Month: October 2026

Messi set for emotional Argentina farewell in Buenos Aires friendly vs Benin

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Messi set for emotional Argentina farewell in Buenos Aires friendly vs Benin

Argentina’s Lionel Messi trains for his final game with the national team, an international friendly soccer match against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Argentina fans are confident there is a bright future beyond Lionel Messi as the team’s most influential player of the last two decades prepares…

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Kaliningrad: Why Russia’s Baltic exclave is a new flashpoint

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Kaliningrad: Why Russia’s Baltic exclave is a new flashpoint

A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, near the Suwalki Gap. The Suwalki Gap is a 104-kilometre stretch that forms the only land corridor connecting the Baltic states with the rest of NATO, while separating Belarus from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. | Photo Credit: AFP On October 1, Russian…

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Anguish among party workers as former Trinamool leaders being nominated to Upper House: BJP veteran Tathagata Roy

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Anguish among party workers as former Trinamool leaders being nominated to Upper House: BJP veteran Tathagata Roy

In this image received on October 5, 2026, Bengali actor Koel Mallick gets felicitated with a BJP scarf as she joins the party, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Photo: Handout via PTI Photo Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran and former Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has said that there was considerable anguish among party workers over nomination…

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New York declares disaster emergency over measles outbreak

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New York declares disaster emergency over measles outbreak

A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters New ‌York Governor Kathy ​Hochul declared a ⁠statewide disaster emergency on Monday over ‌a measles outbreak, after ‌108 cases ‌were ⁠reported in ⁠the state this year. Since July 15,…

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Woman journalist who accused ACP of sexual harassment during protest among 17 booked by Delhi Police; all granted conditional bail

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Woman journalist who accused ACP of sexual harassment during protest among 17 booked by Delhi Police; all granted conditional bail

The Delhi Police on Monday (October 5, 2026) registered an FIR against a woman journalist who has accused Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat of sexual harassment and manhandling, along with 16 other protesters, shortly after they were detained for staging a protest Parliament Street police station demanding registration of a case against the…

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19,000 West Bengal voters to miss bypolls as appeals remain pending in tribunals

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19,000 West Bengal voters to miss bypolls as appeals remain pending in tribunals

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: PTI Nearly 19,000 voters in West Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies, where byelections are being held on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), are among the 38.31 lakh voters in West Bengal who remain disenfranchised due to the crawling pace of work at the Appellate Tribunals where…

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Construction of Vaduthala railway overbridge, Perandoor-Vaduthala bridge to begin on October 7

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Construction of Vaduthala railway overbridge, Perandoor-Vaduthala bridge to begin on October 7

The inauguration of the construction of the Vaduthala railway overbridge and the Perandoor-Vaduthala bridge will be held on October 7. Public Works Minister P.K. Basheer will inaugurate the construction. The projects are expected to alleviate traffic congestion in Ernakulam city, according to a statement. The new bridge, which is being constructed across the Perandoor Canal…

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Traffic police arrest 25 persons involved in bike racing in various parts of Chennai

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Construction of Vaduthala railway overbridge, Perandoor-Vaduthala bridge to begin on October 7

The City Traffic Police have rounded up 16 persons, who were involved in bike racing, and seized 11 two-wheelers used for these stunts on Sunday.  A senior official of the City Traffic Police said in the early morning on Sunday, a group of 15 to 20 unidentified individuals were engaged in stunts on two-wheelers near…

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Jus’ Onco opens sixth cancer care centre in Kottivakkam

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Jus’ Onco opens sixth cancer care centre in Kottivakkam

The centre was inaugurated by actor and South Indian Artistes’ Association president Nasser, in the presence of Nirmala Jayashankar, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Apollo Hospitals, and Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director and Head of Oncology, Utkal Hospital, Bhubaneswar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jus’ Onco, a cancer-care initiative focused on making oncology treatment accessible and…

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