The US Consulate General Chennai will reopen and resume visa services on October 23. Only applicants with appointments that day can visit. Canceled appointments from October 22 are being rescheduled. American Citizen Services will resume, but American Center Chennai, EducationUSA, and USIEF
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami offered prayers and performed rituals at the world-renowned Kedarnath Dham temple before its closure for the winter season.
Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district was lashed with heavy rains, receiving seven cm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, and the administration is on a high alert, an official said.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to immediately close transport check posts on all roads across the Telangana State, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release.
The remains of two fallen hostages returned from Gaza were identified as Aryeh Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar on Wednesday morning, bringing closure to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where both hostages lived.
Due to the heavy rain warning, all schools in the Chennai district will remain closed, as announced by Chennai District Collector Rashmi Siddharth Jagade, IAS, on Tuesday.
Thieves stole jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, arriving on a scooter with chainsaws and using a goods lift. French Culture Minister Rachida Dati confirmed the break-in, saying "No injuries reported." The museum closed for the day "for exceptional reasons."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (local time) ordered the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to remain closed "until further notice", shortly after the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo announced that the crossing would reopen on Monday, October 20.
India's Technical Mission has been operational in Kabul since June 2022, providing limited diplomatic and humanitarian engagement after the closure of the Indian Embassy in August 2021, following the withdrawal of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan.
Congress Leader and Minister of Labour Department of Karnataka, Santosh Lad, reacted to Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty's decision not to participate in the socio-economic survey.
Israel's Zikim Beach, next to the Gaza Strip, will reopen to the public on Thursday for the first time in two years, the Israel Defence Forces announced.