The Telangana government has constituted a six-member committee of senior officials to probe fire accident near Charminar, which claimed 17 lives.

The committee has been asked to conduct an investigation and submit a report on the cause of the fire and the action taken by various departments for rescue and relief.

The government has also asked the panel to suggest measures to be taken to prevent such accidents in future. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, who is in-charge minister for Hyderabad, on Tuesday announced the committee.

It comprises Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHM) Commission R. V. Karnan, Hyderabad Collector Anudeep Durishetty, Hyderabad Police Commissioner C. V. Anand, Director General of Fire Services Nagi Reddy, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner A. V. Ranganath, and Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) Musharraf Ali Faruqui.

Rain continued to lash Bengaluru city on Tuesday, throwing traffic out of gear, submerging several areas and causing immense problems for the people.

The downpour inundated arterial and ring roads, resulting in the slow movement of vehicles across the city.

The Majestic, K.R. Market, Jayanagar, Chamarajpet, Banashankari, Shantinagar, Vijayanagar, Chandra Layout, Rajajinagar, R.T. Nagar, Hebbal, Malleshwaram, Koramangala, Kamakshipalya, Nagarbhavi, Peenya, and BTM Layout localities witnessed heavy rain in the night, which continued in most of the areas on Tuesday morning as well.

Many localities have witnessed waterlogging, and in some places, uprooted trees have affected the traffic.

Evacuations have been ordered and more than 20 people rescued amid flooding in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).

The State Emergency Service (SES) in NSW late on Monday night issued emergency warnings for residents of the towns of Dungog and Paterson, over 140 km north of Sydney in the state's Hunter region, advising them to evacuate by 11:30 p.m.

"If you remain in the area, you may become trapped without power, water, and other essential services. It may be too dangerous for NSW SES to rescue you, and buildings may not be able to withstand the impact of flood water," it said.

Separate warnings issued in the early hours of Tuesday morning for parts of the Hunter towns of Bulahdelah and Gloucester urged residents to evacuate before 6 a.m.

Gurugram-based renewable energy player ACME Solar Holdings Limited has reported a steep decline of over 77 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in its consolidated net profit, which dropped to Rs 122 crore in the March 2025 quarter (Q4 FY25).

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 532.3 crore in the same period last financial year, according to its stock exchange filing.

For the full financial year (FY25), ACME Solar’s net profit declined by around 64 per cent to Rs 250.8 crore, compared to Rs 697.7 crore in FY24.

The sharp fall in profits came despite a strong rise in revenue. The company's revenue from operations in Q4 stood at Rs 486.88 crore, up from Rs 295.16 crore a year ago -- marking a YoY growth of nearly 65 per cent.

Total income also increased significantly to Rs 539.2 crore in Q4 FY25, from Rs 318 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal -- showing a 69.56 per cent rise.

Australia's conservative Coalition has split after the National Party announced it would not re-enter a partnership with the Liberal Party following a historic defeat at the federal election.

David Littleproud, leader of the Nationals, on Tuesday said that the party has made the decision not to enter into a new Coalition agreement for the 48th parliament after a breakdown in negotiations with new Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

It comes after the May 3 election for the 48th parliament, at which the governing centre-left Labor Party was re-elected in a historic landslide.

"The National Party will sit alone on a principle basis," Littleproud told reporters in Canberra.

"On the basis of looking forward, not having to look back, and to try and actually regain important policy pieces that change the lives of the people we represent."

Singapore reported 151 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2024, with 78 of them diagnosed at a late stage of infection, according to the latest data released by the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA).

About 62 per cent of the newly reported cases were detected during medical care, with the majority already in the late stage of HIV infection.

The fact that more than half of the new cases were diagnosed late is a cause for concern, Wong Chen Seong, head of the national programs for HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections under the CDA, told local media.

He said that although both early- and late-stage patients can typically suppress the HIV viral load to undetectable levels after three to six months of treatment, those diagnosed at a late stage often already suffer from serious complications due to weakened immune systems.

South Korean nationals living or staying abroad went to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president as overseas voting was underway ahead of the June 3 election, according to embassy officials.

The out-of-country voting will run for six days, with more than 258,000 South Korean nationals, including those registered as absentee voters, eligible to vote at 223 polling stations across 118 countries.

In Japan, some 38,000 out of 411,000 South Korean nationals aged 18 or over with voting rights registered to vote, the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo said.

Polling stations have been set up in Tokyo and other major cities like Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Sapporo, Sendai and Fukuoka.

With media reports citing cases of Covid-19 infections surging in Southeast Asia, bringing fresh fears about the disease that affected millions of people and the global economy, health experts on Tuesday dismissed them as seasonal trends of flu.

As per media reports, the weekly Covid-19 infections in Singapore surged by 28 per cent from 11,100 in late April to 14,200 in the first week of May, with hospitalisations also rising 30 per cent.

Hong Kong recorded 31 virus-related deaths in the week ending May 3, the city’s highest weekly toll in a year. New infections in Hong Kong rose to 1,042 in the week ending May 10, up from 972 the previous week.

Six people were killed as a passenger vehicle collided head-on with a bus in the Mahishbathan-Kathalia area of West Bengal's Nadia district on Tuesday.

The identities of the persons killed in the road accident are yet to be disclosed by the Nadia district police.

An official from the district police said that a van, carrying passengers, was en route to Digha in East Midnapore from the Najirpur area in Nadia district.

"The head-on collision between the van and the bus, also loaded with passengers and coming from the opposite direction, happened on the Krishnanagar-Karimpur state highway near Mahishbathan-Kathalia area. The accident happened at around 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday," said the Nadia district police official.

All the people killed in the accident were the van occupants. The impact of the collision was that the van got crumpled, following which the bodies of the passengers got stuck.

On the occasion of NTR Jr.'s 42nd birthday on Tuesday, the makers of “War 2” unveiled a fiery teaser of the upcoming film, featuring Hrithik Roshan and the South superstar as they go head-to-head, declaring “war” on each other.

The over one-minute video suggests that the second installment will feature action and drama on a higher scale than what audiences saw in War (2019), which showcased Tiger Shroff and Hrithik Roshan blazing guns at each other. The video also showcased a glimpse of actress Kiara Advani and Hrithik’s romance.

The actors took to Instagram, where they shared the first look and the link to the teaser in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. The high-intensity movie poster features the two muscular men in tactical combat gear, standing back-to-back.