As many as 500 Durga Puja pandals have come up in Patna in brazen violation of the district administration order not to encroach upon roads. The pandals are leading to heavy traffic snarl-ups, posing a huge challenge to cops.
8:5A Haaretz investigation alleges that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, warning that Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.
8:7German police launched a major security operation after suspected improvised rocket-launch devices were reportedly discovered near a power substation close to the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany.