BJP president Amit Shah is to hold a rally in Etawah, the home district of the Samajwadi Party’s Yadav clan, on Thursday. The meeting comes at a time when the BJP has emerged as the common point in the allegations and counter-allegations between the sparring Yadav cousins Shivpal and Ramgopal.

Apple is expected to launch new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models on Thursday. The launch event, subtitled "Hello again," is a glaring allusion to the original "Hello" tagline back in 1984 when the first Macintosh was unveiled. The market buzz is that upcoming 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models will feature an “OLED display touch bar” that would give users a row of digital buttons. They could change functions based on the app you’re currently using.

The Railways have suspended sale of platform tickets from October 27 to November 5 atmajor stations in Delhi Division. Themove is aimed at coping with the festive rush. There will be no sale of platformtickets at major stations including Old Delhi, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, and Anand Vihar.

Tickets for the 2017 Champions Trophy will go on general sale from October 27. Fans across 60 countries have already applied for 4,17,000 tickets during the application period which ran during September. The remaining tickets will be up for sale in October for the June 1-18 tournament to be hosted by England next year. There is high demand for India-Pakistan, England-Australia and the final match, along with the opening fixture between England and Bangladesh and India's match against South Africa.

As part of the pre-Independence biannual darbar move, Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government in Srinagar, will close on October 27 and reopen in the winter capital Jammu on November 7.

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