The Biggest Stories of October 19, 2016

Only three of Odisha's 568 hospitals have fire safety clearance, the National Human Rights Commission said and issued a notice to the state government over the fire incident at a hospital in Bhubaneswar which has left 21 people dead so far; Actor Salman Khan should be ordered to surrender immediately so he can return to jail in two poaching cases, the Rajasthan government has told the Supreme Court; Akhilesh Yadav has written to his father, seeking sanction to start his campaign for a second term as Chief Minister on November 3; A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly spreading rumours about the health of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on social media.