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Amritsar: Counter Intelligence Busts Cross-Border Heroin Network, 36 kg Seized, Four Held • India-UK Maritime Centre RMSCE Holds Its First Course, With Participants From 10 Indo-Pacific Nations • Railways Deploy Maximum Special Trains on Dhanteras as 18,000 Festive Services Run This Season • India's Forex Reserves Fall for Eighth Straight Week, Down $2.69 Billion to $717.06 Billion • Saudi Air Defences Intercept Two Houthi Ballistic Missiles Fired Towards Najran, Then Destroy a Drone in Makkah Province, Coalition Says • Amritsar: Counter Intelligence Busts Cross-Border Heroin Network, 36 kg Seized, Four Held • India-UK Maritime Centre RMSCE Holds Its First Course, With Participants From 10 Indo-Pacific Nations • Railways Deploy Maximum Special Trains on Dhanteras as 18,000 Festive Services Run This Season • India's Forex Reserves Fall for Eighth Straight Week, Down $2.69 Billion to $717.06 Billion • Saudi Air Defences Intercept Two Houthi Ballistic Missiles Fired Towards Najran, Then Destroy a Drone in Makkah Province, Coalition Says •

Friday · 6 November 2026 · Amritsar / Toronto

Maharashtra

Pune: Three Men Loot Rs 5.95 Lakh in Chili-Powder Attack on Pune-Solapur Highway Near Daund

Three unidentified men on a motorcycle allegedly forced 24-year-old Pawan Ashok Patil to stop near Sahajpur village in Daund tehsil on Thursday evening, threw chili powder into his eyes and fled toward Pune with Rs 5,95,600 he had collected from four electrical shops, IANS reported. A case has been registered at Yavat Police Station.

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Editorial illustration of a car stopped on the Pune-Solapur highway near Daund at dusk with figures fleeing on a motorcycle — (Editorial illustration)

Three unidentified men allegedly robbed a 24-year-old man of Rs 5,95,600 in cash on the Pune-Solapur highway near Sahajpur village in Daund tehsil of Pune district on Thursday evening, throwing chili powder into his eyes before fleeing, IANS reported on Friday.

Source: IANS via AsiaPost

The victim, Pawan Ashok Patil, a resident of Haveli in Pune district, was travelling home at around 7 pm after collecting payments from four electrical shops when, according to the report, three individuals riding a black motorcycle chased him and forced him to stop.

One of the men allegedly held him while another broke open the vehicle's storage compartment and a third threw chili powder into his eyes. The robbers seized a bag containing the cash and fled toward Pune, the report said.

A case has been registered at Yavat Police Station under Sections 309(4), 126(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The three accused are unidentified and remain on the run, according to the report; the allegations are as stated in the police case and have not been tested in court.

Source: NationPress

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IANS via AsiaPost — https://asiapost.in/daring-heist-after-chili-powder-attack-on-pune-solapur-highway-rs-5-95-lakh-looted-from-van/
NationPress — https://www.nationpress.com/national/chili-powder-heist-on-pune-highway-indian-rupee595l-looted

Latest News — Punjab, India, USA and the World

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‘You’ll Know Soon Enough’: Trump Says He Will Soon Decide Whether to Resume All-Out War on Iran — ‘Maybe I’ll Have to Destroy the Rest of the Country’

US President Donald Trump, after his first post-midterms national security meeting on Iran on Thursday, said he will soon decide between new strikes, tighter economic pressure or a deal — as CENTCOM finalises preparations for possible major combat operations, Qatari mediators float a two-day confidence plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran holds to seven conditions, and House Democrats prepare war votes.

Published 2026-11-05 · Awaaz Punjab

Sensex Surges 1,718 Points to Close at 81,028, Nifty Tops 25,000 in Seventh Straight Winning Session

Indian benchmarks defied a heavy overnight sell-off on Wall Street to post their biggest weekly gain in years, with the Sensex reclaiming 80,000 for the first time since March and the rupee strengthening 52 paise to 93.89 against the dollar.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

One Vote Decided the Seat: Supreme Court Admits DMK Leader Periakaruppan's Plea Against TVK MLA Sethupathi's Tirupattur Win

