Breaking news: Gas leak in cold drink manufacturing unit in Bengal's Kamalgazi

Several workers of a cold drink manufacturing unit located in Kamalgazi area fell ill following leakage of toxic gas on Monday, police told news agency PTI. The gas leakage was reported at around 4pm. 

Iran again launched deadly missile strikes overnight into Monday against Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq whom it accuses of ensuing widespread unrest inside the Islamic republic, reported AFP.

"I regret to inform that 162 are dead," West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said in a video seen by AFP. Adam, the spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town in West Java, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, confirmed the toll to AFP.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday discontinued the filling of mandatory Air Suvidha forms for international passengers.

Three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Latehar district on Monday, police said. They belonged to the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP).

Meta Platforms Inc. is facing demands that it stop harvesting personal data for targeted advertisements in a fresh UK lawsuit, reported Bloomberg.

Nursery admission process for 2023-24 session in Delhi's private schools to begin from December 1, reports PTI citing Directorate of Education.

The Artemis mission 1 Orion spacecraft has performed its first powered lunar flyby. It made its closest approach to the lunar surface passing within 80 miles (128 kilometres) on its way to a lunar orbit.

An ammonia gas leak in a beverage factory at South 24 Parganas near Kolkata has triggered panic. However, no casualties or injuries were reported so far.

Indonesia earthquake update: At least 56 people were reported dead while another 700 injured in the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that rattled the country this morning, reported AP.

South Korea's new president has suspended his routine morning Q&A sessions with journalists after row over coverage of his remarks caught on a hot mic in the United States, reported AP.

The Delhi High Court on Monday said that broadcast on the Delhi excise policy scam cases should be "in tune with official press releases" by the CBI and the ED and comply with guidelines, reported PTI.

Seven students fainted after inhaling toxic gas released due to burning coal in a coal depot located close to the their school, in Madhubani on Monday.

Rupee declines 11 paise to close at 81.85 (provisional) against US dollar on Monday.

Delhi Police files application in city court for polygraph test of Aaftab Poonawala, hearing likely tomorrow.

PM Modi will handover about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits on November 22 under Rozgar Mela organised across India at 45 places, reports ANI citing ministry.

In the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Congress will file fresh review plea in the SC, challenging the decision to release convicts.

Nearly 20 people have been killed and at least 300 injured in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, a local official from the town worst-hit by the tremor told local media, according to AFP reports.

Amid the tussle between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and the Pinarayi Vijayan government, Khan on Monday said he would not allow favouritism and nepotism in appointments in state universities, ANI reported.

Supreme Court calls the Morbi bridge collapse an "enormous tragedy", requests the Gujarat HC to take up the suo motu matter on a periodical basis to ensure all aspects of proper probe, fixing accountability & adequate damages for the victims are duly addressed.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 rattled the Indonesian capital Jakarta for several seconds on Monday, the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG) said, according to AFP reports.

Railways Minister on Monday announced ex gratia ₹5 lakhs each for the kins of the deceased. ₹1 lakh in case of grievous injury and ₹25 thousand in other injury cases involved in the Korai goods train derailment in Odisha's Jajpur district.

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking the transfer of the Shraddha Walkar murder case from the Delhi Police to the CBI. As the incident occurred 6 months ago, the petition cited a lack of sufficient technical and scientific equipment to find evidence.