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Pakistani-origin student held after weapons cache found with ‘kill all’ manifesto
Law enforcement officials in Delaware have taken into custody 25-year-old Luqmaan Khan after discovering a cache of firearms, ammunition, body armour and a handwritten manifesto that allegedly outlined plans for a mass shooting on the campus of University of Delaware. Khan was arrested on 24 November 2025 following a...
European pressure mounts on India as Putin lands for high-stakes state visit
Leaders from Britain, France and Germany have urged New Delhi to use its influence over Vladimir Putin to press for an end to the war in Ukraine, just hours before his two-day state visit to India begins Thursday. That diplomatic push, reported to have been conveyed privately over several...
Mosque near Kolkata airport disrupts secondary runway operations
The Bankra mosque, located within the operational footprint of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, has been officially acknowledged by the government as a structure that displaces the secondary runway’s threshold by 88 metres, limiting the runway’s full utilisation. The disclosure came in the Lok Sabha in response to...
Mamata Banerjee pledges no detention camps amid SIR vote-roll drive
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has vowed that her government will not establish any detention camps or send residents to detention centres as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls — a statement aimed at allaying fears over potential mass disenfranchisement. She addressed residents in...
IndiGo crew crunch and tech glitches trigger sweeping flight cancellations
The aviation regulator DGCA has opened a formal investigation into IndiGo after the airline cancelled dozens of flights in Delhi and hundreds across the country, citing a confluence of operational failures and regulatory challenges. On 3 December 2025, IndiGo axed 38 flights at Delhi’s main airport and reported cancellations...
Bangladesh ex-army general calls for dismemberment of India for peace in Dhaka
Brigadier General Abdullahil Amaan Azmi asserted that Bangladesh will not find “full peace” unless India breaks into pieces, triggering outrage and raising fresh concerns over regional stability. Azmi made the remarks during a public forum in Dhaka where he accused India of perpetually fomenting unrest within Bangladesh, including involvement...
