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The bodies of T. Chongloi, 21, and Paoginlal Hangsing, 20, missing from Taphou Kuki since 29 October, were found in gunny bags in Senapati on 1 November. Kangpokpi protests turned violent, with tear gas and baton charges. Tribal groups blame Naga militants; the NPO wants an independent probe.
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Iran's Guards say two tankers, one a supertanker, exploded after hitting mines in Hormuz on 1 November, a claim not independently verified. Brent fell about 2% to around $111 as Iran said Qatar's two-day plan to reopen the strait is on the table. India sources 35–50% of crude via Hormuz.
Amita Sahani2 min
Police moved the phone-tapping case against BRS leader T. Harish Rao from Panjagutta to Siddipet One Town station and registered a fresh FIR with five or six added sections, naming him accused no. 1 and ex-DCP Radha Kishan Rao no. 2. Harish Rao calls it political revenge.
Amita Sahani2 min
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on 31 October that they agreed to work on a Black Sea grain corridor. Erdogan urged Russia and Ukraine to stop attacks on civilian ships. No terms or timeline were given and Moscow's reaction was not reported.
Amita Sahani2 min
Carlos Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-4 in the Vienna Open final on 1 November without dropping a set all week. It is his 28th career title and fourth of 2026, and he extended his unbeaten run at ATP 500 events this year to 16 matches. He takes on Paris Masters next.
Amita Sahani2 min
Cyclonic Storm Murasu is forecast to become a severe cyclonic storm on Monday and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur from about 11:30 pm on 2 November to 4 am on 3 November, with winds of 100 to 110 km/h. A red alert is out for coastal Andhra; Odisha is on alert.
Amita Sahani3 min
US District Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary order on 30 October barring the Justice Department from threatening election officials into halting ballot processing, after it warned California officials about up to 20,000 ballots. It expires after Election Day on 3 November; the DOJ appealed.
Amita Sahani3 min
DeepSeek's Harness team released a prototype of Super-Agent, an open-source coding agent aimed at Anthropic's Claude Code, which can monitor developer group chats and suggest fixes unprompted. It was announced on WeChat; DeepSeek warns sessions run with full access and advises a separate OS account.
Amita Sahani2 min
Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the 16-coach Bengaluru-Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper on 1 November. It runs six days a week, leaving Bengaluru at 7:45 pm and reaching Mumbai CSMT at 11:55 am. Fares are reported at Rs 2,810 (3AC), Rs 3,630 (2AC) and Rs 4,450 (1AC); regular service starts 2 November.
Amita Sahani3 min
The INDIA bloc held its Chalo Dilli rally at Ramlila Maidan on 1 November demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal. Rahul Gandhi said polls in five states were manipulated and Kumar would go; J.P. Nadda called it designed drama. Organisers expected 10 lakh, police 50,000.
Amita Sahani4 min
Bungie's Head of Product, Josh Deane, said on 30 October that Destiny's plans do not depend on Marathon and told players not to buy Marathon as a donation, after a 29 October update was read as tying the two. Marathon: Symbiosis is due in December and the next big Destiny update in February.
Amita Sahani2 min
Quad foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta on 31 October said they will provide more than $85 million for trusted AI in the Indo-Pacific, and the US pledged $10 million for minerals recycling in India and ASEAN. They back navigation in Hormuz; a leaders' summit is expected in mid-November.
Amita Sahani3 min
