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A massive fire broke out in the vehicle parking area of the Varanasi Cantt Railway Station early on Saturday, damaging at least 200 vehicles, mostly two-wheelers. The blaze, which reportedly started due to a short circuit, engulfed the parking lot, causing massive damage to the vehicles, including bicycles and motorcycles.

Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for Cyclone Fengal, which is expected to make landfall between Karaikal and Mamallapuram near Puducherry this afternoon. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast wind speeds of 70-80 km/h, with gusts reaching up to 90 km/h, along with heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several districts.

The Delhi Police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) and launched an intense investigation into the low-intensity explosion that occurred near a cinema hall in Rohini on Thursday, leaving one person injured. The explosion, which occurred almost 40 days after a similar incident near a CRPF school in the same locality, has raised concerns of chemical waste dumping in the area.

Mumbai experienced its coldest November day in eight years on Friday, with the Santacruz observatory recording a minimum temperature of 16.5 degrees Celsius. This marks the lowest temperature for the month of November since 2016, when the same station recorded 16.3°C on November 11.

An explosion was reported in the Prashant Vihar area of northwest Delhi on Thursday morning, causing panic among locals. The incident occurred at 11:48 AM near the PVR multiplex, with the blast being heard near a park's boundary wall. The explosion led to the dispatch of emergency teams, including the police, fire engines, and a bomb detection unit, along with a dog squad to the site.

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A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, sending tremors across the region. According to officials, the epicentre of the earthquake was located in Afghanistan at coordinates 36.49 degrees north latitude and 71.27 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 165 kilometers.

A depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm within the next 12 hours, prompting weather authorities to issue warnings of heavy rain and strong winds across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. As a precautionary measure, schools and colleges in the affected regions will remain closed tomorrow.

In a tragic accident early this morning, five doctors lost their lives and one was critically injured when their Scorpio SUV collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred at around 3:30 AM when the group of postgraduate trainees from the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in Saifai was returning from a wedding function in Lucknow.

Heavy rains continued to batter Tamil Nadu and its neighboring regions on Tuesday, prompting widespread disruptions and heightened preparedness measures. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued warnings of potential cyclonic activity, forecasting the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Wednesday, November 27.

The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the explosions outside Seville Bar and Lounge, owned by rapper Badshah, and De'Orra Club in Chandigarh on Monday night. The attacks, reportedly carried out due to failed extortion attempts, have sparked widespread concern.

Tensions flared in Bangladesh as police used tear gas and batons to disperse large groups of Hindus protesting the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a prominent Hindu religious leader associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Protests erupted in Dhaka and Chittagong, leading to confrontations with law enforcement amid rising concerns about the safety of religious minorities in the country.

A daring burglary at a prominent businessman's residence in Kannur, Kerala, resulted in the loss of ₹1 crore in cash and 300 sovereigns of gold. The family, who had been attending a marriage ceremony in Tamil Nadu since November 19, discovered the crime upon their return on Sunday.

A policeman sustained injuries on Monday as protests against the ₹250 crore Vaishno Devi ropeway project escalated into violence in Jammu & Kashmir's Reasi district. The demonstration, involving shopkeepers, pony owners, and palanquin operators, turned chaotic when protesters clashed with police and resorted to stone pelting, according to reports from the news agency PTI.