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An explosion occurred at Abundant Life Fellowship Church on State Route 12 in the town of Boonville, New York, leaving five people injured. The New York State police have started the investigation. The authorities said that the first responders were dispatched around 10.23 am (US time) after reports of a gas odour inside the church, and witnesses told investigators they smelled gas before the explosion.In a statement to Newsweek, state police said a Boonville firefighter was inside the building during the response when the blast occurred, and that two people — the firefighter and one civilian — were in critical…

New Delhi: Is this court going to monitor every murder or violent incident happening in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked while hearing a plea concerning the alleged killing of three BJP workers after the 2018 local bodies elections in the state.A bench of justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria asked the petitioner why he has not approached the Calcutta High Court with his grievance.Senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia, who had filed the plea in 2018 and was also appearing for the brother of one of the deceased, gave a brief background of the case and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that 2,000 Ukrainian children had been brought back from Russia and Russian-occupied land since the start of the war, but that thousands more remained “captive.” Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has been accused of forcibly transferring around 20,000 children from parts of Ukraine seized by its army. The International Criminal Court in 2023 issued an arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his children’s rights commissioner “for the war crime of unlawful deportation” of children. news Pro-Kremlin Accounts Using Epstein Files to Push Conspiracy Theories – Research Read more Kyiv…

Mumbai: In the aftermath of the fatal Mulund Metro accident, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has initiated a region-wide structural safety drive, ordering inspections of all under-construction Metro corridors across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).Officials said the move follows the Feb 14 tragedy on Metro Line 4, where a 2.5-tonne parapet segment from an elevated viaduct fell on an autorickshaw and a car in Mulund, killing one person and injuring three others.Sources said the inspections are not limited to Metro Line 4, but extend to all ongoing elevated Metro corridors in MMR, including lines currently in advanced stages…

NEW DELHI: The online registration process for booking stalls for the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) 2027 has opened from February 16, 2026. The registration window will remain open until March 31, 2026.The 2027 edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair will be held from January 16 to January 24 at Halls 2 to 6 of Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The fair is organised by the National Book Trust under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, with the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) serving as the co-organiser and venue partner.The 54th edition of the fair will…

Bengaluru: Two dozen civic amenity (CA) sites across several urban local bodies in the state were allotted to Congress Bhavan Trust to build party offices at district and taluk levels, data from municipal administrations and urban development departments show. Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, also state Congress president, has set a target of constructing 100 Congress Bhavans across the state and had planned to lay foundation stones for several of them on the day he completed six years as KPCC president later this year. Of the 24 sites, the municipal administration department allotted 12 plots valued at over Rs 5…

Hyderabad: Telangana high court sentenced Medak district collector Rahul Raj to six months’ simple imprisonment and a fine of ₹2,000 in a contempt case for wilful disobedience of its orders in a land mutation dispute. Justice K Lakshman delivered the verdict on Feb 13 and suspended the jail sentence for four weeks to enable the officer to pursue legal remedies. The case stemmed from a petition by Nallavelli Laxmi, 51, who claimed ownership of 2.22 guntas in Bonal village of Chegunta mandal through inheritance from her grandfather. After her mutation request was rejected, she moved the high court, which in…

Chennai: North Chennai, Porur and south-western suburbs such as Kundrathur will be the focus areas at the 18th edition of FairPro, a real estate property fair organised by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI).CREDAI’s former president S Sivagurunathan, an adviser to this year’s event, said a majority of the developers are set to showcase their projects in these areas at the fair. “At least four major projects to come up in North Chennai will be showcased at the fair. Projects on the Porur–Kundrathur stretch and plots on ECR, OMR and GST Road will also be showcased,”…

Ahmedabad: A 47-year-old businessman was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his gold chain by three men near Kaushal Complex in Thaltej late on Sunday night. Bodakdev police registered an offence and initiated a probe.The complainant, Nishit Shah (47), runs an AC repair business from his residence. In his complaint filed on Feb 17, Shah stated that around 10pm on Feb 16, he stepped out after noticing a gathering near the complex and went towards Tirupati Provision Store and a nearby burger outlet.According to the FIR, a man identified as Sagar, a resident of the Malav Talav area, allegedly asked those…

Cuttack: Following allegations by a woman that her gold ornaments were not returned by the jail authorities after her release from judicial custody, the superintendent of Choudwar jail on Tuesday handed over Rs 1.9 lakh in cash to her, she said.Itishree Mohanty (32) of Sukleswar village under Mahanga police limits had alleged that after being lodged in Choudwar jail on Sept 23, 2025, she deposited her gold ornaments — a pair of 6-gram earrings, an 8-gram ring and a nose pin — with jail authorities. She was released on Dec 23, 2025.According to her complaint, when she sought the return…