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Crime DeskRecordAsia

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Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15. Locator map (Wikimedia Commons, C1MM, CC BY-SA 4.0, markers added) of Madhya Pradesh, India, with a red dot on Gwalior in the north and a grey dot for Bhopal. Key facts: about 1:30 AM Sunday Oct 18 local time, 4 PM Eastern Saturday, police say; at least 15 killed per police, 16 per hospital officials, 26 or more injured; a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope, hit stalls and devotees and struck the gate; the truck owner and driver were arrested and police suspect mechanical failure; the chief minister removed a city police chief and suspended 8 officers, and an inquiry was ordered. Sources: Hindustan Times, Times of India. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-in-gwalior-temple. @exeindex.
News cardMap: Gwalior, in northern Madhya Pradesh; the temple is about 18 km away. Map: C1MM, Wikimedia Commons, File:Madhya_Pradesh_location_map.svg, markers added by EXE Index

Oct 18, Gwalior, India: a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope and ploughed into Navratri devotees near the Sheetla Mata temple gate, killing at least 15, police say; hospital officials put the toll at 16. The…

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Military DeskRecordKeran sector, Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Reported casualties

Infiltration bid reported in Kashmir's Keran sector

Military Desk

As stated by the Indian Express and India Today, troops challenged armed infiltrators on the Line of Control in the Keran sector of Kupwara in the early hours of 17 October 2026, and those outlets report two militants…

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Insurgent DeskRecordAsia

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One killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of Chassad

News card from EXE Index. Headline: One killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of Chassad. Map from Wikimedia Commons (based on Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Kamjong district highlighted in red in Manipur, India, with an inset of India; Chassad lies near the Myanmar border. Key facts: Oct 17, firing from about 2:20 to 3:30 PM IST, police say; 1 Kuki villager killed and 4 wounded, including the village chief (police); Assam Rifles, BSF and Kamjong police deployed to the area; Kuki groups blame Naga militants, officials call it an exchange of fire (unverified). Sources: Indian Express (police), Times of India (PTI), The Hindu. exeindex.com/insurgents. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad. @exeindex.
News cardMap: Kamjong district (red) in Manipur, India. Chassad lies near the Myanmar border. Map: Wikimedia Commons, own work based on User:Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 3.0

Oct 17: One Kuki villager was killed and four people were wounded in gunfire at Chassad, a village in Manipur's Kamjong district near the Myanmar border, police say. Kuki groups blame Naga militants; officials call it…

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Crime DeskCrimeAsia

135 kg of meth seized in Tamil Nadu; ruling-party official arrested

File, Jan 2010: Bay of Bengal at Nagapattinam beach · not from this case
File photoPhoto: Matthew T Rader · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

On Oct 16, 2026, officers of India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI, Tiruchy zone) searched homes in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. The Hindu reports 135 kg of methamphetamine was seized from the house of…

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