The Biggest Stories of November 1, 2016

Eight people, including four women and two children, were killed as Pakistani soldiers fired at villages and posts along the border in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, causing the highest number of deaths on a single day in over two decades. The Border Security Force said it has destroyed 14 Pakistani posts in return fire; Junior Home Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the police action should not be questioned "only on the basis of a video," after series of videos showed the prisoners being killed, apparently in cold blood at close range and without any signs of a shootout in Bhopal; Cyrus Mistry's removal was described as "absolutely necessary for the future success of the Tata Group," in a letter sent by Ratan Tata today to employees; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.