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Cars, a bus and a yellow truck on a narrow forested stretch of the Mettupalayam–Coonoor ghat road, beside a small steel bridge and a stone parapet.

Nilgiris landslide: bus driver killed as mud and trees bury TNSTC bus near Burliyar

24 Oct3 min read6 sources

Kieron Pollard, in a black kit with the number 55 and a maroon helmet, plays a shot as the wicketkeeper crouches behind the stumps.

Kieron Pollard named Mumbai Indians head coach, replaces Mahela Jayawardene

24 Oct2 min read5 sources

A pair of steel handcuffs on a grey desk beside a plain dark blue passport and a brown envelope, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Gangster Himanshu Bhau, wanted in 64 cases in India, detained in Las Vegas with Neeraj Faridpuria

24 Oct2 min read4 sources

Piyush Goyal, wearing glasses and a dark checked jacket, laughs while speaking at a podium with G20 and Startup20 branding, against a colourful floral backdrop.

“The problem was caused by you”: Piyush Goyal calls out Europe over carbon emissions

24 Oct3 min read4 sources

Jio Platforms IPO closes 22 times subscribed, draws record bids and 1.37 crore applications

24 Oct2 min read4 sources

A metal javelin with a cord grip stuck at an angle in the grass of a throwing sector, with floodlit, empty stadium stands blurred in the background, in an AI-generated representative scene.

India finish Asian Para Games 2026 with record 114 medals after nine golds on final day

24 Oct2 min read6 sources

An empty hospital corridor with green-and-white walls, a row of metal benches and an open window with white curtains at the far end, in an AI-generated representative scene.

16-year-old rape accused escapes through hospital window in Haldwani; police search on

24 Oct2 min read5 sources

Diljit Dosanjh in a black turban, tinted aviator sunglasses and a black jacket in front of an IIFA 2017 backdrop.

Diljit Dosanjh’s October 30 Delhi concert is back on after police grant permission

24 Oct2 min read2 sources

A dark smartphone lying on a wooden table with its SIM tray pulled out, a nano SIM card and an ejector pin beside it, in an AI-generated representative image.

WhatsApp SIM binding explained: why your messaging apps may need the SIM inside your phone from January 1

Explained22 Oct3 min read5 sources

A high jump crossbar on two uprights above a blue landing mat on a red track in an empty floodlit stadium at dusk, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Shailesh Kumar sets Games record as India sweep the men’s high jump podium again at the Asian Para Games

22 Oct2 min read4 sources

A smartphone on a small tripod beside a switched-on ring light in an empty room, in an AI-generated representative scene of a video-recording set-up.

Influencer Amir Shokeen arrested in Delhi over viral video allegedly showing racial abuse of a Tripura youth

22 Oct3 min read4 sources

Hardeep Singh Puri, in a green turban and waistcoat, speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, seated behind a row of news microphones.

Photos of Hardeep Singh Puri with Jeffrey Epstein go viral months after release in US Justice Department files

22 Oct3 min read4 sources