India, Oct. 6 -- Good evening, readers. Here's a quick look at the biggest stories that made headlines today. Rahul Gandhi led an Opposition march to the Election Commission as the row over CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR exercise intensified. Bypoll voting took place across four states and Union Territories, while India condemned the attack on a commercial vessel carrying 17 Indian nationals off Oman coast.

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, a Haryana man was arrested over alleged AI-generated fake content targeting police, and India took on West Indies in the first T20I in Lucknow. Here are the top developments from the day.

Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders...