental health-related concerns. The annual campaign support the battle to reduce stigmas associated with mental illness and to ensure that mental health services are available to everyone by fostering conversations about mental health issues. WHO encourages people to accept responsibility for mental health problems, seek every possible assistance when needed, and push for governments to put mental health on the public agenda.

Bahadur Singh Koli, the BJP MLA from the Weir Assembly constituency in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, has once again sparked controversy with his remarks. While attending the inauguration of the Khedli Mod police station, which was upgraded from a police outpost on the Agra-Jaipur National Highway 21, Koli made contentious statements in the presence of Bharatpur Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachawa.

A cabinet sub-committee has been formed under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to take action on the findings of the Justice Michael D'Cunha commission report regarding the alleged COVID-19 scam during the BJP's tenure. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah issued the order on Thursday, later confirming the development through a post on X.

In connection with the businessman Mumtaz Ali death case, three more accused were produced before the court on Thursday by the police.

Junior doctors agitating over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital continued their fast unto death for the sixth day on Friday, even as the condition of one of the medics on hunger strike, who was hospitalised, remained "critical", health officials said.

Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Suresh Gopi, has claimed that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan once invited him to join the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)].