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Democrats seize both houses of US Congress; Trump says Iran war was ‘a piece of’ Republican defeat
Senate flips in Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa and both Carolinas hand Democrats a check on Trump’s last two years, while the President insists he does not regret the war.
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Kerala orders Vigilance inquiry into ₹2-crore bribe claim against CEC Gyanesh Kumar from his PWD days
A former contractor alleges Gyanesh Kumar, then Kerala’s PWD Secretary, held back road project bills for a bribe, a demand he links to a…
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Delhi Police book Prashant Bhushan over fake Lavrov video that the MEA and Russian Embassy called fabricated
The Special Cell case invokes forgery, defamation and public-mischief provisions after the lawyer shared a manipulated clip of Russia’s foreign minister attacking India over…
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US midterms: Democrats flip North Carolina Senate seat and hold Georgia and New Hampshire in early results
Roy Cooper’s win over a Trump-picked Republican is the first Senate pickup of the night, but Democrats still need a net gain of four…
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Protest sites can’t be occupied indefinitely, says Supreme Court; bench to examine protesters’ privacy
Hearing traders’ plea over losses from weeks of Delhi agitations, CJI Surya Kant’s bench said protests need fixed time slots, while Delhi Police defended…
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Hoax bomb threats hit seven flights across Europe; planes searched in Italy, Poland, Spain and Bulgaria
No explosives were found on any aircraft, but the threats led to a diversion, a fighter-jet escort and brief airport closures, and officials are…
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Delhi court acquits five in 2020 riots mosque arson case, says police witnesses were not credible
The Karkardooma court found that an eyewitness living opposite Karawal Nagar’s Allah Wali mosque contradicted the police account of a second attack, and threw…
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Trump says US military aid to Israel, about $4 billion a year, will end after 2026 under a deal with Netanyahu
Speaking on US election day, Trump said Israel no longer needs the money and that Netanyahu agreed months ago, two years before the current…
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Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi quits National Conference and Lok Sabha, accuses Omar Abdullah of betrayal
Signing his resignation on stage in Budgam on his father’s death anniversary, the three-time MLA hinted at a new party as the ruling NC…
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Delhi ACP who led police protest outside headquarters suspended; High Court asks lawyers to file formal plea
ACP Manasvi Vashishtha was suspended a day after leading uniformed personnel in a rare demonstration at Police Headquarters, and the Rohini court bar has…
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US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island on eve of midterms; Indian seafarer killed as vessel is hit off Oman
Washington calls the Hormuz strikes limited and defensive even as Trump and Vance talk up a deal, while a Gujarat sailor dies after an…
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Cyclone Murasu crosses Andhra coast near Ongole, uprooting trees and flattening thatched homes
The severe cyclonic storm came ashore near Kothapatnam in Prakasam district early on Tuesday with winds of up to 120 kmph, dumping around 200…
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Russian glide bombs hit Ukrainian school used as aid centre, killing 26 in Zaporizhzhia’s Komyshuvakha
Ukrainian officials say a second wave of nine heavy bombs struck the shelter where residents and rescuers had taken cover, with 27 people reported…