As many as 19 passengers of the Bagmati Express (Train No. 12578), which derailed at Kavaraipettai on the night of October 11, have been admitted to hospital.

The condition of four passengers is reported to be serious.

Southern Railway has already launched a high-level probe into the accident.

It may be recalled that the Bagmati Express, running from Mysuru to Darbhanga in Bihar, collided with a stationary goods train at 8:30 PM on Friday.

A Philippine soldier shot dead his wife, his mother-in-law, and a male driver inside an army camp in Isabela province in the northern Philippines, a military spokesperson said Friday.

Lieutenant Colonel Louie Dema-ala said the shooting happened around 2 pm on Thursday, resulting in the death of the three, news agency reported.

Dema-ala said the soldier was arrested shortly after the shooting and is now being detained at a local police prison.

"The suspect is already under police custody, along with the firearm used at the crime scene," said Dema-ala.

Food prices in New Zealand increased 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to September 2024, following a 0.4 per cent increase to August 2024, New Zealand's statistics department Stats New Zealand revealed on Friday.

The annual increase was driven by higher prices for restaurant meals ready-to-eat food, and grocery food, which were up 3.5 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively, news agency reported.

The price increase in restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food was due to higher prices for lunch or brunch, takeaway coffees, and hamburgers, it said.

Higher prices for olive oil, butter, and chocolate biscuits drove the price increase in grocery food, Stats New Zealand consumer prices manager Nicola Growden said.

Myanmar authorities have seized 70 kg of ketamine in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police intercepted a vehicle in Tachileik town of Shan state on Thursday and seized the drugs, Xinhua news agency reported quoting the CCDAC.

Two suspects onboard the car were arrested for the case. Further investigation was underway.

Earlier on September 28 Myanmar's naval authorities seized 1.478 million stimulant tablets in western Myanmar's Rakhine state.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced early Friday that Muhammad Abdullah, head of the Islamic Jihad's network in Nur Shams was killed following an Israeli airstrike on the area of Tulkarm in the West Bank.

Another Palestinian militant was also killed in the attack, the IDF said in a statement, news agency reported.

Abdullah was the successor of Muhammad Jabber, head of the Islamic Jihad's network in Tulkarm who was killed by Israel on August 29, said the statement.

The IDF held Abdullah responsible for organising attacks in the area and being involved in numerous attacks in recent months, saying that he was also active in deploying explosives against IDF soldiers operating in Tulkarm.

Japanese car maker Toyota have confirmed their return to Formula 1 for the first time since 2009 after signing a technical partnership with the Haas F1 Team that begins immediately.

Under the new multi-year agreement both parties will share expertise and knowledge, as well as resources – with Toyota Gazoo Racing providing design, technical and manufacturing services while Haas F1 Team will offer technical expertise and commercial benefits in return.

"With an objective to advance Haas F1 Team’s development and competitive element within Formula 1, Toyota Gazoo Racing will further develop its own knowledge and skills in a variety of areas through its involvement with the team competing at the leading edge of global motorsport," the Formula 1 team said in a statement.

Twenty labourers were killed and six others injured in attacks on multiple coal mines in Pakistan's Balochistan province in the wee hours of Friday morning, officials said.

The incidents happened in the Duki district of the province, where unidentified attackers targeted at least ten coal mines with hand grenades, killing and injuring the labourers working inside, the district's political head Haji Khairullah Nasir told media.

He said the attackers set the mines and extraction machinery on fire before fleeing the scene. The district's police told the media that some of the miners were grouped and shot dead by the attackers, news agency reported.

At least five inmates, accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case, escaped from Assam's Morigaon district Jail on Friday, officials said.

The inmates were identified as Saifuddin, Jiyarul, Nur Islam, Mafidul, and Abdul Rashid.

According to police, the inmates allegedly used blankets, lungis, and bedsheets to scale the jail walls after breaking the iron rods of their respective barracks.

"The incident occurred around 2 a.m. The jail wall is about 20 feet high; however, the prisoners used blankets, lungis, and bedsheets to make a long thread to escape the tall boundary," the police claimed.

Noel Tata on Friday was unanimously appointed as Chairman of Tata Group's philanthropic arm Tata Trusts during a board meeting to discuss the group's succession plans after the demise of Ratan Naval Tata at age 86.

The board decided to appoint Noel Tata, Ratan Tata's half-brother, who is on the boards of several listed company firms, including Tata Steel and Voltas.

The decision to appoint Noel Tata as chairman was keeping in mind Ratan Tata’s approach of 'moving on’.

According to reports, Mehli Mistry is set to be appointed as a permanent trustee of Tata Trusts. Mehli is the estranged first cousin of former Tata Group chairperson, the late Cyrus Mistry.