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Amritsar Rural Police on Thursday said it had dismantled multiple illegal arms, explosives and drug-trafficking networks in the border district, arresting 16 accused and seizing 34 kg of heroin, two Uzi guns, a shotgun, five pistols, two hand grenades and 26 live cartridges. Police said the operation also solved three firing incidents, and that FIRs have been registered at five police stations — Gharinda, Beas, Mehta, Lopoke and Chatiwind.
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India, which chairs the Kimberley Process in 2026, used a stakeholder consultation in Luanda, Angola, on November 3 to set out its priorities — reforming the definition of conflict diamonds, responsible sourcing of rough diamonds, digital certification and stronger compliance — ahead of the KP Plenary it will host in New Delhi from November 30 to December 4, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday. A GJEPC–ADPA memorandum on skills and trade links was also approved at the Luanda meetings.
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The Central Government on Thursday, November 5, notified the appointment of Ajay Sharma, a Judicial Member of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in Mumbai, as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years from the date he assumes charge. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Sharma and advocate Vaibhav Anant Sugdare for the Bombay High Court on October 26; Sharma's is the first of the two names to be notified.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 4 directed Punjab to forward its report on the scheduled offence to the Centre within 72 hours under Section 6 of the NIA Act, after police added the cyber-terrorism offence under Section 66F of the IT Act to the LPU violence case. The Centre must then decide within a week whether the NIA takes over; the matter returns to court on November 17.
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The European Parliament's environment committee has voted to object to adding Shree Ram Vessel Scrap and YSI Recyclers at Alang-Sosiya in Gujarat to the EU's approved ship-recycling list — the first Indian yards ever proposed — arguing that tidal beaching cannot meet EU environment and worker-protection standards. Shipowners say the yards passed European Commission inspections. A plenary vote follows later in November.
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India's telecom regulator has recommended a separate Satellite Communication Network Provider Authorisation under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, letting authorised companies supply satellite network capacity to service providers, including direct-to-device connectivity for ordinary phones.
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The Indian Navy's indigenous stealth frigate arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base on November 4 for the multilateral Malabar 2026 exercise with Japan, the United States and Australia, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. A harbour phase of professional interactions and planning will be followed by sea drills south of Japan's Kanto region from November 5 to 12.
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Morena police have arrested notorious Chambal dacoit Kalli Gurjar, whose real name is Kiledar Gurjar, after an encounter in the forest near Lalitapura village under Banmore police station on Thursday, November 5. Kalli, who carried a cumulative reward of Rs 80,000 and faces around 20 cases including murder, robbery and attempt to murder across Morena, Gwalior and Sheopur districts, was shot in the leg. His associate Ajay Gurjar was also injured and arrested, while other gang members fled into the forest, police said.
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French co-operative lender Crédit Mutuel Arkéa said on Thursday that hackers stole around €100 million (about $112.61 million, roughly ₹1,000 crore) using the bank's own account for fraudulent transactions, Reuters reported. The bank said the attackers came through a third-party service provider's platform, customer assets were not affected and its Fortuneo online bank was not the entry point; the Paris prosecutor's office has opened an organised-group cybercrime investigation. A blockchain investigator's higher $133 million estimate is unconfirmed — the bank says its losses are lower and still provisional.
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France's nationwide strike day delivered its first real numbers on Thursday: an official close to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez put 270,000 people at 180 rallies outside Paris by early afternoon, the government later estimated at least 600,000 participants nationwide, and the CGT union claimed almost 1.6 million — a disputed total neither side has independently verified. Five confederations marched together for higher wages ("everything's going up except wages and pensions"), a higher minimum wage and protected public services; about a third of high schools were closed, roughly 16 percent of teachers struck, and police fired tear gas in some cities while most rallies stayed peaceful. The follow-up to this morning's preview of the strike day.
