U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mumbai to discuss energy security and defence cooperation, during a two-day visit as the U.S. and India aim to finalise a trade deal. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) asked the Delhi High Court for an urgent hearing on extending the judicial custody of its leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das. JNU Students' Union ended a 17-day hunger strike after the university agreed to revoke the rustication of student office-bearers and withdraw FIRs against students. Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the AAP government in Punjab of failing to contain the drug menace while visiting families of those who died in related incidents. Gujarat has proposed gifting 500 square metres of a disputed Vadodara plot to Yusuf Pathan, with the proposal due before the civic standing committee on October 23.
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