Amravati

The stage is set for a special three-day parliament session from tomorrow on women's reservation and delimitation of constituencies.

The big talking point of this episode of 5 Live is the political confrontation regarding the Women's Reservation Bill ahead of a special Parliament session.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran's president has asked the United States for a ceasefire. In a detailed statement, Trump said Iran's new regime president is 'much less radicalised and far more intelligent than his predecessors'.

The Centre has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to make Amravati the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh, ending the three-capital model.

This special report focuses on a massive farmers' protest in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, led by former MLA Bachu Kadu, which resulted in the blockade of the Nagpur-Hyderabad highway (NH 44). A key demand is for an unconditional loan waiver, with a farm leader stating they will 'continue to protest and they will not back out until the demand of unconditional farm loan waiver is met with them.' The agitation began with a tractor march from Amravati and caused a 25-kilometre traffic jam. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's government has appealed for talks, sending Senior Minister Chandra Shekhar Bawankule to negotiate. However, the farmers remain firm, threatening to march to Mumbai and block railway lines, creating a tense standoff with the administration over loan waivers and crop loss compensation.

This special report tracks Severe Cyclonic Storm Montha, set to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kakinada on the night of October 28, 2025. According to IMD Director at Amravati, Selassamil, residents should brace for severe weather as ‘gale winds will be of 90 to 100 kmph, with maximum of 110 kmph wind speed.’ The cyclone has already led to the cancellation of six flights between Chennai and Visakhapatnam and is expected to bring extremely heavy rainfall to coastal districts from Nellore to Vijayanagaram. Authorities have issued warnings for a storm surge of over one meter, potential landslides, and flooding, with NDRF and SDRF teams deployed for rescue and relief operations. The impact is also anticipated in Odisha, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu.

In Amravati, Maharashtra, four EVMs were allegedly moved at night, causing controversy and commotion.

The Modi government has unveiled a major infrastructure plan for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, pivotal states in the BJP's 2024 Lok Sabha victory.

In an exclusive interview with India Today's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh spoke about his party's resounding victory in Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, Lok Sabha polls and more.

BJP MP from Maharashtra's Amravati Navneet Rana challenged AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and his younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi, saying that if the police are withdrawn for 15 seconds in Hyderabad, no one would know as to where both these brothers would vanish. 

In our good news segment, watch this love story of an unusual couple who fell for each other scrolling Instagram Reels.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be produced in court today as his Enforcement Directorate custody in the liquor policy case ends. The probe agency will seek a 7-day extension of Kejriwal's custody for further interrogation. In an apparent dispute within the Mahayuti alliance, senior Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Anandrao Adsul opposed Navneet Rana's candidature from the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra, stating that she was getting into the "well of death" (maut ka kuan). The opposition alliance in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi, is also facing internal trouble as Congress opposes some candidates from the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction for the Lok Sabha polls.

With rains still inundating the northern parts of the country, a cloudburst struck Kota Nullah in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Saturday morning, causing significant damage to the Doda-Kishtwar road and leading to a flood-like situation in the area on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, heavy rains in the past 10 days resulted in at least 16 fatalities in rain-related incidents. Nearly 4,500 houses were also damaged due to the incessant downpours, according to officials' reports on Sunday. In Karnataka, particularly in Chikamagalur, heavy rainfall was observed. Additionally, the water level in the Godavari River, which had previously receded, surged once again, prompting concerns over potential flooding.

Umesh Kolhe, a pharmacist from Amravati in Maharashtra who had shared social media posts backing BJP leader Nupur Sharma, was murdered by “radicalised Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat”, as per the NIA chargesheet filed in a court.