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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the 'Kerala Bank' would be formed amalgamating the district co-operative banks (DCBs) with Kerala State Co-operative Bank.

The two leaders, Yawar Mir, Noor Mohammed and Shoiab Lone were released on various grounds which includes signing of a bond, the administration said, explaining the reasons for ending of their detention.

Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija also questioned the government's narrative of normalcy in Kashmir asking an explanation for the 9 lakh troops deployed in the state.

The development comes just weeks after Punjab police said a large number of AK-47 assault rifles, satellite phones and grenades were dropped in Punjab's Tarn Taran district by heavy-lifting drones that came from Pakistan.

President Tsai Ing-wen also vowed in a National Day speech to defend Taiwan's sovereignty, saying her government would safeguard freedom and democracy as Beijing ramps up pressure on the self-ruled island it considers a wayward province.

The measure to lift the travel ban, however, has been called half-hearted by critics, with many pointing out that hardly anyone would want to visit till the communication blackout persists.

According to police, a scuffle broke out between 29-year-old Dipti and her husband Satyajit (32) on Sunday, following which he started beating her with a stick. Incidentally, the stick which had a nail on it hit their child's head.

The highest number of deaths, 399, was reported from Maharashtra, followed by 227 in West Bengal in rains, floods and landslides that hit as many as 357 districts in the country.

Currently, the prime minister, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu fly on Air India's B747 planes, which have the call sign 'Air India One'.

The bodies of Sitaram Sing (62) and his wife Lato Sing (52) of Sitaram Sahi village missing since Sunday were recovered from the reservoir of Sono river by personnel of Odisha State Disaster Response Force and Fire Brigade on Wednesday.

In his Dussehra address in Nagpur, Bhagwat had said isolated incidents of social violence should not be labelled with foreign words, like lynching, to defame the country.

Xi will arrive in Kathmandu for an overnight visit on October 12 from Chennai after his informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Salman will soon be back as Chulbul Panday with Dabangg 3, which is slated to release on December 20.

The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet in a Bangalore court against two accused in ponzi scam pertaining to I-Monetary Advisory (IMA).

BJP leader Satish Chandra Dubey was declared elected unopposed since no other candidate had filed nomination papers for the by-elections.

Announcing Xi's visit for the summit on October 11-12 at Mamallapuram near Chennai, Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui said the two leaders will have an in-depth discussion on global and regional affairs.