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Missile hits Riyadh airport’s domestic terminals, wounding many; Trump says US may join strikes on Houthis
Saudi Arabia suspended operations at King Khalid International Airport after the third attack on it this week. Asked whether Washington would join the fight in Yemen, Donald Trump said, “We may.”
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PM Modi to open first Chennai Metro Phase 2 stretch today, launch projects worth over ₹13,000 crore
The 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani line opens to commuters from 4 pm on Sunday. Highways, railways, ports, a refinery unit and a brain research centre at…
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Delhi to add 200 electric buses on October 14, taking the city’s bus fleet past 7,000
The new low-floor, air-conditioned buses come in 12-metre and nine-metre sizes, and the government wants to roughly double the fleet to about 14,000 by…
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CJP moves Supreme Court for release of Abhijeet Dipke and aides as Dhruv Rathee also stays in custody
Police let go of the thousands detained in Delhi’s anti-CEC protest crackdown but kept four people in custody overnight. Their supporters want the top…
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Trump says Ukraine needs a ‘new president’ a day after striking a diesel deal with Putin
The US President blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to end the war and warned Kyiv to stop hitting Russian refineries. Ukraine’s foreign minister said…
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Ganga water to stop for weeks in Noida and Ghaziabad as Upper Ganga Canal shuts for desilting from October 21
More than 20 lakh residents who rely on Ganga water face a festive-season squeeze. Both cities are lining up borewells, Ranney wells and tankers…
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India rejects UN rights office’s concern over Delhi protest detentions as ‘misplaced’ interference
The UN Human Rights Office urged the release of those held ‘arbitrarily’ during the anti-CEC protests. Within hours, India’s mission in Geneva said courts…
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Nine dead, including two children, in mass shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania
The gunman, who barricaded himself inside the house during a police standoff, is among the dead. The city’s police chief called it the worst…
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CAQM readies 80-90 drones to catch evening farm fires in Punjab that satellites miss
With the paddy harvest under way, the air quality panel reviewed anti-burning measures in Amritsar and Tarn Taran, two of Punjab’s worst stubble-burning hotspots,…
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CJP calls fresh ‘Chalo Jantar Mantar’ march for Sunday 10 am; Delhi Police keep curbs, traffic diversions from 6 am
Metro gates have reopened after Saturday’s 45-station shutdown, but police say Sunday’s deployment will match Saturday’s, with Metro and train measures depending on the…
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India-US trade pact will be finalised in light of ‘changed circumstances’, says Piyush Goyal
The commerce minister said the interim deal framework agreed in February is being revisited, while talks with Mexico open next week and negotiations with…
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Eritrea asks UN Security Council to act against Ethiopia as Tigray conflict edges towards open war
Asmara wants the Council to invoke Chapter VII powers after Addis Ababa accused it of an ‘all-out invasion’ of Tigray, with Eritrean troops reportedly…
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Supreme Court to sit on Sunday over Delhi protest detentions and transit shutdown as UN voices concern
A special Bench will hear a habeas corpus plea on the preventive detention of Opposition leaders and a contempt petition alleging the authorities ignored…