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In Ranji Trophy Elite Group B, Andhra play Punjab at the PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh from 9:30 AM Monday, while Hyderabad face Chhattisgarh. Andhra lost their last game to Chhattisgarh by five wickets, Hyderabad drew with Punjab, and Round 5 starts only on January 17.
On FIDE's November rating list, Warangal's Arjun Erigaisi is world No. 12 at 2746, and Gudivada's Koneru Humpy is No. 9 among women at 2520. Guntur's Pentala Harikrishna gained 11 points to return to the top 60 at No. 57, while Harika Dronavalli dropped 9 points to 2444 and No. 26.
For World Vegan Day on November 1, Siasat listed eight places for plant-based food in Hyderabad, from jackfruit biryani to vegan haleem and cashew curd rice. A local food blogger says the city had five or six fully vegan cafes around 2019, most of which closed, and that home kitchens and pop-ups now carry the scene.
A joint study by the Schools of Planning and Architecture in Vijayawada and New Delhi found Telangana's Mahalakshmi free bus scheme cut women's average cost per trip in the GHMC area from ₹30.4 to ₹9.7, about 68%. The share of women who mainly use TGSRTC buses rose from 43.8% to 71.2%.
IMD says Cyclone Murasu is likely to cross the coast between Nellore and Narsapur between 11:30 PM Monday and 4 AM Tuesday, with winds of 100–110 km/h gusting to 120 km/h. It is AP's second cyclone in under a week, after Arnab's preliminary loss estimate of ₹4,764 crore.
Netflix has officially announced Chiranjeevi's Megaverse, a talk show that marks the star's OTT debut, and filming is under way. 123Telugu and Gulte report that director Harish Shankar will shoot its promo, due by late November; this has not been confirmed.
Prabhas resumes shooting Hanu Raghavapudi's period action drama Fauzi on November 3, with the film in its final stage, 123Telugu reports. The release has moved from December 3, 2026 to March 19, 2027, and Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose has objected to how the teaser shows Subhas Chandra Bose.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah leads a 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' march in Hyderabad at 3 PM on Monday and addresses a meeting at Mozamjahi Market, the BJP's answer to the Congress campaign on the voter-roll revision (SIR). CM Revanth Reddy claimed in Delhi on Sunday that 13.5 crore votes were deleted; the BJP says those names belong to dead, shifted and duplicate voters.
Police fired on Hemanth, accused of attacking a Class 10 girl with a chainsaw in her Raptadu classroom, while trying to catch him in the Atmakur forest on Sunday; they say he attacked them with a knife. The girl remains critical in a Bengaluru hospital, and Minister Nara Lokesh says the next 48 hours are crucial.
Deepavali and Naraka Chaturdashi both fall on Sunday, November 8, so there is no extra day off, while Tuesday, November 24 is a holiday for Karthika Purnima and Guru Nanak Jayanti. TTD will hold Karthika month homams at Tirupati's Sri Kapileswara Swamy temple from November 10 to December 8, at ₹500 per couple.
IMD says Cyclone Murasu will cross the south Andhra coast between Nellore and Narsapur between 11:30 PM on November 2 and 4 AM on November 3, with winds of 100–110 km/h gusting to 120. It comes less than a week after Cyclone Arnab caused a preliminary ₹4,600 crore loss, and CM Naidu has cancelled his Delhi trip.
Hyderabad audio brand Mivi has opened a ₹200 crore R&D and manufacturing facility at E-City, Tukkuguda, inaugurated by Minister D Sridhar Babu on Saturday. The plant can make 5 lakh earbuds and 75,000 soundbars a month and is expected to employ about 2,500 people including supply-chain roles.
Citing regional airspace restrictions and security concerns, IndiGo has cancelled Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah flights until November 14, and Air India and Akasa have also extended suspensions. APNRTS said on October 25 that about 1,500 Umrah pilgrims from AP and Telangana were stuck in Saudi Arabia.
At a Rythu Garjana rally in Adilabad, BRS working president KTR demanded ₹60,000 an acre for every farmer, covering three withheld Rythu Bandhu instalments and Yasangi investment aid. The government has declared 365 mandals drought-hit after a 17% rain deficit, and Congress blames safety curbs at the Kaleshwaram barrages.
Polling ended on Sunday in 92 urban local bodies, with 48.03% turnout recorded by 3 PM and the final figure due on Monday. Jagan says YSRCP will approach the Supreme Court, while the SEC says it will act on Pulivendula only after the SP's report.
India made 191/8 in the fifth T20I and New Zealand chased it down at 195/3 with 12 balls to spare. India won the five-match series 3-2.
Andhra Pradesh was formed on November 1, 1956, by merging Andhra State with the Telugu areas of Hyderabad State, but since the 2014 split the date has been contested. The Jagan government made November 1 official in 2019; reports say the coalition government has not observed it since 2024 and has declared December 15, Potti Sriramulu's death anniversary, a 'Day of Sacrifice'.
TTD says the Deepavali Asthanam will be held at the Tirumala temple from 7 to 9 AM on November 8. All arjitha sevas that day, including Kalyanotsavam, Unjal Seva and Arjitha Brahmotsavam, are cancelled.
Zen Technologies reported revenue of ₹345.13 crore for the September quarter, against ₹173.57 crore a year earlier. Profit attributable to shareholders rose from ₹59.4 crore to ₹89.5 crore.
Gross GST collections rose 22.9% to ₹2.31 lakh crore nationally in October, with Andhra Pradesh up 24% and Telangana up 14%. Telangana collects more, but AP grew faster than the national rate.
