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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. […]

Iran tells U.S. there is no military solution to Middle East war October 4, 2026
Ships anchored off the coast of Musandam governorate in Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday (-)Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse.A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to […]
Sebastien Ricci
2 dead and 35 injured in mass shooting at Georgia homecoming celebration October 4, 2026
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a mass shooting from early Sunday morning, leading to two deaths and dozens injured.Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls told WALB and WMAZ that two people were dead, a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man in Vienna, two hours south of Atlanta.Channel 2 Action News has a reporting team in […]
Sam Sachs
Russian drone hits Kyiv bridge as Germany's chancellor arrives to sirens and explosions October 4, 2026
A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated. Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes […]
Svitlana Vlasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN
7 men were accused of sexual assault at Cornell. Here's how the school responded. October 4, 2026
Two of the seven men accused of sexually assaulting a Cornell University student at a fraternity house in 2024 were expelled, while others were ordered to take sexual harassment training and write "reflection papers," according to university disciplinary records obtained by the New York Times.The records offer the most detailed look yet at how Cornell […]
Dylan Stableford
Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar: Where he stands on AI safety October 4, 2026
President Trump on Sunday named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his new "AI czar," adding a different category of intelligence, the "artificial" kind, to the U.S. spy chief's portfolio.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Clayton will lead a newly formed "Super Intelligence Force" alongside Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Under […]
Andrew Romano
Trump's opponents are planning how to reverse his changes to the presidency October 4, 2026
Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president’s emergency powers. Lawyers are strategizing about how to insulate the Justice Department from presidential influence. A House measure would block a president from unilaterally remodeling the White House. Ethicists are writing rules to prevent a future first family from self-dealing. Throughout Washington and beyond, […]
Naftali Bendavid, (c) 2026 , The Washington Post
More Canadians to observe permanent daylight saving time. Why can't the U.S.? October 4, 2026
(NEXSTAR) – More Canadians will not set their clocks back in November as they instead start to observe permanent daylight saving time, a move more than a dozen U.S. states stand ready to make but cannot. Spurred by a survey of nearly 72,000, Manitoba officials announced in mid-September that daylight saving time is now permanent […]
Addy Bink
Poll shows Latino voters swinging away from Trump and Republicans October 4, 2026
NBC NewsLatino voters helped propel Donald Trump back to the White House. Now, they are turning on him, according to a new NBC News/Telemundo poll — a shift that gives Democrats a major opportunity to capitalize in a 2026 election that could hinge on states and districts with sizable Latino populations.Like the broader electorate, Latino […]
Ben Kamisar
An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI. October 4, 2026
REDDING, Calif. - Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally. As the registrar of voters for this Northern California community, Curtis was both election administrator and candidate this summer. After he lost, he certified the results as “full, true and correct.” Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important […]
Patrick Marley, (c) 2026 , The Washington Post
How the aggressive lone star tick unleashed a hidden meat allergy on millions of Americans October 4, 2026
Patrick Roden-Reynolds, a public health biologist, uses tweezers to remove ticks from a deer carcass in West Tisbury, a town on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (Molly Peters / For The Times)Like a matador swirling his cape, Patrick Roden-Reynolds pulled a swatch of white flannel this way and that on the grass and leaf litter in my yard. […]
Bob Drogin
El Niño could reshape Thanksgiving and Christmas travel October 4, 2026
A potentially record-breaking El Niño could leave Thanksgiving and Christmas travelers in southern states battling storms and heavier rainfall but reduce the chance of snow and ice-related travel disruption for those in northern states, forecasters have told Newsweek.The developing super El Niño, which has already broken a 170-year record, is expected to continue strengthening over […]
Jordan King
Trump. Climate. AR-15s. The Supreme Court is about to go back to work. October 4, 2026
WASHINGTON – A new Supreme Court term will get off to a fast start when the justices on Oct. 5 take up a landmark case about climate change that could have broad implications for local governments to tackle national issues. In other politically charged cases that will be debated over the next few months, the […]
Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY
U.S. Marine detained in connection to woman's 'brutal' death in Japan October 4, 2026
A U.S. service member was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after a Japanese woman's body was discovered in a hotel in Okinawa, local officials said, describing the alleged killing as a "heinous" incident that prompted the Japanese government to lodge a protest with the United States.Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese minister of defense, said […]
KEVIN SHALVEY
Trump predicts a ‘big surprise’ for Republicans as he rallies voters in Ohio October 4, 2026
VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor, predicting that the party will defy expectations in a choppy midterm election climate.“I think we’re going to have a big surprise, because they don’t know what’s happening,” Trump said while speaking onstage inside a high school gymnasium […]
Henry J. Gomez