The Biggest Stories of October 23, 2016

It was a tough day at the office for the top leaders of the Samajwadi Party today, with Akhilesh Yadav removing his father's favourite brother as a minister. Mulayam Singh Yadav, apparently returning the favour, has sacked another relative, cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, who is trusted adviser to Akhilesh and General Secretary of the party; Senior Army officials and veterans were upset over the force being dragged into politics over films after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS demanded that producers of movies employing Pakistani actors pay Rs. 5 core to an army welfare fund; the Border Security Force constable Gurnam Singh, who died yesterday after being injured in Pakistani firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, was cremated today. His father appealed to PM Modi to have a good hospital for jawans; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.