Two alleged criminals were shot in the leg during an encounter with the Special Staff team of Northeast Delhi Police in the Usmanpur area, police said on Monday. The encounter took place on Sunday night after the two allegedly opened fire at the police team. Around 26 rounds were fired by both sides during the exchange.
The United States has reportedly withdrawn all of its long-range bombers deployed at Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase and sent the aircraft back to their home stations in the US following an unspecified new threat. The development comes as British authorities continue to investigate an alleged Iranian plot targeting the military facility, where American aircraft had been stationed.
Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami, who attacked Indian Captain Smit Machchhar in an attempt to seize control of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, may have shut down the aircraft’s engines and tried to crash the Boeing 737 in the Saudi desert after his alleged plan to bring it down in Tel Aviv failed, according to an investigation by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera cited by Ynet News.
TV actor Avinash Mishra has emerged as the winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi 15. The actor defeated Orry and Ritvik Dhanjani in the final showdown of Rohit Shetty’s stunt-based reality show and lifted the coveted trophy. The finale was filmed in Mumbai and is being aired over two nights on Colors TV, with the winner being announced during the finale telecast.
The Asian Games 2026 came to an end, and every participating nation gave its best effort in a variety of games. It is interesting to note that the Indian contingent finished with a total of 107 medals to its name, and the 2026 edition of the Games ended with India with a total of 85 medals.
Filmmaker and producer Nag Ashwin paid tribute to veteran director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao following his death on October 3. Rao passed away in Chennai at the age of 94 due to age-related health illness. Known for his experimental storytelling, the filmmaker continued working on new ideas and thinking about cinema until his final days. As a tribute, Nag Ashwin shared the title of Rao’s last screenplay on social media.
The final electoral roll for Uttarakhand, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), lists around 71.58 lakh voters, nearly 8 lakh lower than the number of electors at the start of the revision process. The final list was released on Saturday (October 3).
India cannot provide any deadline for the return of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as Dhaka’s extradition request is still being examined through a legal process, Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi said on Saturday.
The identities of the two additional pilots who helped bring a flydubai flight under control during a mid-air cockpit attack remain undisclosed, even three days after the incident. Flydubai has only said that the two were members of its crew who were travelling as passengers on the same aircraft. The airline has not explained why their identities have not been made public.
As the Middle East conflict continues to escalate, US President Donald Trump said Washington will decide on Iran, warning that the outcome would come either the “easy way or the hard way” while asserting that Tehran has been “decimated”.
