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Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and injures more than 300, Saudi authorities say; flights halted
The dead include four Saudis, two Bangladeshis and one US citizen, in the deadliest of three strikes on King Khalid International Airport this week amid a widening Houthi campaign.
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Men chanting pro-police slogans beat anti-CEC protesters in Connaught Place; police probe videos
Protesters allege that police stood by as a group calling itself Hanuman Sena Delhi heckled and assaulted them, while stones were also thrown at…
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NIA invokes anti-hijacking and terror laws to probe mid-air stabbing of Indian pilot on flydubai flight
The agency will examine whether the Omani first officer who allegedly attacked Captain Smit Machchhar on Flight 1073 acted alone or as part of…
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Rahul Gandhi calls delimitation an ‘attack on Tamil Nadu’ at Chennai student meet as BJP targets his Murmu remark
At the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event, the Leader of the Opposition told students they had “nothing to fear” after the Delhi crackdown, while the…
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Central Delhi’s mobile internet shutdown stalls payments, gig work and travel on protest day
The curbs covered a 4-km radius around Janpath and Kartavya Path, the largest in the capital since the 2019 CAA protests, leaving workers, tourists…
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Hurricane Simon nears Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 4 storm; warnings from Punta San Telmo to El Roblito
Forecasters expect the slow-moving hurricane to reach or cross the west-central coast on Sunday, bringing catastrophic winds, a dangerous storm surge and up to…
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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…
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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…