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Ukraine said its air defences stopped 105 of 128 Russian drones overnight, Russia's Defence Ministry said it shot down 496 Ukrainian drones, and a bus strike in Russian-occupied Luhansk killed five people, Kremlin-installed officials said — all while negotiators met for a second day at NATO headquarters on rebuilding Ukraine and guaranteeing its security, days before Russia-Ukraine-US talks in Abu Dhabi.
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India's markets regulator SEBI has cleared the initial public offering of Mahanadi Coalfields, the Odisha-based Coal India arm that produced 21% of the country's domestic coal in fiscal 2026. Coal India will sell up to 66.18 crore shares — a 10% stake — in a pure offer for sale, and Bloomberg has reported the issue could launch as early as this month at a valuation of up to $10 billion.
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In its November 5 bulletin, the India Meteorological Department forecast isolated heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh through November 11, heavy rain in Kerala from November 5 to 8, and thunderstorms with winds gusting to 50 kmph — while northern India stays dry.
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The IEA's Global Gas Security Review 2026 says India's natural gas demand will shrink about 2% this year, yet LNG imports climbed 10% — nearly 3 bcm — in January-October because domestic production weakened faster than demand, leaving the country more dependent on imported gas in a market hit by the Hormuz supply shock.
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A nine-year-old Class 3 student at Lovely Public School in East Delhi's Mayur Vihar collapsed in her classroom on Wednesday morning after returning from her games period and was declared brought dead at hospital. Delhi Police say CCTV showed the sudden collapse, no foul play has been found so far and the exact cause awaits the post-mortem. Her family alleges she was not given CPR and that the school lacks emergency medical arrangements — allegations the principal answered by saying staff first thought she had fainted from a chin injury and rushed her straight to hospital.
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UIDAI has onboarded 300 Offline Verification Seeking Entities since January, expanding secure, consent-based, paperless Aadhaar checks across hotels, healthcare, education, events and the gig economy — alongside 7.5 crore Aadhaar App downloads.
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Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan presented the award at the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi. Railways has solarised 79 per cent of the 15,868 buildings it identified, and aims to finish the rest by March 2027.
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Kerala Police say 12 people are named as accused in the November 2 Kadavanthra case and three, including Athulya Chandra and actor Bibin Perumpalli, have been arrested so far. The doctor alleges he was called to the flat on the pretext of treating a patient, beaten and robbed of phones worth around Rs 3 lakh.
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Cook County Circuit Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez denied prosecutors' plea to detain Lawrence Reed in August 2025; three months later he allegedly set Bethany MaGee on fire on a CTA train. Voters have now given the judge another six years.
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Seven people were aboard the car that lost control near Gangnani Dharmakund early on Thursday and fell into the river. Four bodies have been recovered and one injured person rescued, while divers search strong currents for two missing passengers, the district administration said.
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A CHP trooper on routine patrol stopped the semi after watching it pass other vehicles far above the state's 55 mph commercial limit; the agency says the incident is under investigation and has released no citation details.
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Sheikh Hasina, ousted in the 2024 mass uprising after 15 years as Bangladesh's prime minister and living in exile in India ever since, told The Associated Press by email that her decision to return in December "has not changed" — even though a special tribunal sentenced her to death in 2025 over the crackdown in which a UN report says nearly 1,400 people were killed. She says she knows she may be arrested, imprisoned or killed, and has not said how she will travel. Dhaka's answer came the same day: State Minister Humaiun Kobir ruled out any passport or travel pass and said Bangladesh will seek her return only through the extradition treaty — which India has so far declined to use.
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The Union Public Service Commission on Thursday, November 5, declared the written result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026, shortlisting 2,526 candidates for the Personality Test — the final stage before selection to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other central services. Qualified candidates must update and submit their details online between November 11 and 25.
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The three-year MoU will run NSQF-compliant training in electronics, mobile phones and home appliances at 15 MSME Technology Centres, with a three-month paid internship of Rs 12,000 a month for successful trainees.
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