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Clashes erupted between Police and protesters in Paris, Marseille and other cities on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators, few of them dressed and masked in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services.
In another significant development, a US judge dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday, according to a court filing. This has brought an end to his legal challenge over the newspaper’s reporting on his alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
The India Meteorological Department announced on Sunday (November 1) that a deep depression forming over the southwest and nearby west-central Bay of Bengal had strengthened into Cyclonic Storm ‘Murasu.’ The development comes just days after Cyclone Arnab battered Andhra Pradesh, with forecasters now warning the state to brace for another round of powerful winds by November 3.
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (November 1) said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would be removed from his post and jailed, accusing him of vote theft. Rahul Gandhi's remark came while addressing the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital. At the rally, Rahul Gandhi said action will be taken against the CEC, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would not have reached their political post without him.
Russian officials acknowledged on Sunday (November 1) that a drone had struck an "industrial enterprise" in the east region of Moscow overnight, following Ukraine's claim that it had targeted a major oil refinery. Gleb Nikitin, governor of Nizhny Novgorod region, described a "massive drone attack" overnight, noting that an industrial enterprise in the Kstovo district faced significant destruction.
Donald Trump has said that Brazil's opposition leader Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's presidential election to left-wing incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last week, was welcome to stay in the US as long as he wanted. Trump called the election a “disgrace” and claimed that Flavio was treated “shabbily”. He added that he has no plans to meet him any time soon.
Iran on Sunday (Nov 1) warned that any new war with the United States could last longer than the previous conflict, saying Washington will not decide when it ends. Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that US President Donald Trump would not dictate the terms of a future war.
The new government in the Canadian province of Quebec has announced that it will prohibit all religious coverings, including turbans and niqabs, in elementary schools, in a move that adds restrictions to those already in existence. “It’s non-negotiable. This is what we were elected to do,” Education Minister Joël Arseneau said, when asked if his party will stand firm on its electoral promise to ban elementary students from wearing religious symbols in schools. “We’ll work to get it done.” The separatist Parti Québécois came into power in the provincial election held in October, and the ban on school children wearing overt religious attire was part of its platform.
Bangladesh has announced a six-member wage board to review garment workers' pay on Sunday, November 1. But thousands of workers kept protesting across major industrial areas. The violent protests disrupted transport and factory operations, with workers throwing bricks, setting fire to police boxes and vehicles, and vandalising factory properties. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters blocking a busy Dhaka intersection, and clashes were reported elsewhere around the capital.
More than 770 people were arrested during weekend protests in France, the interior ministry said on Sunday, a day after hundreds of thousands had demonstrated against soaring prices and inequality. The ministry said there had been "no major incidents" late on Saturday, adding that 779 people were arrested nationwide.
On Vimal pan masala controversy, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Munde says, "Even if the concerned person has moved the High Court, we have already started adjudicating proceedings and will proceed in accordance with the law."
Karnataka Congress chief BK Hariprasad says, "It's one of the historic rallies after 1947. It's one of the biggest rallies, which has created a record...The message is clear. They should get out of Delhi. They should resign after seeing this mammoth rally..."
Special CP law and order Devesh Srivastava says, "All of us were on ground and all the senior officers and the CRPF is also there with us. So, we had made elaborate arrangements, which were successful..."
BJP MP Sambit Patra says, "Where were the 10 lakh people? Show us. No one becomes a leader or Prime Minister through such tricks. PM doesn't just mean Prime Minister. P stands for Paseena (sweat) and M stands for Mehnat (hard work). A Prime Minister is made through sweat and hard work. Despite bringing together so many parties and flags, they could not manage to gather 10 lakh people."
ISRO chief Dr V. Narayanan says, "India's navigation satellite mission has achieved a major milestone, with the recently launched satellite successfully placed in an elliptical orbit and further orbit-raising operations underway. The satellite launched on October 30 was initially placed in an elliptical orbit at an altitude of around 38,000 km. Using its onboard propulsion system, the satellite was raised by another 5,500 km on Saturday, while further operations were continuing on Sunday to take it to a higher orbit... At least four satellites were required to provide comprehensive navigation services. The technology would have applications in public safety, aircraft landing and take-off operations at airports, maritime navigation and several other sectors..."
BJP MP Sambit Patra says, "We have been observing this rally organised by the INDI bloc since morning and listening closely to Rahul Gandhi's speech. But in the end, it felt like a complete waste of time."
AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal says, “...Today, the people of India have given a clear message to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah that their time is over. Their time to retain power by hook or by crook is over. Now, the people of India have identified who the culprits are. They are destroying the democracy of India by misusing the Chief Election Commissioner. Rahul Ji stated very clearly in today's meeting that the people of India wanted to send a message to Modi and Shah through this mammoth rally...You can see the sea of people. This is a clear reaction from the country; it is a clear reply to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and those who are destroying the democracy of this country. People are not going to allow them to do that again.”
