Alethman News: top stories

Inmates at the Thekkampatti sub-jail allegedly feigned a medical emergency and attacked guards on the night of October 26. Recapture counts rose over the following day as police searched forests and checkpoints.

23 h ago24 sources26 outlets covered it

A Renfe AVE train struck an Iryo train on the Madrid-Andalusia line on Wednesday morning. Reported deaths climbed through the day from 10 to as many as 68, and the cause was not established in the coverage.

Oct 2929 sources34 outlets covered it

The honour recognises the crew's conduct on flight FZ1073 on September 30, when the captain was attacked in the cockpit. Outlets across the spectrum told the story the same way.

Oct 2913 sources13 outlets covered it

Indian and European outlets report that Serbia's leaderless Student List won a parliamentary majority after a snap vote, with preliminary seat counts and turnout figures differing slightly between reports.

Oct 2819 sources19 outlets covered it

The BJP-JD(S) alliance swept all four Karnataka council seats and Prime Minister Modi used the ballot-paper polls to needle the Congress, but the Congress kept the Nagpur Division Graduates' seat in Maharashtra after a count of more than 40 hours.

Oct 2932 sources24 outlets covered it

Chennai police arrested the former DMK school education minister hours after the court rejected his plea in an alleged private school approvals case. Outlets differ on the sum involved, citing Rs 100 crore or ₹17.26 crore.

23 h ago20 sources22 outlets covered it

The Centre told the court no coercive action would be taken against the actor, a US citizen and OCI cardholder, before the next hearing. The legality of the notice has not yet been argued on the merits.

23 h ago25 sources25 outlets covered it

Reports say the increase lifts DA from 60% to 63% with effect from 1 July 2026. Outlets differ on beneficiary numbers and on the day of the meeting.

23 h ago15 sources17 outlets covered it

Indian outlets agreed on the filing's headline numbers but split over whether the compute bill and losses undercut a record valuation, with some leading instead on the company's own warnings about AI risk.

Oct 2811 sources11 outlets covered it

India's defence minister met the US Secretary of War on the sidelines of the ASEAN defence meeting in the Philippines, where both sides reviewed the 10-year framework. One report says Singh also raised US support for Pakistan's F-16 fleet.

23 h ago19 sources20 outlets covered it

Police have detained a suspected weapon supplier and invoked MCOCA against 11 accused. Reports carry police-sourced accounts of a suspected Bishnoi gang link and of other possible targets.

Oct 2914 sources19 outlets covered it

As of 00:15 IST on October 30: IMD says very severe cyclonic storm Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between about 02:00 and 08:00 IST on October 28 with winds of 125-135 km/h gusting to 150. Andhra Pradesh's chief minister put deaths at seven (The Times of India: nine); Odisha reported none but had floods in Ganjam and Gajapati; the remnant weakened to a depression. The October 27 forecast sections are kept as written.

Oct 2789 sources

Evacuation orders for about 16,000 residents have been lifted and the fire was 80% contained on October 19. A lawsuit blames utility equipment; SDG&E says there is no basis for the link and the cause is under investigation.

Oct 206 sources

Six people died in Istanbul and two in neighbouring Kocaeli after torrential rain on October 14, the governor said. Around 3,000 homes and businesses were badly damaged, with Sarıyer the hardest-hit district.

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Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP prompted emergency patches and site shutdowns across Europe, Nepal and elsewhere. Several outlets credited artificial intelligence with the discovery; explainer pieces attributed it to developers and researchers.

Oct 2312 sources12 outlets covered it

An October 10 advisory tells Meta to avoid exposing users to a single or limited set of narratives and to add context to content on public events. Critics call it a censorship directive.

Oct 196 sources6 outlets covered it

ISRO said on October 16 that ground tests at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre validated the system that will separate the Gaganyaan crew capsule from its service module before re-entry. No launch date for the first uncrewed mission has been announced.

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As of 15:42 IST on October 27: centuries from Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma lifted India to 328/6 and Vaishnavi Sharma's 4/39 held Zimbabwe to 207 in Sunday's second ODI; the third is on October 28.

Oct 2713 sources13 outlets covered it

The two-time Olympic medallist took the opening game at Arena Grand Paris before the world No. 1 won the next two. Indian outlets split on whether the week counted as progress.

Oct 2615 sources15 outlets covered it