Delhi News Live Updates: Salesman stabbed to death in east Delhi park

As Dinesh lay asleep in his Madangir house, his wife poured boiling oil and red chilli powder on him, sending him into screams that rent the dead calm of the night. On October 3, a 28-year-old pharmaceutical firm worker was brought to Safdarjung Hospital with severe burns and was admitted to the ICU in a critical condition.

According to an FIR lodged at Ambedkar Nagar Police Station the same day, Dinesh’s wife poured hot oil on his torso around 3 am while he lay asleep, with the couple’s eight-year-old daughter also in the home. Dinesh told police that he had returned home late on October 2 after work, ate dinner, and went to bed.

The Delhi High Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on a plea challenging a government order prohibiting discussion, analysis, or circulation of the “contents of question papers of ongoing/held examinations…on social media”.

“You can’t put such gag orders…you can’t discuss the paper?” HC Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya orally remarked on Wednesday (October 8). The SSC makes recruitments to various ministries and departments of the Union government and attached and subordinate offices at the level of Group B posts and lower.

Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport seized 7 kg of marijuana (ganja), worth around Rs 6.93 crore, concealed in the luggage of a passenger who arrived from Tashkent via Istanbul on Tuesday morning.

The action was taken during routine profiling at Terminal 3 in the early hours of October 4 where the passenger, an Indian national, acted suspicious.

21-year-old woman died and her childhood friend sustained critical injuries when they fell off the roof of a four-floor building in Central Delhi’s Hauz Qazi on Tuesday, the Delhi Police said.

According to a police officer, the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Tuesday night, when the women, Sunita (21) and Tripti (19) were taking a walk on the terrace together — a ritual they had followed for years.

Dark clouds blanketed the Capital on Tuesday as heavy rain brought down the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) to 73, in the ‘Satisfactory’ category — the cleanest reading in over two years for the month of October. The last time Delhi had recorded better air this month was on October 11, 2022, when the AQI was 66.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the last ‘Satisfactory’ day was recorded on October 3 this month, when the AQI was recorded at 88.

Two days after a 71-year-old lawyer allegedly hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai inside the Supreme Court, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said the incident and subsequent online threats and abuse directed at the CJI appeared to be part of a “pre-planned and systematic attempt to browbeat the judiciary”.

“Justice Gavai decided to leave the matter and not act against the person who tried to throw a shoe at him. This is indeed his greatness. However, the whole incident has sent a chilling message to the entire judiciary — that if anyone can get away with throwing a shoe at the CJI, then what to talk of other judges. Are other judges safe?” Kejriwal said in a post on X.

PM Modi said he had announced on August 15 that this year would be a year of big changes and big reforms.

'We are increasing the pace of reforms,' he said without elaborating.

Just last month, goods and services tax (GST) rates were rationalised, making common-use items from shampoo to television sets cheaper.

India, he said, offers immense opportunities in the manufacturing of semiconductors, mobiles, and electronics.

Industry, innovators and startups need to step up now, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday renewed his pitch for Make in India across sectors -- from mobiles to semiconductors and electronics, saying the government is accelerating the pace of reforms, offering the best investment opportunities.

Speaking at the inauguration of India Mobile Congress here, he said India's democratic setup, the government's welcoming approach and ease of doing business policies have helped the country attain an image of an investor-friendly destination.

"This is the best time to invest, innovate and make in India," he said.

India has launched its Made in India 4G Stack, joining select five countries globally that possess this capability, says PM Modi at IMC 2025. India which once struggled with 2G, now has 5G mobile connectivity in almost all districts, he added. 

PM Modi says, “A lot of our startups gave presentations on important issues - financial fraud prevention, quantum communication, optical communication, semiconductors and others. I am assured that India’s tech future is in the right hands. This IMC event isn’t just limited to mobile and telecom but has become Asia’s biggest digital technology forum in a few years.”

VIDEO | Delhi: PM Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) inaugurates India Mobile Congress 2025 (@exploreIMC) at Yashobhoomi.

While addressing the event, he says, “A lot of our startups gave presentations on important issues- financial fraud prevention, quantum communication, optical… pic.twitter.com/fdPJ8F74wg

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 8, 2025

Ahead of the onset of winters, the Public Works Department (PWD) has started preparing to tackle the dust and vehicular pollution on roads by deploying water sprinklers and anti-smog guns in Delhi, said officials.

According to a senior PWD official, the department has floated tenders to hire over 100 anti-smog guns mounted on trucks and water sprinklers. These are expected to be deployed across the city roads after Diwali, which is set to be celebrated on October 20.

Speaking at IMC 2025, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "Just last week, the PM unveiled one lakh towers across the length and breadth of the country, built in India, built for India, but also built for the world... As the PM has said many times, ‘Vocal for local, and local to global'”

VIDEO | Delhi: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia addresses the India Mobile Congress 2025 (@exploreIMC) at Yashobhoomi, says, "It is the Prime Minister’s foresight that led to the development of India’s own 4G stack. Just last week, the PM unveiled one lakh towers across the… pic.twitter.com/yF6Uhopzhq

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 8, 2025

PM Modi attends the inaugural session of India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi Centre.

VIDEO | New Delhi: PM Modi attends inaugural session of India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi Centre.#IMC2025 #InnovatetoTransform #PMAtIMC #PMAtAspire

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/hgR5sedJfH

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 8, 2025

Delhi on Wednesday morning recorded a minimum temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, with the maximum temperature expected to go up to 26 degrees Celsius. While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that rain will take a halt in the capital today, it is likely that Delhi will witness a temperature dip on Wednesday.

After a day of continuous rainfall across Delhi and parts of NCR, the national capital woke up to light fog and a significant temperature dip. The air quality of Delhi also saw a significant improvement, with the AQI as low as 50 in parts of the national capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 9th edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, a telecom, media, and technology event, at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, a press release from the PMO read.

Organised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), IMC 2025 will be held from Oct 8 to 11 under the theme ‘Innovate to Transform’. Delegates from Japan, Canada, UK, Russia, Ireland and Austria are also participating in the event.

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