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southwest Delhi, according to a police officer. The event occurred on Saturday evening around 7:45 PM at the Ber Sarai traffic light near Vedant Deshika Marg. «The injuries sustained by ASI Pramod and Head Constable Sailesh were reported to be minor. But the intention was to kill them. A case has been registered under charges of attempt to murder, obstruction in discharge of official duty, and endangering the lives of public,» said the officer.

Fortnite Reload was introduced after the Metallica live concert on June 22, 2024. The concert lasted 20-30 minutes and marked the launch of the new mode. Fortnite Reload is open to all players, though Epic Games has not specified when the mode will end. Epic Games has temporarily disabled Fortnite Reload due to a bug. Players reported loading into blank white maps. Fortnite’s official account on Twitter/X announced, “We’re working to resolve an issue where Reload players load into a blank white map.” Epic will update players once the issue is resolved. Also Read: Deadpool & Wolverine: Here’s streaming release date, storyline and where to watch

Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday said that the state government will soon bring out a new energy policy and has formulated plans to generate 20,000 MW of green energy as part of conservation and protection of the environment. He also announced that the ongoing work on Yadadri Thermal Power plant will be completed by May 2025 to connect 4,000 MW of power to the grid. The Deputy CM along with Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy visited the Yadadri Thermal Power Plant. They flagged off the train to transport coal from Ramagundam to Yadadri Thermal Power Station, an official release said. Vikramarka said that though Telangana was formed a decade ago, the previous (BRS) government did not bring out energy policy. But, the Congress government would soon bring out a new energy policy, he said.

Coal India aims to eliminate Rs 2,200 crore in accumulated losses at its subsidiary, Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), and to rejoin the dividend list by FY 2025-26, a top official said on Sunday. At the foundation day event, Coal India chairman P M Prasad said Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, another previously loss-making subsidiary, has already re-entered the dividend list. He expressed confidence that ECL would achieve similar success by FY 2025-26. Coal India has seven coal-producing subsidiaries. «ECL is performing well and is on track to meet its production target of 54 million tonnes this year. We expect to eliminate two-thirds of its Rs 2,200 crore accumulated losses this fiscal year, with the remaining losses cleared by the following year, allowing it to rejoin the dividend list,» Prasad said. He added that the next few months would present challenges for production due to monsoon impacts on growth.

Indian diaspora at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The EAM attributed this progress to a series of interconnected efforts aimed at enhancing business conditions, improving the quality of life, and radically transforming the nation's infrastructure. Jaishankar elaborated on the initiatives that have contributed to this transformation, including the ambitious Gati Shakti program, which focuses on comprehensive infrastructure development.

Waqf (Amendment) Bill, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Sunday urged TDP's Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar to heed the sentiments of Muslims on the matter and said the parties within the NDA that claim to be secular must distance themselves from supporting this «dangerous» legislation. It also cautioned that if the legislation is passed, the «two crutches» on which the BJP-led government is running at the Centre would not be able to escape responsibility. Jamiat chief Maulana Arshad Madani made the assertion at the prominent Muslim body's 'Save Constitution Convention' held here at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. «People of the country defeated the BJP. They did not accept their policies. This government is dependent on two crutches — a strong one is Chandrababu and the other is Bihar's Nitish Kumar. I had invited him (Naidu), he excused himself but had sent his party's vice president Nawab Jan. I look at this positively as he will convey the sentiments of the people gathered here,» Madani said, gesturing to the large gathering of Jamiat functionaries and supporters.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday assured that he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the UDF candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Wayanad, are committed to establishing a medical college in the hill constituency. Addressing a public meeting at Areekode in nearby Malappuram district as part of the election campaign, the former Wayanad MP said it's not easy for him to leave the hill constituency as the people cutting across party lines supported him during his tough time. «Some commitments that I have made to you. Commitment to medical college… commitment of night traffic. I guarantee you, your new MP is going to be committed to doing these things. And also, your old MP is also going to be committed. We will personally build one of the best medical colleges in the country in this constituency,» he said. The mountainous constituency faces a shortage of basic infrastructure, with the need for a well-equipped medical college emerging as a key issue highlighted by all three political fronts — the Congress-led UDF, CPI(M)-led LDF, and the BJP — in this bypoll.

