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Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged with the country’s police and intelligence leadership during the second day of the closed-door annual security conference in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The discussions focused on strengthening India’s internal security and addressing a wide range of national security challenges.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has raised concerns over India's declining population growth rate, stating that society will perish if the rate falls below 2.1. Speaking at the ‘Kathale Kul (Clan) Sammelan’ in Nagpur, Bhagwat emphasized the integral role of families, or "kutumb," in sustaining society. He referred to Loksankhya Shastra, a science of population, which indicates that a population growth rate below 2.1 would lead to societal decline.

In a tragic accident in Maharashtra, at least 10 people were killed and several others injured when a state transport bus overturned on the Gondia-Arjuni road. The incident occurred in Bindravana Tola village, Gondia district, during the early hours of Saturday. The bus, which was traveling from Bhandara to Gondia, reportedly lost control, causing it to flip over on the side of the road.

The historic Udaipur City Palace reopened its gates on Thursday evening, bringing an end to a four-day closure that had caused major disruptions in the city. The closure was the result of a dispute over the coronation rituals within Udaipur's former royal family.

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.

In a shocking incident on Thursday, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team conducting a raid in connection with a cyber fraud case was attacked in...

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.