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Four pilgrims were killed on the spot and 18 others injured, 10 of them critically, when two buses of the Punjab government's Mukh Mantri Teerth Yatra scheme collided near Naushera Pannuan in Tarn Taran district on Saturday afternoon. The injured were taken to Tarn Taran Civil Hospital, where an emergency was declared; the identities of the dead had not been formally released and police say an investigation into the exact cause has begun.
Published 2026-11-14 · Awaaz Punjab
Pacific Surfliner Train 785, travelling from San Diego to Goleta, struck the two men at about 9:45 p.m. Friday near the 4300 block of Pacific Coast Highway. All 119 people aboard were unhurt; the Ventura County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths as an accident.
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Sacramento State police say 18-year-old Jermeer Hicks has been arrested in connection with the November 8 gunfire inside Klamath Hall — the first arrest in a case where six suspects fled towards J Street and five are still being sought.
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Goldman Sachs Research forecasts global GDP growth of 2.8% in 2027, up from 2.7% in 2026, as Brent crude falls to $78 a barrel by the end of 2027 and global AI investment jumps from $1.1 trillion to $1.8 trillion — but warns risks are tilted to the downside, led by a renewed Iran escalation.
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New Carbon Brief analysis finds public climate finance pledged by developed countries for the coming years totals just $11.7 billion a year, down from around $40 billion — only five nations have announced new multi-year pledges and just one, the UK, is a major donor, sharpening the finance fight at the halfway point of COP31.
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Sen lost the first game 13-21, then took the next two 21-18 and 21-14 against home favourite Koki Watanabe in Kumamoto on Sunday — his second title of the season after the Hylo Open.
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Painted Rock Reservoir went from about 7 acre-feet to roughly 70,600 acre-feet — some 23 billion gallons — in days. The Army Corps is releasing the water down the Gila at up to 3,000 cubic feet per second, and the National Weather Service flood warning for Maricopa and northeastern Yuma counties runs until 11 a.m. MST Tuesday, with farmland and low-water crossings expected to go under.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a conditional summons to Punjab's Chief Secretary over serious safety violations in buses under the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana, a day after two scheme buses collided head-on in Tarn Taran district. The Commission, in a Bench presided over by Member Priyank Kanoongo, said no Action Taken Report on its earlier inspection directions had been received, deplored what it called the authorities' lackadaisical approach, and directed the Chief Secretary to file full details - or appear personally.
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U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday, November 14, keeping Washington's East Potomac Park open through November 28. The follow-up to this desk's October 31 and November 7 reports names the earlier developments: an ethics inquiry into whether government lawyers misled the court, and a special master appointed to examine it.
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The Saudi-led coalition said early Sunday it destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward Riyadh and downed drones over the oil-rich Eastern Province — the second straight day of fire at the kingdom, a day after two drones were stopped over Riyadh and the south.
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Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2026 in New Delhi on Saturday, Joseph E. Stiglitz said AI's strength in text and code threatens India's services-led model, but the country can still grow at 7 per cent if it curbs inequality and boosts demand.
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A day after Friday's nationwide ground stop — the longest since September 11, 2001 — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Saturday that a router installed by contractor L3Harris during a copper-to-fibre conversion flooded the FAA network, and that investigators still do not know whether installer error or faulty equipment was to blame. The political fight has already split: Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress needs investment, not an investigation, while Democrats demand one.
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Belarus Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov will visit India from November 15 to 18 for the 12th meeting of the Belarus–India Intergovernmental Commission on trade, economy, science, technology and culture, the Ministry of External Affairs has said. The visit also includes talks with Indian ministers and a roundtable with industry body CII.
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Delhi's Air Quality Index stood at 352 on Sunday morning, placing the national capital in the 'very poor' category, while six monitoring stations — led by IIT Delhi at 425 and ITO at 415 — recorded 'severe' levels, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data reported by ANI. Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) remains in force across the National Capital Region.
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A Lexington County deputy working security at a gun and knife show at Columbia's Jamil Temple was shot by a customer on Saturday and returned fire, killing the person, authorities said. The deputy was taken into surgery and was in stable condition, while officials released no names and no account of what led to the shooting.
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An 18-year-old showroom employee was found dead in a trial room near Moti Nagar Metro Station on Saturday night. Police suspect a man known to her carried out the attack and fled; CCTV footage is being examined and the motive has not been established.
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The Bell County Sheriff's Office confirmed at least one person died at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on State Highway 95 at Round Hall Road on Saturday afternoon. Several others were taken to hospital, the highway was expected to stay closed for several hours, and the Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating.
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Indianapolis police say a woman died in hospital after a three-vehicle crash at West 30th Street and North Tibbs Avenue early on Saturday, two other adults were hurt, and a driver was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The arrest is an allegation, not a conviction.
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In a major breakthrough in the November 11-12 Tanishq showroom heist on Madurai's Bypass Road, city police on Saturday arrested Suresh, the father of main accused Nishanth, and Instagram influencer Meenakshi, and said about five kilograms of gold jewellery had been recovered. Nishanth, a 25-year-old YouTuber and bike-taxi driver, remains at large. The arrests follow the earlier report of the heist, in which police said about 30 per cent of the showroom's stock was taken.
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Marsabit Governor Mohamud Ali said on Friday that stray bullets from the Oromia-Somali regional fighting have killed two people and injured 22 on the Kenyan side, displaced about 10,000 Kenyan residents, and left explosive ordnance in civilian areas — a new escalation after more than 50,000 Ethiopians had already crossed into Kenya.
Published 2026-11-14 · Awaaz Punjab
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that federal transport officials acted unlawfully when they withheld $73,502,543 in highway funds to force New York to cancel about 33,000 non-domiciled commercial driver's licences held by immigrant truck and bus drivers.
Published 2026-11-14 · Awaaz Punjab
Rupnagar/Sri Chamkaur Sahib, November 13: Police in Rupnagar district have arrested three men and seized 76 intoxicant capsules after a video purportedly showing youths consuming drugs inside a public toilet in Sri Chamkaur Sahib went viral on social media.
Published 2026-11-14 · Awaaz Punjab
Hoshiarpur/Jalandhar/Dasuya, November 13: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini addressed BJP rallies in Dasuya, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar in Punjab on Friday, demanding that the Bhagwant Mann government release a white paper on jobs and warning that if the BJP forms the government in Punjab after the February 2027…
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Chandigarh/Chamkaur Sahib, November 14: Sitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Chamkaur Sahib, Dr Charanjit Singh, voiced strong resentment against the party leadership on Saturday and declared that he will contest the Chamkaur Sahib seat at any cost, days after being denied renomination in AAP's second candidate list…
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