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Aparesh Singh on Friday admitted K.R. Periakaruppan's appeal against the Madras High Court's rejection of his election petition, allowed TVK MLA R. Seenivasa Sethupathi to file his reply, and directed that all records of the Tirupattur election — won by a single vote — be preserved.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Refuses to Suspend Tarun Tejpal's 10-Year Sentence in 2013 Rape Case

Three days after deferring his appeal hearing, a bench of Justices Sundresh and Varale dismissed Tejpal's suspension plea on November 6, holding on a prima facie view of the evidence that this is not a fit case to suspend the sentence.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

'VAJRA-SAT': India Runs National Drill for Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT-1, a Strain Never Reported in the Country

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and ICAR-NIVEDI brought 83 participants from 25 states and three Union Territories together in Bengaluru for a two-day tabletop exercise on detecting and containing an SAT-1 incursion, as the strain spreads beyond Africa into West Asia.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Guidelines on Appointing Ministers Facing Criminal Charges

A Bench led by CJI Surya Kant refused to frame rules requiring the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers to weigh pending criminal cases before appointing ministers, with Justice Joymalya Bagchi observing that criminal law is continuously weaponised against people in the democratic process.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Bhakra Power Verdict: Supreme Court Orders Punjab, Haryana to Supply 11,973 Million Units of Arrears to Himachal Over 20 Years

The Supreme Court on Friday closed a dispute running since 1966 over Bhakra-Nangal and Beas power: Punjab and Haryana must supply Himachal Pradesh about 11,973 million units of arrears over 20 years — roughly 598 MU every lean season (October-March) — under the Centre's cashless settlement the Court accepted. The bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana rejected Punjab's objections as 'vague and superficial', stretched the Centre's 15-year plan to 20 years to ease the burden, and adjusted Himachal's Rs 420.77 crore capital-cost liability against the arrears at Rs 3.85 per unit. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu claimed the verdict could bring his state Rs 500-1,000 crore a year.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Kathmandu: Nepal Launches Round-the-Clock Cyber Scam Response Centre as Fraud Losses Cross Rs 2 Billion in a Year

Nepal is launching a round-the-clock Integrated Anti-Cyber Scam Response Centre on Friday, The Kathmandu Post reported — the launch follows Nepal Police's November 3 move to begin preparations after the Home Ministry backed its proposal. Police data show victims lost more than Rs 2 billion to cyber fraud in the last fiscal year, but only about Rs 180 million was recovered.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

India U19 Crush Nepal U19 by 10 Wickets in Asia Cup Opener: Sehwag's Unbeaten 70 Chases 129 in 19.1 Overs

India's openers Aaryavir Sehwag (70 not out) and Lakshya Raichandani (53 not out) chased down Nepal's 128 without losing a wicket at Al Amarat on November 6, after Ishan Sood's 3 for 18 had bowled Nepal out in 42.3 overs.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

India and Myanmar Drill Together for the Next Big Flood: Exercise Rahat Mitra Under Way in Chennai

Exercise Rahat Mitra, the integrated India–Myanmar joint exercise for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), is being conducted in Chennai from November 5 to 7, with the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force demonstrating flood-relief columns, rescue operations, dewatering and bridge-laying so the two countries can respond together when a real disaster strikes.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court refuses to stay meat ban near Somnath temple, asks Gujarat High Court to decide in two months

In a follow-up to the Gujarat High Court restoring the ban on October 30, the top court declined to interfere at the interim stage and said a balance has to be maintained.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Show-Cause Notice to All Kerala Congress Office-Bearers Over Deleted Post Targeting CJI Surya Kant

In the first substantive hearing since the Court registered the case as a writ petition on October 30, a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi on Friday asked every KPCC office-bearer to show cause why contempt proceedings should not be initiated over the October 12 post that told the CJI to 'resign now' — warning that attempts to undermine the court would be dealt with 'an iron hand' and saying it would test whether the party's apology came 'from the pen or the heart.'

