Nagpur

Quashing a session court's order, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court observed that holding a minor's hand or opening her pant's zip does not qualify as "sexual assault" under the POCSO Act. Justice Pushpa Ganediwala stated this while hearing a case of a 50-year-old man held for harassing a five-year-old girl. The judge said that such crimes should be treated as "sexual harassment" under the Indian Penal Code.

Maharashtra's Nagpur experienced a mild earthquake of 3.3 magnitude at the early hours of October 27. However, no damage has been reported yet. The National Center of Seismology (NCS) informed that the earthquake occurred at around 4:10 AM at 96 km north-northeast of Nagpur. The NCS has further told that the depth of the earthquake was 15 km.

The farmers in Nagpur are badly affected due to the recent floods. In a few areas, floodwater entered the fields and damaged the crops. The locals claimed that they have never seen a "flood like this before". Rohit Sawant, a local, said that when the floodwaters entered their village, the people abandoned their homes and rushed towards safety. He further stated that the severity of the floods were higher than the stories from the past.