Yogi Adityanath coined 'batenge toh katenge' (divided we fall) much before the bypolls were announced, a Samajwadi Party worker from the Deoria district put up a hoarding outside the party's office in Lucknow, which read 'judenge to jeetenge' (united we win). The hoardings by another SP worker from the Maharajganj district says 'na batenge, na katenge, PDA ke sang rahenge' (we will neither get divided nor we will fall) and 'PDA jodegi aur jeetegi' (PDA will unite and win). The BSP too jumped in the slogan fray with its chief Mayawati on Saturday saying, «BSP se judenge toh aage badhenge, surakshit rahenge'' (people will progress and remain safe with the BSP's).

Elon Musk's comment where he has called her a «puppet» for supporting Kamala Harris. «I’m not a puppet Elon… I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t know nothing about that. You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm,» said the rapper in response to Elon Musk's comment. While quoting a video of Cardi B where she is reportedly seen confused on the stage while campaigning for Kamala Harris over her teleprompter being broken, Elon Musk said «Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words. The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy.»

NCP (SP) leader Jitendra Awhad has claimed that Nitish Kumar of JD(U) and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu would withdraw their support from the BJP-led Centre if MVA is voted to power in Maharashtra. The sitting MLA from the Mumbra-Kalwa assembly constituency, who has been renominated by his party, targeted the Ekanath Shinde government over the state's «financial instability» and accused the BJP and RSS of trying to disrupt peace in the country. If the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) forms the government after the November 20 assembly elections, BJP's allies at the Centre Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu will stop backing it, he claimed at a rally at Mumbra near Thane on Saturday. Once back in the saddle, MVA will «provide monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000», said Awhad without elaborating. The BJP-led Mahayuti government cannot even meet essential expenses like police salaries, he said.

Peanut, star of the peanut_the_squirrel12 account, had delighted fans with his adorable exploits, such as nibbling on waffles and wearing tiny costumes. But New York's Chemung County Department of Health and the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that Peanut, along with a racoon living with owner Mark Longo, were possessed illegally and had been euthanized to test for rabies.

Set a target of 147 runs to win, India faltered and were bowled out for 121 runs. Ajaz Patel followed his first innings fifer with another six wickets to end with eleven wickets in the match. Off-spinner Glenn Phillips complemented Patel with three wickets. In 2021, he had picked 1o wickets in an innings at the same venue. Rishabh Pant fought a lone battle with 64 runs off 57 balls on a wicket that turned square. He had scored 60 in the first innings as well. None of the other batters even crossed 15 runs as the top order had collapsed to 29/5.

Amit Shah on Sunday criticised the Congress, saying that the party failed to deliver on elections promises. «We have addressed all our promises and in Himachal, Karnataka and Telangana, the Congress party has failed to fulfil its promises. I congratulate Kharge sahab on accepting that they have failed to fulfil the promises. The people of Jharkhand should take note of this acceptance of Kharge sahab and evaluate their promises, this is my request to the people of Jharkhand,» Shah said, addressing to the media in Ranchi. On November 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also urged the people to be vigilant and not fall prey to the party's false promises.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday took a dig at the Congress-led Karnataka government after it retracted all notices related to Waqf land issues. He said that the government has become «a U-turn expert». «The Karnataka government has now become a U-turn expert. First, it says that there was no MUDA scam, and then it returns to the land of the MUDA scam. Now Siddaramaiah has ordered that no farmer's land will be taken,» Shehzad Poonawalla told ANI. «But Waqf is not stopping at all, 53 Waqf properties have been identified in Vijayapura and Karnataka. This clearly means that the Congress wanted to give the farmers' land to Waqf, to its vote bank, in a planned manner. Today, when the process of bringing amendments in Waqf takes place in JPC, the Congress opposes it,» he added.

