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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
The Southern Armed Forces said on Sunday they are redeploying from Dhubab Airport and the Bab el-Mandeb area west of Taiz to defend Aden, a withdrawal Reuters reported leaves the Iran-aligned Houthis in control of the ground overlooking one of the world's busiest shipping straits.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla led the Amritsar launch on November 15, promising a concrete anti-drug programme if the party forms the government in Punjab and blaming the Centre — as his allegation — for failing to stop drone smuggling from Pakistan, as Congress steps up its 2027 election campaign.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
An Indian Express investigation found that online Form 8 applications were filed by third parties using just four mobile numbers. Officials have restored the voters and filed a complaint under the Representation of the People Act — a case now feeding the national debate over electoral-roll revisions.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Modi said he formally became a British citizen on September 15, 2026, and shared the news publicly on Saturday. He left India in 2010 amid allegations of financial irregularities linked to the IPL, and under Indian law his Indian citizenship had already ceased when he acquired Vanuatu citizenship in 2025.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Delhi Police said on Sunday it has busted a family-run interstate heroin trafficking network, arresting six people and seizing 2.25 kg of heroin worth about Rs 5 crore. The case, built on a September 11 interception near Signature Bridge, is the first FIR registered at the newly notified Anti Narcotics Task Force police station. All trafficking links are police allegations under investigation, not proven in court.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
An Osceola County deputy shot a woman once outside the Sun on the Beach bar in Kissimmee's Old Town late Saturday after she allegedly pointed a handgun at a man and refused orders to drop it, the Sheriff's Office says. She died at a hospital; the FDLE is investigating and the seven-year veteran deputy is on paid leave.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Nicholas A. McWilliams, 22, of Leeper died at the scene after a 2004 Honda Civic left Route 949 in Eldred Township at about 3 a.m. on November 14, climbed an embankment and struck a tree. Four other occupants were taken to Penn Highlands DuBois, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office said, and Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Kyiv's Air Force reported 132 Russian drones launched from Saturday evening — 106 neutralised, hits at 20 locations, six hurt in Zaporizhzhia — while a large fire hit Nizhnekamsk's industrial zone in Tatarstan and Russia claimed, without independent verification, to have intercepted 533 Ukrainian drones.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
A South Eastern Railway order dated November 7 says the Hatia rake was allowed to proceed after two loco pilots reported ineffective brakes, and was found at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya station with every coach's braking system isolated — it had run the whole way on the locomotive's brakes alone.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Ukrainian drones attacked Nizhnekamsk's industrial zone overnight on November 15, with reports of a large fire at the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex and three people injured, Tatarstan's health ministry said. In Taganrog, a substation chief engineer was killed and four people were injured, the Rostov governor said.
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Ukrainian drones overnight damaged an industrial facility in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, where a large fire was reported at the vast Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex and three people were injured at a residential complex, Russian officials said, while a substation chief engineer was killed in Taganrog in the Rostov region. The same night, Russia launched 132 attack drones at Ukraine, of which Kyiv said 106 were shot down or jammed.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Virtually addressing the 36th NDE conference and the 15th AeroNDT symposium, the Defence Minister said hidden defects can jeopardise missions — and called for indigenous inspection technology, sensors and software across PSUs, start-ups and MSMEs.
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A westbound 2014 Ford F-150 struck a 2017 Volkswagen Beetle turning north onto Murray Hill Road at about 3:32 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said. The Beetle driver died at hospital at 4:28 p.m.; the F-150 driver was stable. No fault has been determined and no names have been released.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
The circulating Senate draft RITA, dated November 12, would reauthorize the Regional Center Program for five more years, raise jobs per investor from 10 to 15, lengthen sustainment to 40 months, tighten source-of-funds and promoter rules — and, in Section 8, apply the changes regardless of when an investor filed.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Nepal's Narcotics Control Bureau said a 52-year-old man from Pune, Maharashtra, who arrived in Kathmandu from Thailand on November 14, was held at Tribhuvan International Airport after officers allegedly found 5.5 kg of white heroin concealed in rabbit and cat food packets. The trafficking-network link is a police suspicion at this stage, not proven in court.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
This is a new price revision, following the November 1 hike that took Mumbai CNG to Rs 90 per kg: Mahanagar Gas Limited has raised the rate by another Rs 1.50 to Rs 91.50 per kg from midnight on November 14, its eighth increase this year, citing reduced domestic gas allocation, higher procurement costs and greater reliance on imported RLNG. Domestic piped gas prices were not changed in this revision.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Two days after the 89 all-out humiliation at the same Bay Oval, India defended their lowest-ever successful ODI total in New Zealand — bowling the hosts out for 187 to win a series there for the first time since 2019.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
A woman in Krishnanagar has alleged in a written police complaint that former Trinamool Congress leader Buddhadev Kanu raped her after she refused to withdraw an older case against him and his nephew. Police said an investigation has begun and no arrest has been made so far.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Firozabad police said Mohit, accused with Vikas in gunpoint snatching incidents reported on November 7 and 8, opened fire when a team tried to stop him and was arrested after retaliatory firing injured his leg. Rs 6,600 and an illegal firearm were recovered, police said.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Excavations near Hampi's Jain Temple complex have exposed a partially buried two-shrined Vishnu temple, a granite Shiva temple foundation, and sculptures including a winged Garuda and a standing Vishnu, the ASI announced on November 14.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
The FAA listed Dallas Love Field as closed from 8:29 p.m. Saturday after a security alert involving a commercial aircraft. Dallas police say a threat was made but was later found unfounded, the alert was cancelled within minutes, and the Southwest Airlines hub returned to regular service by about 9 p.m. — with the investigation continuing under case 168058-2026.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
A day after Awaaz Punjab reported the arrest of Mahakdeep Kaur and Davinder Singh in the November 3 Sriganganagar railway track blast — when police had said the motive was not yet established — Rajasthan ATS chief Dinesh MN told a press conference on Sunday that a Pakistan-based handler allegedly recruited Kaur through a romantic relationship and paid the accused Rs 2.23 lakh. These are police allegations, not proven in court.
Published 2026-11-15 · Awaaz Punjab
Christian Cole Thurman is held without bond in Warren County, Missouri, on kidnapping, domestic assault and aggravated fleeing charges. Police say he kept a woman from leaving a Wright City home, then fled Warrenton officers at 109 mph and drove the wrong way on I-70 before being found back at the house. The allegations come from police probable-cause statements; he is presumed innocent, with a hearing set for November 17.
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