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Dense fog at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport caused 79 flight cancellations and delayed over 230 flights, with average departure delays of 49 minutes. Airport authorities continue operations under CAT III conditions while assisting affected passengers

Kerala High Court denies bail to former TDB president N Vasu and two officials in the Sabarimala gold loss case. SIT probe continues, investigating Unnikrishnan Potty and others for allegedly removing gold plates from the shrine’s Dwarapalaka and Sreekovil

Over 2.17 million Afghans, including 60% children, have been forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan, straining Afghanistan’s fragile infrastructure. Refugees face harassment, extortion, and human rights violations, while UNDP urges international support to prevent worsening humanitarian crises

Security forces in Rajouri district, Jammu, launched a large-scale search operation after reports of suspicious movements in villages between Thanamandi and Manjakote. Joint teams of Rashtriya Rifles, J&K Police, and Special Operations Group conducted cordon and search operations

Sourav Ganguly has issued a Rs 50 crore defamation notice and filed a police complaint against Uttam Saha of the Argentina Football Fan Club for falsely linking him to Lionel Messi’s India tour and tarnishing his reputation

In Mancherial’s Kasipet mandal, a collision between two motorcycles at an opencast mining site killed 26-year-old Durishetti Hariprasad on the spot and critically injured Ramesh, both from Kyathanpalli, after sustaining severe head injuries

A Cessna C550 business jet crashed near Statesville, North Carolina, killing seven, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife, and children. The plane caught fire during a return attempt after takeoff. FAA and NTSB investigations are ongoing

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh criticized multiple PILs filed against IT park projects by TCS, Cognizant, Sattva, and Raheja Corp, warning they threaten over 1 lakh jobs and could deter investment, while YSRCP denies involvement in the litigations

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release nearly two decades of files on Jeffrey Epstein, detailing sexual abuse investigations and potential links to high-profile figures. Public demand for transparency grows amid past controversies and victims’ civil and criminal cases

Tom Cruise will star in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s upcoming English-language film Digger, releasing October 2, 2026. A comedy of catastrophic proportions, Cruise plays the world’s most powerful man. The cast includes John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, and Sophie Wilde

A firefight erupted between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, during an anti-Maoist operation in Bhairamgarh-Indravati. Intermittent firing continues. Earlier, three Naxalites with bounties totaling Rs 12 lakh were killed in Sukma district

AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi urged the Telangana government to provide a trained elephant permanently for religious processions in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, citing difficulties caused by arranging elephants from other states after the previous one’s death

The Telangana government has formed a Special Investigation Team under Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar to probe the phone-tapping case. The SIT, comprising senior police officers, has been directed to conduct a comprehensive investigation and file a charge sheet promptly

BRS leader and former MLA Putta Madhu alleged Congress involvement in the damage of check dams in Peddapalli, claiming they were deliberately blown up to enable illegal sand mining. He questioned police delay in registering complaints and demanded action against those responsible

Police say Claudio Neves Valente, suspected in a Brown University mass shooting that killed two and wounded nine, was found dead by suicide in New Hampshire. Investigators also believe he fatally shot an MIT professor near Boston earlier this week

Dense fog blanketed the Indo-Gangetic plains from Punjab to Bihar, slashing visibility to zero in several cities. The IMD issued a red alert for Delhi and orange alerts elsewhere, warning of disruptions to road, rail and air traffic 

A 35-year-old mason died after accidentally falling from an MMTS train between Secunderabad and James Street late Thursday night. The incident occurred around 11 pm, prompting police investigation, while the body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for postmortem

Mumbai stocks rebounded sharply as Sensex and Nifty rose in early trade after four losing sessions, tracking global market gains, easing US inflation data, expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts, and strong foreign and domestic institutional buying, boosting investor sentiment

Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island turned its famous Red Beach a dramatic deep crimson as iron-rich soil washed into the sea, creating a striking natural spectacle that draws tourists and photographers and highlights the island’s rare geology and seasonal weather patterns

Former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli was elected CPN-UML chairman for a third consecutive term with a two-thirds majority at the party’s 11th general convention, consolidating his dominance despite his recent ouster from government after student-led protests

Turkey warned Russia and Ukraine to exercise caution over Black Sea security after Turkish F-16 jets shot down an unidentified drone that entered its airspace. Ankara cited risks of the Ukraine war spilling over, following recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian tankers near Turkish waters

The Supreme Court adjourned till January the hearing on Chaitanya Baghel’s plea challenging his arrest in a Chhattisgarh liquor scam and provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The bench said the matter cannot be heard piecemeal, as multiple probes into scams allegedly during Bhupesh Baghel’s tenure continue

Karan Johar’s production *Homebound*, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, has made it to the top 15 shortlist for the Best International Feature category at the Oscars. The film, featuring Ishaan Khatter and Janhavi Kapoor, explores childhood friendship across religious and caste lines and now aims for India’s first nomination in decades

MTAR Technologies has secured a Rs 310 crore order from Megha Engineering & Infrastructures for equipment supply to Kaiga 5 and 6 nuclear reactors in Karnataka. This adds to previous orders, bringing total Kaiga reactor orders to Rs 504 crore, with deliveries scheduled in phases up to February 2030