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Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall killed 28 people in northern West Bengal by Monday, and six remain missing. The region received more than 300 millimeters of rain in 12 hours on Oct. 5, and the deluge caused slides across Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong districts. Rescue teams worked...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar told supporters on Oct. 5 that the February 2026 parliamentary elections represent the best opportunity in 54 years for the Islamic movement to gain power. The party plans to field candidates in all 300 parliamentary seats after the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi contacted Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Monday after a courtroom disruption at the Supreme Court and praised the judge's composure. A man wearing legal attire approached the bench and attempted to throw an object, but security personnel removed him before he...

The Institute of Economic Growth concluded the fourth Kautilya Economic Conclave on Oct. 5 in partnership with the Ministry of Finance. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman opened the three-day event on Oct. 3, and she noted that India's economic stability stems from fiscal consolidation, capital...

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met with Qatari counterpart Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani on Monday in Doha to advance economic cooperation between the nations. The ministers co-chaired the India-Qatar Ministerial Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial...

India will send two parliamentary delegations to New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly as the government revives a practice suspended since 2004. BJP Member of Parliament P P Chaudhary will lead the first group of 15 legislators departing on Oct. 8, and a second delegation will...

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid has signed a two-year extension worth $25 million with the team. The deal maintains his current $12.5 million annual salary cap hit from his previous eight-year contract signed in 2017. McDavid's extension follows Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov's...

Indian comedian Bharti Singh and her husband, writer-producer Haarsh Limbaachiya, have revealed they are expecting their second child. Singh shared the news on social media with a photo from a mountain location where she displayed her pregnancy. She wrote that the couple is blessed, and their...

Twinkle Khanna celebrated 30 years since her debut in the 1995 film Barsaat by sharing vintage posters that co-star Bobby Deol sent her on Instagram. The actress acknowledged their enduring presence in entertainment, despite three decades having passed since the romantic drama, directed by...

Director Ridley Scott criticized the modern film industry on Monday at the British Film Institute, and he told audiences that most contemporary cinema lacks quality. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker stated millions of films are produced globally each year, but he believes the majority fail to meet...

Political alliances in India frequently unite ideologically opposed parties to challenge dominant forces. The National Front aligned with both the BJP and Communist parties in the late 1980s to block Congress from power. Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal battled Congress for decades, but...

Former India spinner Sunil Joshi will assume the spin bowling coach position at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence after leaving Punjab Kings. Joshi played 15 Tests and 69 ODIs for India between 1996 and 2002 before serving as a spin bowling coach with the IPL franchise before the 2023 season...

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav pledged on Monday to accomplish in 20 months what the NDA government failed to achieve in 20 years if voters grant his party power. The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader criticized the current administration for destroying education, neglecting farmers, and...

A man fired at least 50 rounds at people and vehicles in a Sydney neighborhood before police arrested him on an unspecified recent date. Officers found the gunman barricaded inside a building and captured him after a two-hour standoff. Authorities recovered multiple firearms from the scene. A...

President Donald Trump indicated the United States might redirect anti-cartel operations to land routes after naval strikes reduced maritime drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Trump stated that vessels have disappeared from the waters as the Navy eliminates cartel targets at sea. The...

A tropical system in the central Atlantic may strengthen into a depression as it moves westward toward the Leeward Islands, the National Hurricane Center reported on Sunday. The low-pressure area sits several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and produces disorganized storms...

Chinese authorities rescued 350 trekkers trapped by heavy snowfall near Mount Everest's eastern face in Tibet and guided them to a reception point in Qudang township. State media reported the hikers reached safety in good condition after becoming stranded in Karma Valley when storms struck on...

A gunman killed one person and wounded five others at a Fort Worth nightclub early on Sunday morning. Officers arrived at Social LIV on the 3000 block of Bledsoe Street around 1:40 a.m. after receiving reports of gunfire. Police found a man inside with gunshot wounds to his upper body and...

Bangladesh reported three dengue deaths in the 24 hours before Monday morning, bringing the 2025 death toll to 215. The Directorate General of Health Services recorded 782 new hospitalizations for viral fever, raising total cases this year to 50,689. Hospitals currently treat 851 patients in...

Salman Khan visited PD Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai on Monday to meet his sister-in-law Sshuru Khan and her newborn daughter with Arbaaz Khan. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star arrived under heavy security despite his commitments to hosting Bigg Boss 19 and filming Battle of Galwan. Arbaaz Khan and...