Bharatiya Janata Party is in a fierce contest with regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Assembly bypolls in seven constituencies spread across six states.

By-elections for seven Assembly constituencies across the states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh will be held from 7 am to 6 pm amid tight security and the counting of votes will be conducted on November 6.

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Gujarat assembly polls at 12 noon on Thursday.

The poll panel has convened a press conference to announce the schedule.

The term of the 182-member Gujarat assembly ends on February 18 next year.

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay staged a protest demanding that non-locals and TRS leaders should be sent out of the Munugodu constituency, where the bypolls are being conducted today.

Sanjay, who was on the way to Munugode as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders were not leaving the by-polls constituency in Munugodu, was stopped by the police on the Vijaywada Highway in Abdullapurmet on Wednesday night.

Electric mobility tech platform MoEVing has raised $2.5 million from JSW Ventures. The funds will be used by the company to further strengthen its electric mobility platform for driver partners across India.

The company will also use the capital raised to support its expansion across multiple cities in India and build a team across functions with a high focus on technology, the firm said in a statement. The current round brings MoEVing’s entire funding to $10 million.

Yum! Brands, which houses brands like KFC and Pizza Hut, saw its system sales for both of its quick service restaurants in India post double digit growth in the July-September quarter.

During the quarter, Pizza Hut in India saw its system sales growth at 51 per cent and KFC saw its system sales growth at 45 per cent in the country.

Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel is eyeing a capacity of 50 million tonne (mt) by 2030 mirroring the country’s growth.

Speaking on the sidelines of a session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Kolkata, Jindal said JSW Steel’s current capacity is 27 million, which could increase to 50 mt by 2030 through greenfield and brownfield options.

The West Bengal government has planned to carry out a "health check-up" of all 2,109 bridges in the state, after the collapse of a nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge in Gujarat, which left over 130 people dead, a senior official said.

State Public Works Department Minister Pulak Roy, during a meeting with senior officials and engineers, instructed them to inspect the condition of the bridges and file reports with necessary observations by November-end, he said on Tuesday.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning on November 3 in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state, officials said on Wednesday.

Soren, 47, has been asked to appear before the federal probe agency at its regional office in state capital Ranchi on Thursday.

The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 354. Noida, which is part of the national capital region, slipped to an AQI of 406, and continued to remain in the 'severe' category, while Gurugram's AQI stood at 346 and continued to remain in the 'very poor category, as per data released by SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research) India.

Air Quality Index from 0 to 100 is considered as good, while from 100 to 200 it is moderate, from 200 to 300 it is poor, and from 300 to 400 it is said to be very poor and from 400 too 500 or above it is considered as severe.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday condemned the Morbi bridge collapse that claimed 135 lives and called it a "painful accident".

The AIMIM chief Owaisi urged the government to take charge of those responsible for the death of so many people in Morbi.

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