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Blast at house making firecrackers kills at least five in Bihar’s Siwan; two missing, SHO suspended
Officials suspect the unit in Alampur village was running without a valid or renewed licence. A special team is investigating, and a local station house officer and chowkidar have been suspended for negligence.
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Gangster Himanshu Bhau, wanted for Delhi-NCR shootings and murders, held in Las Vegas; India seeks custody
Indian agencies traced the Rohtak-born fugitive, who has run his gang from abroad since 2022, and shared his location with US authorities. A second…
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US envoy says Iran strike ‘absolutely’ possible this weekend; Trump says he knows nothing about it
Ambassador Tom Barrack’s remark clashed with a White House line that no strikes would come before the November 3 midterms, as Iranian officials warned…
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Cyclone likely to hit north Andhra, south Odisha coast around October 28; red alerts issued, Odisha cancels leave
A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is expected to become a cyclonic storm by Monday and could strengthen further before landfall, with…
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Haryana power staff call off strike after govt moves to scrap private licence; supply being restored in Gurugram
After two days of blackouts in Gurugram, Faridabad and other districts, unions ended their protest once the state directed the power regulator under Section…
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Gunmen kill at least six at church funeral in Jordan’s Karak; 28 hurt as manhunt begins for two attackers
Two gunmen stepped out of a car and fired on mourners at a Greek Orthodox church in the southern village of Hammoud on Friday.…
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Nigeria’s Ebola patient is a Swiss diplomat’s wife; investigators probe possible link to Kenya’s first death
Switzerland says the Ugandan-born woman, Nigeria’s first Ebola case in more than a decade, likely caught the virus in Uganda. Her husband is isolated…
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Haryana to use Section 108 against private power licence as strike darkens Gurugram, Faridabad; talks at 3 pm
Energy minister Anil Vij says the government will step in on the regulator’s Eleven Power licence for Gurugram and Nuh, as protests over 24-hour-plus…
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ITBP chief confirms face-offs with Chinese troops are still going on at several points in Arunachal
Director General Shatrujeet Kapur’s remarks at a ceremony in Alwar are the first official acknowledgement of a stand-off that, according to government sources, began…
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Tibet earthquake kills 16, injures 46 as rescuers race to reach collapsed homes in Baqen County
Hundreds of homes are down in the remote Nagqu region after Thursday night’s magnitude 7.0 quake, and rockfalls have shut a key highway into…
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WhatsApp, Telegram to stop working without the registered SIM from January 1, 2027 under DoT rules
Messaging apps have until December 31 to tie every Indian account to the active SIM inside the phone. Wi-Fi-only tablets, multi-device users and frequent…
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Gurugram, Faridabad and Nuh left without power as Haryana electricity staff strike over private licence
Thousands of outage complaints went unattended as about 40,000 power employees began a three-day strike against a regulator’s decision to let a private company…
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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet’s Nagqu region; rescue teams head to remote Baqen County
The shallow quake hit a high-altitude county about 400 km from Lhasa at 8:03 pm IST. No casualties were reported in the first hours,…