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NDRF closes rescue ops in Meghalaya mine blast. HC says failure to curb rat-hole mining ‘distressing’

Two arrests have been made in the case. Accountability would be fixed, and an independent or central agency probe could be ordered if required, the high court has said.

Swiss Alps bar fire: What we know & what we don’t about blaze that killed 40

The fire broke out on 1 January at a bar called Le Constellation in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana.

Ammonium nitrate: The readily available chemical believed to have been used in Delhi Red Fort blast

Investigators suspect ANFO or ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil was used in the 10 November blast near Red Fort that killed at least 12.

How Instagram reel led Maharashtra cops to duo who orchestrated Beed mosque blast

Blast on Sunday shocked Maharashtra Ardhamasla village, considering Hindus and Muslims have been living peacefully in the area.

After grenade lobbed at temple, Amritsar top cop draws link to Pakistan’s ISI, narco-terror module

Amritsar Police said the incident may also be linked to arrest of 3 BKI operatives in Bihar. While this was the 15th such incident in Punjab, this is the 1st time a temple was targeted.

At least 28 killed in coal mine blast in Iran’s South Khorasan Province, 24 missing

The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of mine run by Madanjoo company, state TV said. There were 69 workers in the blocks at the time of the explosion.

Police probe terror link to Chandigarh blast, Punjab ex-cop on separatists’ hit list was likely target

Police suspect Pakistan-based gangster-turned-militant Harvinder Singh Rinda's involvement. Family currently living in the Sector 10 house, narrowly escaped. Auto driver held.

Blast damages railway bridge across Volga river in Russian city

Authorities said passenger train service was halted due to 'unauthorized persons interfering' with the operation of the Zvezda-Chapayevsk railway.

‘Links between explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram cafe & 2023 Mangaluru blast,’ says Shivakumar

Photos of suspect wearing cap, mask & carrying a bag being circulated on social media along with CCTV footage of the blast. Bengaluru Central Crime Branch forms 8 teams for probe.

Imphal on high alert after blast at DM university kills 1, civil society bats for political solution

A hand grenade was thrown at All Manipur Students’ Union office within Dhanamanjuri University campus, it is learnt. The blast, which also injured 1 person, sparked incidents of violence.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.