The Biggest Stories of September 30, 2016

A day after tens of thousands of people living near the border with Pakistan in Punjab were told to evacuate to safer places, about 40 per cent chose to remain, reluctant to leave their homes and farms with a harvest ready paddy crop; Pitching for peace, mega star Salman Khan said a distinction must be made between terrorists and Pakistani artistes who have been allowed by the government to work in India; Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges; Mohammad Shahabuddin, a controversial politician of Lalu Yadav's party in Bihar, was ordered back to jail today by the Supreme Court, after three weeks of freedom; Amid speculation about the health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, who has been in hospital for over a week, the police has filed a case against a woman, who they believe is in France, for misreporting the politician's condition on social media.