On the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, EAM S Jaishankar says, "We've had discussions with Russia, Europe and Ukraine about three aspects of the current conflict. One, not to attack civilian shipping and seafarers. The second, to find a way by which the grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine—these are two major exporters of grain for the global markets—can be restored, because that flow has cut down very sharply in the Black Sea. And the third is with regard to energy. Non-attack on energy is probably the most complicated piece because it means different things to the different players. There is energy infrastructure itself. To some, it would mean a refinery; to some, it would mean grids. There would be issues relating to ships carrying fuel. So, we have been trying to see if we can get them together to address these issues..."
President Donald Trump's White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his agenda through executive power while bracing for investigations of his administration, according to a White House official and two people familiar with the plans.
Russian officials acknowledged on Sunday (November 1) that a drone had struck an "industrial enterprise" in the east region of Moscow overnight, following Ukraine's claim that it had targeted a major oil refinery. Gleb Nikitin, governor of Nizhny Novgorod region, described a "massive drone attack" overnight, noting that an industrial enterprise in the Kstovo district faced significant destruction.
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would be removed from his post and jailed, while accusing him of facilitating alleged vote theft in the country. Addressing the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi asserted that action would be taken against the CEC and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would not have reached their respective positions without him.
A Rajasthan IAS officer and his family bought 40 villas and cottages at two Ananta resorts for Rs 6.16 crore over two and a half years and then leased them back to the company that sold them, reportedly earning Rs 1.8 crore annually.
Four workers lost their lives after inhaling toxic gas at a hotel waste chamber in western Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Saturday night (November 1), a senior police officer said. The incident occurred after the workers entered a chamber at a hotel’s basement for leftover food and residual waste.
At least one person was killed and at least eight others were injured in a shooting after a football game at Birmingham. The Birmingham Police Department, in a statement, said that at least one person was detained in connection with the shooting. "Shortly after 7:50 p.m., multiple shots rang out in the 400 block of Grayman Avenue West, officers responded and located multiple gunshot victims," Officer Darrell Freeman, assistant public information officer for the Birmingham Police Department, said during a press conference.
Three men from the Kuki tribal group were killed in an exchange of gunfire between "unidentified armed miscreants" in the state's Noney district on Saturday, according to a police statement.
Riot police with dogs stormed protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, charging demonstrators with batons, arresting 13 people and leaving dozens injured in the latest confrontation over Portugal's housing crisis.
Cyclonic Storm 'Murasu' has officially formed over the Bay of Bengal and is forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to make landfall along the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur during the midnight of November 2-November 3
The convoy of vehicles carrying the INDIA bloc leaders has now reached near the Civic Centre roundabout in Delhi near Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg.
AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday said the party’s protest rally against CEC Gyanesh Kumar to be held during the day at Ramlila grounds in the national capital was a “stern warning” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the suspension of two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) of the 127-Pilibhit Assembly Constituency in Uttar Pradesh over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll and asked the state authorities to add Section 198 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, to the FIR already registered against them and a computer operator. In a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Uttar Pradesh, the Commission directed that the two officers, Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary, be placed under suspension with immediate effect. It also instructed that their chargesheets be submitted to the Commission for further vetting.
Leading a massive 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' (Save Democracy, Eradicate Anarchy) padyatra in Rohtak, Haryana, on Sunday, BJP national president Nitin Nabin launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 'Chalo Delhi' march to Ramlila Maidan. Addressing a large gathering of party workers and citizens at D-Park in Model Town following a march from Chhotu Ram Polytechnic Ground, Nabin slammed the Congress-led INDIA Bloc for organising protests on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday accused the Gandhi family and the Congress of repeatedly undermining democracy, citing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as she joined BJPs 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) march in the national capital. The leaders participating in the march wore black bands on their heads in memory of the Sikhs killed during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory announcing traffic restrictions and diversions in parts of Central Delhi on Sunday in view of a proposed INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan, with a large gathering expected at the venue. The restrictions will remain in place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and traffic movement on several adjoining roads is likely to be affected.
The advisory lists several diversion points, including Netaji Subhash Marg T-Point, Rajghat, Delhi Gate, ITO A-Point, Ajmeri Gate Red Light, Ranjeet Singh Flyover at Barakhamba Road, Bhavbhuti Marg-DDU Marg Red Light, Jhandewalan Roundabout, Turkman Gate and Mirdard Chowk
Opposition INDIA bloc mobilises supporters for the Chalo Dilli protest in Delhi, demanding CEC Kumar’s resignation amid electoral irregularities.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, speaking in Shimla, alleged that Gandhi was upset because the names of “infiltrators” had been removed through the SIR. He said the BJP stood with the Election Commission. He asked whether the elections in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Gandhi’s own Raebareli seat should be annulled by the same logic, and accused the Congress of “double standards” for claiming votes are “stolen” only where the BJP is in power. He also made an insulting personal remark against Gandhi.
Senior INDIA bloc leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, CPI general secretary D. Raja and CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, reached Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, from where they proceeded to Minto Road in an open bus to march to Ramlila Maidan. Supporters have gathered at the venue, and party workers at locations across Delhi, ahead of the protest today (November 1, 2026) against alleged electoral irregularities and demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
A US judge dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday, according to a court filing, bringing an end to his legal challenge over the newspaper’s reporting on his alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
Clashes erupted in Paris, Marseille and other cities on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services.
