The Biggest Stories of October 15, 2016

India and Russia today signed several major agreements, including two key defence deals following a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS summit in Goa; At least 24 people were killed and many were injured in a stampede at a religious gathering on the outskirts of Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Saturday; Asking members of Gujarat's Patel community to join in a movement to "clean politics" in the state, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today drew a parallel between his anti-corruption campaign and the Patel quota agitation in the state; Members of the Maratha community today took out a huge "silent march" in Kolhapur in southwest Maharashtra in support of their charter of demands, including reservation, the latest in a series of such state-wide protests by the politically influential group; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.