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The counting of votes for the 13 municipal corporations and 77 municipalities and nagar panchayats in Andhra Pradesh will begin at 8 am today. Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by the regular ballot papers, which will be sorted according to wards and divisions and arranged into bundles of 25. As per reports, this preliminary process is expected to take around one to one-and-a-half hours, after which the actual counting will begin. Officials said arrangements have been made to expedite the process, with the results for most seats expected to…

The United States ‘secretly carried out’ an attack on Iran’s Qeshm Island, marking the latest in a series of limited strikes that Washington has reportedly carried out against Tehran in recent weeks. The attacks have taken place even as President Donald Trump has spoken of the possibility of reaching a diplomatic deal with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Indian Navy has successfully rescued all 20 crew members of a fishing vessel that had been hijacked by armed pirates in the Arabian Sea, completing a challenging 48-hour operation more than 3,000 km from Mumbai. The successful mission, carried out on November 2, involved coordinated efforts to locate and intercept the hijacked Iranian vessel before securing the release of its crew and the ship.

Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell announces retirement from international cricket

Actor Imran Khan has tendered an apology before the Bombay High Court after the bench made strong observations on his participation in a protest despite holding an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, as per Bar and Bench.

Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ category on Monday morning, with several areas in the national capital recording AQI levels above 300.

Cyclonic Storm Murasu has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal and is likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between midnight on November 2 and the early hours of November 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. In its latest bulletin, the IMD said the storm moved nearly northwestwards at a speed of 20 kmph over the past six hours and was centred over the same region at 2.30 am IST on November 2.

Shah Rukh Khan is gearing up for his return to the big screen with King, scheduled to release in December 2026. The film marks his first theatrical release as a leading man since Dunki in 2023. And with his next film carrying a title that has been associated with him for years, it is a good time to look back at how Shah Rukh became King Khan.

All nine people on board a business jet were killed after the aircraft crashed into a residential neighbourhood in South Florida, officials said. The jet plunged into the Cresthaven area of Palm Beach County around 12:50 PM before bursting into a massive fireball. The crash occurred around nine miles (14 km) from Mar-a-Lago, US President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach.

New Zealand performed exceptionally well in the fifth and final T20I of the ongoing series against India. The teams met at Seddon Park in Hamilton for the clash on November 1st, and the Black Caps registered a seven-wicket victory in the clash as they chased down a target of 192 runs comfortably.