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Delhi Police Crime Branch Arrests Alleged Manipur PLA Militant Living Under Fake Identity

Police identified the 35-year-old as RK Regan Singh, alias Gandhi, said he posed as a medical patient's attendant in a signboard-less hotel, and named him in two UAPA cases and multiple extortion cases in Manipur.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Mansa: Jhota's Father Bhim Singh Begins Indefinite Fast at PGIMER, Refuses Rs 2 Crore and Job, Demands Mansa SSP's Transfer

A day after Parvinder Singh Jhota's body reached PGIMER Chandigarh for post-mortem, his father Bhim Singh has begun an indefinite fast at the institute, saying he will take only water until Mansa SSP Vaibhav Chaudhary is transferred. He has refused the government's Rs 2 crore compensation and job offer, calling the SSP's transfer the one demand left unresolved after Wednesday's meeting with Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Assam: Tengakhat Oil India Fire — Missing Worker Raju Dutta Confirmed Dead, Six Injured, Blaze Under Control

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Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Assam: Explosion and Fire at Oil India Tank Farm in Tengakhat Injure Five Workers, One Missing

Five workers were injured and one is missing after an explosion and fire during maintenance work at Oil India Limited's Intermediate Tank Farm at Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district on Friday morning. The injured were taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital. One outlet reported a death, but the contractor's area manager told ANI he had no information about any death — that report remains unconfirmed.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

India Sold 31.72 Lakh Vehicles in October — and EVs Hit an All-Time High of 3.55 Lakh, FADA Says

Vehicle retail jumped 25.05% over September to 31,72,466 units in October 2026 — the second-best October on record — while electric vehicle sales touched a record 3.55 lakh and EV penetration nearly doubled to about 11.5%, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Friday. The 23.8% year-on-year fall, FADA says, is almost entirely a calendar effect: last year Navratri and Diwali fell in the same month, this year the big festivals shifted to November.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Pickup Crosses Into Two Semis on SR-24 Near Moxee: Wapato Woman Jamaica Castro, 32, Killed, Two Drivers Hospitalised, Charges Pending

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Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Marked Chicago Police Squad Car Strikes Scooter Rider in Bridgeport: 39-Year-Old Dies at Stroger, Two Officers Hospitalised, Fault Not Released

Police say the northbound squad car hit the stand-up electric scooter at about 12:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of South Princeton Avenue — the second vulnerable-road-user death in the same few Bridgeport blocks this year, after CDOT planner Riley O'Neil was doored and killed on Halsted in June.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Clarifies OBC Creamy-Layer Ruling: Applies to Parties, Seniority and Promotions Will Not Be Reopened

A bench of Justices Narasimha and Mahadevan clarified the March 11 ruling in Union of India v. Rohith Nathan on November 6, extended compliance by eight weeks, and said pending cases will be decided on their own merits.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Tripura BSF Attack: Arrests Rise to 18 as Eight More Held in Sepahijala; CM Saha Chairs Security Review

Eight more accused were arrested in Sepahijala district on Thursday night and early Friday over the November 2 mob attack on BSF personnel at Ashabari, taking the total to 18 including three women, police said. Chief Minister Manik Saha chaired a high-level security review on Thursday night as the manhunt for the remaining accused continues.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Jaypal Malviya Wins ISSF Worlds Silver in Doha, Seals India's First Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Quota

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Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Former FBI Agent Andrew Reyes Charged in Brooklyn: Allegedly Hit Pedestrian on Ocean Parkway, Dragged Him to a Bench and Drove Off

An indictment unsealed on November 5 charges Reyes, 30, with a federal civil-rights violation and false statements over a February 3 crash on Ocean Parkway and an alleged denial to Inspector General agents on May 1. He pleaded not guilty, was released on a $100,000 bond with travel limited to New York and New Jersey, and is due back in court on December 2. The earlier development in this case — the alleged February crash itself — had not previously been charged.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Jharkhand High Court Quashes Cancellation of JSSC CGL Exam, Restores Appointments; CID Probe to Continue

Justice Deepak Roshan on Friday set aside the Jharkhand government's August 18 order cancelling the JSSC CGL examination and all appointments made through it, restoring the selections for hundreds of candidates — while making clear the CID investigation into alleged exam irregularities will continue under court monitoring.

