Thousands of people belonging to six particular communities of Assam - Tai Ahom, Moran, Motok, Chutia, Tea Tribes or Adivasis and Koch-Rajbonggshi - who together constitute nearly thirty percent of the total population of the state, a major chunk of BJP’s support base, are now out on the streets demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

The 33-day strike of the 5000 contractual workers of the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ended after the Mayor of Delhi announced an agreement with them. They were on strike since September 29, 2025, under the leadership of Anti Malaria Ekta Karmchari Union (AMEKU).

On the 69TH formation day of Kerala on November 1, the state achieved the historic feat of becoming the first state to eradicate extreme poverty. In a massive public meeting in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared that the feat was achieved through collective will. The primary objective of the 'Nava Keralam' (New Kerala) initiative — which is to elevate Kerala's standard of living to be on par with developed countries — is not far away. He said that Kerala is already ahead of America in many respects.

Due to inclement weather the mass meeting to be addressed jointly by Tejashwi Yadav and Brinda Karat in Bibhutipur Constituency was cancelled. But, braving incessant rain, Brinda Karat reached Bibhutipur on October 31 and was received there by CC member and in-charge of Bibhutipur Constituency Awadhesh Kumar and the Party candidate Ajay Kumar, District Secretary Ramashray, State Committee Member Neelam Devi and others. She visited the village of Martyr Ram Nath Mahto, tallest leader and organiser of the party in Samastipur, and garlanded his statue along with the accompanying leaders.

Nineteen passengers were burnt to death when a Hyderabad-Bengaluru sleeper coach bus, run by V Kaveri Travels, caught fire after a collision with a motorcycle on the outskirts of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh on October 24. The accident brought to light the chronic government negligence in enforcing safety and other rules, and exposed the mad-for-maximising-profit private bus owners who blatantly flout norms and cut corners in utter disregard for safety norms.