India now finds itself in a difficult situation to qualify for the World Test Championship final for the 2023-25 cycle after the 0-3 whitewash at home against New Zealand. This loss marks India's first home Test series defeat since 2012. New Zealand created multiple records with the series win. This Test series win is the first for New Zealand in India since their tours began in 1955-56. Kiwis also became the only team to secure a 3-0 series win in India. Before the New Zealand series, India led the WTC standings with a percentage (PCT) of 68.06. However, after losing the first two matches, India's PCT dropped to 62.82, while Australia follows closely at 62.50 and Sri Lanka at 55.56.

MAHSR) or popularly known as the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has marked a major achievement with the completion of all nine river bridges between Vapi and Surat, a release said on Sunday. The latest construction is a bridge over the Kharera River in Navsari district in Gujarat. The Kharera bridge is the twelfth completed river bridge of the twenty bridges planned in Gujarat for India's ambitious high-speed rail corridor. The construction project of the bridge finished on October 29. The Kharera River bridge stretches 120 meters in length, supported by three full-span girders measuring 40 meters each. Its piers rise between 14.5 and 19 meters in height and include one circular pier of 4 meters and three of 5 meters in diameter.

Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state, but would keep tribals out of its ambit. Shah, while releasing the saffron party's manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that a Displacement Commission would be formed to ensure rehabilitation of people displaced by industries and mines in the state. «Our government will introduce UCC in Jharkhand but tribals will be kept out of its ambit. The JMM government is making false propaganda that UCC will impact tribal rights and culture, which is totally baseless as they will be kept out of its ambit,» Shah said in Ranchi. «BJP, if voted to power in Jharkhand, will deliberate on the Sarna religious code issue, and take appropriate decisions. A Displacement Commission will be formed to ensure the rehabilitation of people displaced by industries and mines in Jharkhand,» he said.

fortified town in northwest Saudi Arabia, shedding light on the transition from nomadic to urban lifestyles. This significant discovery, located in the oasis of Khaybar, reveals the early social complexity and urban planning of ancient societies. A study published in PLOS One indicates that the town supported up to 500 residents and played an essential role in the region's history. «Preliminary archaeological survey and soundings have revealed a fortified 2.6-hectare town built around 2400-2000 BCE that lasted until at least 1500 BCE and possibly 1300 BCE but with possible interruptions, functionally subdivided into a residential area, a probable decision-making zone, and a necropolis,» the study stated.

India A team that is playing Australia A has been caught in a controversy after being alleged of ball tampering on Day 4 of the unofficial Test in Mackay. The umpires decided to change the ball before the start of play, leading to protest from India A players. The conversation between players and umpires was caught on the stump mic. Umpire Shawn Craig told the India A players, «When you scratch it, we change the ball. No more discussion, let's play.» Despite their appeals, Craig stood firm, insisting on no further discussion.

Narendra Modi urging people to guard against the menace of 'digital' arrests, probe agencies said they are taking action against this category of cyber crime with the ED filing a charge sheet in one such case and the I4C issuing a fresh advisory. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a statement on Saturday, saying it filed a prosecution complaint before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Bengaluru last month against eight accused who allegedly «lured» common people through «fake» IPO allotments and stock market investments through fraudulent apps. «Probe found that a huge network of cyber scams in India, involving fake stock market investments and digital arrest schemes executed primarily through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram. »Known as 'pig-butchering' scams, stock market investment scams entice victims with promises of high returns, using fake websites and misleading WhatsApp groups that appear connected to reputable financial firms," the Enforcement Directorate said.

United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea's recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea's military said. North Korea on Thursday tested the newly developed Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has fired. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it «an appropriate military action» to cope with external security threats posed by its rivals.