Cylone Nivar is set to hit near Puducherry around midnight; India's active Covid cases has been rising for the last five days; the Congress's key political strategist Ahmed Patel died today; Lakshmi Vilas Bank has merged with DBS Bank India; farmers from Haryana who had been marching towards Delhi were sprayed with water cannons amid the cold wave; Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda will campaign in Hyderabad for the civic election; West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched her campaign today for next year's election with a direct attack on the BJP.
