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TCS Nashik case: Hunt on for absconding female employee; cops reach Mumbai, husband questioned

Nashik Crime Branch officers are actively searching for a female employee, an accused in a TCS harassment and alleged religious conversion case, who has been absconding and residing in Mumbra for two months. Her husband is currently in police custody and undergoing questioning as the investigation intensifies. This developing story highlights the ongoing efforts to apprehend the suspect.

Australia's most decorated veteran walks free on bail on war crimes charges related to Afghan deaths

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, walked free on bail from a Sydney prison on Friday, 10 days after he was charged with war crimes in the killings of five people while serving in Afghanistan.Judge Greg Grogin granted Roberts-Smith bail in a Sydney court around five hours earlier, ruling the former Special Air Service Regiment corporal had established exceptional circumstances to justify his release from custody. Prosecutors had opposed bail...

Zavateri fancied for Greenham glory at Newbury

The Weekend Winners panel return to preview a big day of racing from Newbury, headlined by the Group 3 Greenham Stakes.A field of eight have assembled for the seven-furlong contest, headed at the time of writing by the Eve Johnson Houghton-trained Zavateri and Aidan O'Brien's Albert Einstein.

Germany Issues Security Alert to Its Citizens Following Blida Bombing Attacks

Rabat – The German Federal Foreign Police has issued a security alert, following a double bombing that struck Blida, Algeria, on April 13. The German office called on its citizens to continue checking social and local media for the latest security information, as well as to follow instructions from local security forces. “Avoid demonstrations and large gatherings of people and pay attention to unusual events,” the alert reads. It notably urged its citizens to be careful, especially when tr...

Mother and son who abused foster children branded ‘scum’ by victim at sentencing

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Bomb scare at Hyderabad metro station turns out to be firecrackers in dustbin

Bomb scare at Hyderabad metro station turns out to be firecrackers in dustbin

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Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead, missing in shipwrecks in 2025: UN

InternationalNearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead, missing in shipwrecks in 2025: UNBy AFP -Apr 17, 2026Geneva: Last year was the deadliest on record for Rohingya refugees fleeing by sea, with deaths continuing to soar in 2026, the UN said Friday, after hundreds were lost in a shipwreck earlier this month. “In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal,” the United Nations refugee agency’s spokesman Babar Baloch told a press briefing in Gen...

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Pokémon cards worth tens-of-thousands stolen in smash-and-grab crime spree

Pokémon cards worth tens-of-thousands stolen in smash-and-grab crime spreePokémon cards have been collected and traded for 30 years, but since Covid they have attracted more attention online, with some of the rarest selling for huge sumsNewsPhil Cardy Senior Reporter12:46, 17 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesThieves are targeting Pokemon cards(Image: Vernon Yuen/Nexpher via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)Smash-and-grab robberies have hit Pokémon card shops across the UK with collectible cards worth tens-of-th...

Kensington Gardens shut as police 'assess items'

Kensington Gardens shut as police 'assess items'9 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePA MediaThe gardens have been closed for the day, the Royal Parks saidThe gardens have been closed for the day, the Royal Parks saidPolice are "assessing a number of discarded items" in London's Kensington Gardens after a video was shared online in which a group claimed to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel with drones carrying dangerous substances.The Metropolitan Pol...

Rahul Gandhi on quota Bills, the key talking points: ‘Govt redrawing electoral map while hiding behind women’

LoP launches scathing attack on government ahead of voting in Lok Sabha, alleges it is “trying to avoid giving representation” to OBCs.

Armed robbers held 25 people hostage in Naples bank heist before ‘fleeing through sewage tunnels’

NewsWorldEuropeArmed robbers held 25 people hostage in Naples bank heist before ‘fleeing through sewage tunnels’The incident took place in broad daylight with armed police flown in from Tuscany to deal with the crisisMaira Butt Friday 17 April 2026 12:39 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true...

French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention centre ordeal

Marie-Thérèse Ross was arrested on 1 April and held in a Louisiana facility by immigration officials A French woman in her eighties who was arrested and placed in a US immigration detention centre has flown home.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Marie-Thérèse Ross in Alabama on 1 April after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to the US Department of Homeland Security. The 86-year-old widow was being held at a federal immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Continue...

As Morocco’s Fields Boom, West African Workers Fill the Gap Local Labor Left Behind

Marrakech – Morocco’s agricultural sector is surging back to life after seven brutal years of drought, but the hands tending its crops increasingly belong to workers from thousands of miles away. In the Chtouka plains south of Agadir, pickup trucks ferry sub-Saharan African migrants past a sprawl of plastic greenhouses that supply fresh produce to supermarkets across Europe and West Africa. Many of these workers, largely from French-speaking nations like Togo, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire, o...

'I'm a bin man and there's 1 material people need to stop putting in recycling now'

'I'm a bin man and there's 1 material people need to stop putting in recycling now'A UK bin man has urged all households to stop putting one common material in their recycling bin, as many might not realise it can't be recycled - which can lead to your bin not being emptiedCommentsNewsAlice Sjoberg Social News Reporter12:28, 17 Apr 2026View ImageA bin man has urged people to stop putting one thing in their recycling bin (stock image)(Image: Getty)A bin man in the UK has...

Elliot Anderson posts touching tribute to his mum after heartbreaking death

Elliot Anderson posts touching tribute to his mum after heartbreaking deathElliot Anderson was not available for Nottingham Forest’s Europa League clash with Porto due to the sad death of his mother and the England midfielder has now posted a lovely tributeCommentsSportDaniel Orme Sports Writer12:27, 17 Apr 2026Updated 12:28, 17 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesElliot Anderson posted a touching tribute to his mother after her sad death(Image: @elliotandersonn/Instagram)Elliot Anderson has paid a touching tr...

Iranian migrant who tried to burn down home wins reprieve against deportation because he threatened to take his own life

Iranian migrant who tried to burn down home wins reprieve against deportation because he threatened to take his own lifeBy JACK HARDY, NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:24, 17 April 2026 | Updated: 12:25, 17 April 2026 e-mail View comments

Half-siblings' secret relationship uncovered after police order DNA test for child

Half-siblings' secret relationship uncovered after police order DNA test for childPolice became suspicious during a domestic incident when they found a man being called "daddy" by a child to whom the man was supposedly the uncle, leading to a DNA testNewsBradley Jolly Overnight News Editor and Thomas Cooper12:21, 17 Apr 2026Updated 12:21, 17 Apr 2026View ImageNorth Staffordshire Justice CentreTwo half-siblings have appeared in court — after having a child together.‌The defendants,...

Himachal woman marries South African man in traditional ceremony

Himachal woman marries South African man in traditional ceremony