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Channel 4’s Dispatches and the Sunday Times has revealed that King Charles and Prince William’s private estates are receiving significant funds from cash-strapped charities and public services. The estates, known as the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, reportedly earn millions from leasing land and buildings. The investigation found that the royals’ estates have amassed at least £50 million from leasing land to public services including the NHS, state schools, and prisons. One notable contract involves the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS hospital trust in London, which will pay £11.4 million over 15 years to use a warehouse owned by the Duchy of Lancaster for its electric ambulance fleet. King Charles is also expected to generate an estimated £28 million from windfarms, as the Duchy of Lancaster charges fees for cables crossing the foreshore. In addition, Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall has agreed to lease Dartmoor prison to the Ministry of Justice for £37 million over 25 years. Despite this, the Ministry must handle all repairs for the currently unoccupied facility.

explosion in a general coach of the Howrah Mail near Sirhind railway station in Punjab's Fatehgarh district, Government Railway Police (GRP) officials said on Sunday. The explosion took place in a plastic bucket containing firecrackers around 10.30 pm on Saturday night when the train was headed to Howrah from Amritsar, they said. Four passengers, including a woman, were injured in the incident. They were taken to Fatehgarh Sahib Civil Hospital, said GRP Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Singh.

Manipur Police constable in Jiribam district fatally shot a Sub-Inspector rank police officer on Saturday after a verbal spat. Police have yet to determine the reason for the argument that led to the killing. The accused constable was immediately arrested by other policemen.

Kashmir Zone, Vidhi Kumar Birdi said that a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was killed in an encounter in Khanyar area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. IGP Birdi said that the killed terrorist was involved in the murder of Inspector Masroor in 2023. He also said that four security forces were also injured in the fierce gunbattle that started on Saturday early morning. «Now this operation has been completed. Security forces have killed a terrorist, who has been identified as Usman..., he was the commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and 4 security personnel have been injured. He is a foreign terrorist and his role and involvement in the murder of Inspector Masroor has come to light and further investigation is being done in this regard...,» IGP Birdi told ANI.

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now 47 years old, successfully reestablished communication with Earth on October 24 after a brief period of radio silence. This contact was facilitated through a rarely used radio transmitter, the S-band, which had not been activated since 1981. The spacecraft, currently over 15 billion miles away in interstellar space, experienced a communication interruption starting on October 16, attributed to a shutdown of one of its transmitters.

The attack resulted in the deaths of 40-year-old Akash Sharma and his 16-year-old nephew, Rishabh, while Sharma's 13-year-old son, Krish, was seriously injured. The shooting happened around 8 PM as the family was celebrating Diwali. CCTV footage captured the assailants stopping their scooter, bowing to touch Sharma's feet, and then starting to shoot while pursuing him into the house. Rishabh was shot when he tried to grab one of the attackers.

Kaila Devi area of Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred in a shed located in the Singhavali village. The village panchayat secretary filed a report on Thursday accusing the village head Omvati, her husband Roop Kishore, shed caretaker Kalu, and tractor driver Nem Singh of animal cruelty. Legal action has been taken under the Cruelty to Animals Act. Circle Officer Anuj Kumar confirmed, «A case has been registered against village head Omvati, her husband Roop Kishore, shed caretaker Kalu, and tractor driver Nem Singh.»

Gonda railway station when a bomb threat was reported on the 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Express train, which was travelling from Darbhanga to Delhi. The train was halted at Gonda station, where all coaches, the engine, and the guard's compartment were thoroughly checked in response to the alert.

Online video production company MrBeast says it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire’s workplace culture

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil's Amazon

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of...

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of...

The RCMP is warning parents to stay vigilant this Halloween after a needle was recently found in candy at a Newfoundland trick-or-treat event, and illegal cannabis-laced treats, disguised to look like popular brands, were discovered on Vancouver Island.

A Lebanese judge has charged the country’s detained former central bank governor with illicit enrichment and issued an arrest warrant

RCMP federal investigators say they have dismantled the largest drug superlab in Canadian history.

Amid the backdrop of a sales misconduct investigation and other legal troubles, security technology company Evolv is now firing its CEO

A former Disney worker has been arrested based on a complaint that says he hacked into servers at Walt Disney World in order to manipulate computer menus

«At present, we have not found any foul play (in the death of elephants). I have visited so many nearby areas. I am not seeing any foul play as of now. But let us see what (autopsy and forensic) reports say,» he said. «A five-member team of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau from Delhi is in the reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority's Nagpur-based regional officer, assistant inspector general of forests Nandkishore Kale, was camping here to get first-hand feel of the situation,» Ambade said.

Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal products

The Buckingham Murders will be released on Netflix soon. The crime thriller directed by Hansal Mehta, which had a theatrical release on September 13, is scheduled to have its OTT debut in November, according to What's on Netflix. The movie will premiere on Netflix in the first week of November. Here's everything you need to know about the whodunit mystery.