India News Live Updates, 1 October 2026: Kerala BJP office attacked, party blames Congress workers

On Thursday evening, unidentified assailants attacked the BJP state office, Mararji Bhavan, located in Thiruvananthapuram. BJP national secretary K Surendran claimed that Congress workers were responsible for the attack, stating that former BJP state president PK Krishnadas was also targeted around 6 pm. Over the past three to four days, Congress workers had been making targeted assaults on Krishnadas.

India's Home Minister, Amit Shah, faced an attack from Youth Congress workers in Kerala, highlighting the growing threats to democracy and law and order. BJP president spoke out against the attacks, promising a protest. In other news, five individuals, including three from Maharashtra and two from Bihar, were arrested in Cuttack, Odisha, in connection with a narcotics case under the NDPS Act.

Additionally, Prime Minister Modi praised Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for bravely preventing a co-pilot's attempt to crash a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.