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Maharashtra: No vaccine jab, no salary, says Thane civic body

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has said its employees who have not taken even one dose of vaccine against COVID-19 will not be paid salaries. The decision was taken on Monday during a meeting of senior TMC officials, including civic commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma and Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske. […]

Stocks plunge on the final trading day of October as AI reckoning grips Wall Street October 30, 2026
US stocks plunged in the final trading day of the month as earnings from Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) this week rekindled concerns about the amount of money Big Tech is spending on its AI ambitions.The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) tumbled 2.8% as a tech-fueled sell-off intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 1.2%, […]
Grace O'Donnell, David Hollerith, Ines Ferré
Criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate in Alaska October 30, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation related to an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate on the ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent. The investigation has been ongoing for several months, but revelations this week […]
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, JOSHUA GOODMAN and BECKY BOHRER
Federal appeals court again denies Trump admin request to block 20,000 California ballots October 30, 2026
An open voting machine is seen at Arroyo Seco regional branch library on Oct. 27 in Los Angeles. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times)A federal appeals court for the second time Friday denied a Trump administration request to block 20,000 ballots from California voters the administration alleges may be noncitizens — ruling that the administration had […]
Kevin Rector, Brittny Mejia
Abdul El-Sayed leads Michigan Senate polls, but a divide among Dems could hurt him October 30, 2026
On Election Day, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will face off in what may be the marquee battle of the 2026 midterms: the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan. It's a contest that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats currently hold 47 Senate seats, including two independents who […]
Andrew Romano, Mike Bebernes
Pope Leo casts historic U.S. vote after years of requesting both parties' primary ballots October 30, 2026
(NewsNation) — Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot, the Vatican confirmed Friday. The Vatican said the Chicago-born pontiff submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of next Tuesday's midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation. Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, “has […]
Taylor Delandro
'I'm deeply hurt': Christa Pike speaks after surviving lethal injection October 30, 2026
Christa Pike is speaking out publicly for the first time since she survived an execution attempt by the state of Tennessee on Sept. 30."There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain," Pike said in her first public statement since the execution attempt, which her legal team shared Friday. "My […]
Tom Parfitt, Mike Bebernes, Kate Murphy
Netanyahu's party claims election was stolen as results show him losing majority October 30, 2026
Tel Aviv — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged Thursday that Israel's election earlier in the week was stolen by Arab-majority parties, helped by foreign funding that amounted to vote-buying, as final results showed Netanyahu's bloc has lost its majority in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.Israel's Arab-majority parties had their highest turnout ever in […]
Dov Lieber
House Dems probe State Department's role in Bolsonaro's escape to U.S. from Brazil October 30, 2026
House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday […]
Eric Bazail-Eimil
'It could be quite a brutal evening': GOP braces for some once-unthinkable losses October 30, 2026
Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they're set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife's edge.House Republicans are privately discussing not just if they'll lose their majority, but by how many seats. Imperiled GOP incumbents in once safe districts have been […]
Meredith Lee Hill
U.S. scraps G20 group photo after European diplomats refuse to pose with Russia's Lavrov October 30, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies appeared far apart on critical global security issues as they began meeting Friday in Atlanta, after European objections to Russia’s participation forced the U.S. hosts to cancel the traditional group photo. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled the plug after several European […]
MATTHEW LEE