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Punjab News

Bhakra Power Verdict: Supreme Court Orders Punjab, Haryana to Supply 11,973 Million Units of Arrears to Himachal Over 20 Years

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Mansa: Jhota's Father Bhim Singh Begins Indefinite Fast at PGIMER, Refuses Rs 2 Crore and Job, Demands Mansa SSP's Transfer

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Punjab Stubble Burning Reaches 2,787 Cases as Tarn Taran Tops With 586; 710 FIRs, Rs 46.10 Lakh in Fines

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Sirsa's New Attack: "77 Per Cent of Stubble Already Burnt" — He Accuses Mann of False Information, But the Claim Itself Does Not Match the Official Data

Published 2026-11-05 · Awaaz Punjab

After 23 Days, Jhota's Body Sent to PGIMER Chandigarh for Post-Mortem; Released Leaders Sidhana and Sheron Reach Mansa Hospital

Published 2026-11-05 · Awaaz Punjab

Phagwara: High Court Asks Centre to Decide in a Week on NIA Probe into LPU Violence After Cyber-Terrorism Charge

Published 2026-11-05 · Awaaz Punjab

India News

Sensex Surges 1,718 Points to Close at 81,028, Nifty Tops 25,000 in Seventh Straight Winning Session

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

One Vote Decided the Seat: Supreme Court Admits DMK Leader Periakaruppan's Plea Against TVK MLA Sethupathi's Tirupattur Win

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Refuses to Suspend Tarun Tejpal's 10-Year Sentence in 2013 Rape Case

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

'VAJRA-SAT': India Runs National Drill for Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT-1, a Strain Never Reported in the Country

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Guidelines on Appointing Ministers Facing Criminal Charges

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

India U19 Crush Nepal U19 by 10 Wickets in Asia Cup Opener: Sehwag's Unbeaten 70 Chases 129 in 19.1 Overs

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Geopolitics and World News

“It Won't Work With Me”: Hegseth Vows to Fight ‘Sham’ Impeachment, Defends Iran War as ‘Courageous and Historic’ — Trump Backs Him as ‘Fantastic’

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Bangladesh Soldier Killed in Teknaf Gun Battle as Joint Forces Rescue 57 Hostages, Including Rohingya, From Trafficking Gang Near Myanmar Border

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Myanmar Sets April 4, 2027 By-Elections in 55 Constituencies, Including Conflict-Hit Sagaing, Chin and Shan — First Vote Since Military-Backed USDP Sweep

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Malaysia: Najib Razak Leaves Kajang Prison for House Arrest After UMNO Pays RM50 Million Fine

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Russia Says It Struck a Battery Storage Facility in Ukraine's Kyiv Region and a Cargo Vessel in Odesa Port, Days Before Abu Dhabi Talks

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Morocco Pauses Tomato Exports to Africa as Prices Hit 18 Dirhams a Kilo at Home — Europe Shipments Exempt

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Regional Editions — States of India

Kathmandu: Nepal Launches Round-the-Clock Cyber Scam Response Centre as Fraud Losses Cross Rs 2 Billion in a Year

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Delhi, Paharganj: Police Bust Counterfeit Currency Network, Arrest Two From Bihar With Fake Notes Worth Rs 2.65 Lakh

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: Bike-Taxi Driver Dies After Alleged Rs 5.5-Lakh Mudra Loan Fraud; Accused Held, Police Probe Complaints He Made

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Kochi, Kerala: High Court Warns It May Cancel Ex-DGP Thachankary's Bail After Jail Records Show He Spent His Entire Custody in Hospital

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Kochi, Kerala: High Court Says No Sanction Needed to Prosecute Vellappally Natesan, Others in Alleged Rs 15.85-Crore SNDP Microfinance Case

Published 2026-11-06 · Awaaz Punjab

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Hands Appointment Letters to 4,543 New Police Sub-Inspectors, Says Job Drive Will Continue

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Investigations — Awaaz Punjab Jaanch Reports

Khalistan: The Demand, the Grievances, and What the Law Actually Allows

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The Calls Come From Inside the Jail: How Punjab's Prisons Became the Drug Trade's Command Centres

Published 2026-10-19 · Awaaz Punjab

How Drugs Actually Enter Punjab: The Full Chain, From Afghan Fields to a Village Street

Published 2026-10-18 · Awaaz Punjab

The Night Sky Is the New Border: How Drones Replaced the Smuggler's Throw

Published 2026-10-18 · Awaaz Punjab

A Ban That Moved the Factory: Afghan Poppy Collapsed — So the Labs Moved to Pakistan

Published 2026-10-18 · Awaaz Punjab

The Chemist Pipeline: How Legal Pills Became Punjab's Second Drug Trade

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