Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will visit Russia on November 8 to meet his counterpart Sergey Lavrov amid rising concern over oil prices, food crisis and the escalating nuclear rhetoric; allegations of "Operation Lotus" have emerged in Telangana after the police on Wednesday claimed to have detained three persons allegedly caught in the act of bribing four MLAs of the state's ruling TRS into switching sides; a toxic battle, quite literally, between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is raging in Delhi ahead of the civic body polls, which are expected soon; and more in our news wrap of the day.