An explosion at an illegal firecracker godown in Boudh killed two people, injured six, and led to a major police operation and NH-57 blockade by villagers.

The live-in partner of a woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her five-year-old daughter in a fit of rage in Haryana’s Rewari district, police said on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday issued a warning to Britain, Canada, and Australia after the three countries formally recognised a Palestinian state and accused them of “rewarding terror” in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack.