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Airtel has launched voice-only prepaid plans at Rs 185, Rs 203 and Rs 206, the first under TRAI's new rule that operators offer packs without data, reports said on 18 October.

The Mumbai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat sleeper, once expected by October 10-11, is now likely to start after Dussehra, reports said on October 15-17, 2026.

A Delhi-Patna Vande Bharat festival special (02252/02251) starts on October 16, 2026, running until late November for the Diwali and Chhath travel rush to Bihar.

Ramayana's makers launched an English-language international trailer in Bengaluru on 15 October 2026, starting Sony Pictures' global campaign for the epic.

Dharma Productions released a second trailer for Udta Teer, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, on October 13, 2026; the film opens October 23.

Prime Video's The Traitors Telugu, hosted by Teja Sajja with 20 celebrity contestants and a Rs 1 crore pool, premieres on October 15, 2026, with weekly episodes.

The trailer of Vinod Kapri's award-winning Pyre, about an elderly couple in an emptying Kumaon village, came out on October 12, 2026; it releases October 30.

Mysskin's Tamil thriller Train, starring Vijay Sethupathi, will release worldwide on December 4, 2026, producer V Creations said on October 12, after a long delay.

Choreographer Ganesh Acharya released the trailer of his self-directed biopic Ganesh: Dust to Stardust on October 11, 2026; it opens on December 11.

Northeast Frontier Railway on 10 October 2026 announced four more festival special pairs, including a weekly Narangi-Gorakhpur train from 16 October.

Sealdah division will run 51 Puja special EMU services daily from 16 to 21 October 2026, 38 overnight, plus 80 long-distance special trips from 10-25 October.

CBSE on October 9, 2026 opened five advanced NISHTHA online courses for teachers and school heads, with enrolment open until March 10, 2027.