PulseWire: latest news
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Ankita Bhandari’s parents sit in at India Gate against Sikkim Governor’s appointment; Rahul, Priyanka join them
The murdered Uttarakhand receptionist’s parents want President Droupadi Murmu to put Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment on hold until the CBI finishes probing the alleged ‘VIP’ angle. Gautam has denied any link to the case.
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Three Indians killed in Germany apartment fire; Romanian neighbour held on triple murder charge
Investigators in Bochum have ruled out a technical fault behind the blaze that killed two women and a man from India, and a judge…
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Houthis vow more strikes on Saudi airports and oil sites after missile hits Aramco headquarters in Dhahran
A Tuesday night strike set an office building at Aramco’s Dhahran complex on fire. The Yemeni group now calls Saudi oil facilities and airports…
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Air India Frankfurt-Delhi flight diverted to Jaipur after hijack code alert; pilots deny sending signal
Flight AI2030, a Boeing 787-9 with about 300 people on board, was searched in an isolation bay and later cleared. Aviation and security agencies…
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Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons remove part of his right lung
The Vatican says the 71-year-old pontiff had a calm first night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after a 90-minute operation with no complications. Further tests…
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Delhi makes Aadhaar mandatory for electricity subsidy as bill crosses ₹4,000 crore
A Power Department notification requires consumers to furnish Aadhaar details to keep receiving free or discounted power. Officials say a dedicated opt-in portal is…
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US Secretary of State Rubio to visit India next week for energy talks, Jamnagar on itinerary
Marco Rubio will travel to Mumbai and Jamnagar from October 17 to 22 after stops in Uzbekistan, as New Delhi and Washington push energy…
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Saudi OpenAI engineer charged with planting hidden recorder in San Francisco office
US prosecutors say Abdulrahman Alfozan hid an encrypted device in an executive conference-room television. OpenAI says no model weights or customer data were taken.
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Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa; protests erupt
Police say Jhota was killed while confronting a chemist over alleged sales of intoxicating substances, with the clash streamed live on Facebook. An accomplice…
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11 dead, most of them children, as boat capsizes in the Ganga in Bihar’s Vaishali
The boat was taking villagers to a feast in the Raghopur Diara area when it overturned on Tuesday evening. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has…
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L Murugan quits as Union minister, seeks to give up Rajya Sabha seat to rebuild BJP in Tamil Nadu
The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs wrote to PM Modi saying he wants to work full-time at the grassroots…
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Delhi High Court asks Centre to respond to traders’ and lawyers’ pleas for curbs on protests in central Delhi
Traders told the court they have lost up to ₹2,000 crore as barricades and demonstrations cut off markets such as Connaught Place during the…
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Muhammad Yunus heckled at New York’s JFK airport; Bangladesh government promises legal action
Dhaka called the confrontation with the former interim leader “Awami League terror” and said it would also check whether he was given the protocol…