Morning Digest | November 11, 2025

At least 9 dead, several injured in blast in Delhi

A high-intensity explosion in a slow-moving car outside the Red Fort in central Delhi left at least nine people dead and more than 20 injured on Monday (November 10, 2025), sparking a nationwide alert and a probe involving multiple agencies. A person in whose name the car was registered was detained in Gurugram, Haryana.

Bihar: Final phase polling in 122 seats will decide the fate of 1,302 candidates

The second and final phase of polling of the Bihar Assembly election in 122 Assembly constituencies spread across about 20 districts will take place on November 11, and 1,302 candidates are in the fray. Polling will also be held in Jharkhand’s Ghatshila, which is going to bypoll. According to data from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the polling will be held at 45,399 polling stations in Bihar — 5,326 of them in urban areas and 40,073 in rural areas.

Sergio Gor sworn-in as U.S. Ambassador to India

Praising India as “one of the world’s oldest civilisations” and “the largest country in the world”, United States President Donald Trump presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Sergio Gor as the next U.S. Ambassador to India, underscoring the vital importance of the U.S.-India partnership. Mr. Trump said he was entrusting Mr. Gor to further strengthen strategic, economic, and security ties with New Delhi, while deepening America’s “fantastic relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

David Szalay wins Booker Prize for fiction with his novel ‘Flesh’

Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of an ordinary man’s life over several decades in which what isn’t on the page is just as important as what is. Mr. Szalay, 51, beat five other finalists, including favourites Andrew Miller and Kiran Desai, to take the coveted literary award, which brings a £50,000 ($66,000) payday and a big boost to the winner’s sales and profile.

2,900-kg IED-making material recovered, 7 arrested as J&K Police bust inter-State terror module

The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police have busted an “inter-State and transnational terror module”, arrested seven people, and seized 2,900 kg of improvised explosive device (IED)-making material in the past 15 days, officials said on Monday. A Srinagar-based police spokesperson said the terror module was linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

Supreme Court says women are the ‘largest minority’, notes their receding presence in Parliament

The Supreme Court described women as the “largest minority” in India whose presence in the Parliament is steadily receding. “Why not give women representation even without reservation?” Justice B.V. Nagarathna, heading a two-judge Bench and the Supreme Court’s sole woman judge, observed on Monday (November 10, 2025)

Supreme Court refuses to entertain Amritpal Singh’s plea challenging his detention under NSA

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 10, 2025) refused to entertain a plea filed by radical preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh challenging his detention under the National Security Act. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria asked Singh to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court with his plea, and asked the high court to decide his petition within six weeks.

One family member arrested in minor girl’s rape case in Bengal

Hooghly Rural police arrested one person in connection with the rape case of a minor girl at Tarakeswar, near Kolkata, police said on Sunday (November 9, 2025). The minor was sleeping beside her grandmother on the road when she was abducted. The crime took place on Friday (November 7, 2025) night. According to the grandmother of the minor survivor, she was abducted around 4 a.m. in the night and was later found in a pool of blood near the Tarakeswar railway high drain the following afternoon on Saturday (November 8).

Trump says U.S. getting close to reaching a trade deal with India

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (November 10, 2025) the United States was getting close to reaching a deal with India that would expand economic and security ties between the two countries, boost U.S. energy exports and promote investments in key U.S. sectors.

We need to create conditions for real, sustainable change: Sri Lankan PM

India and China have shown enormous goodwill towards Sri Lanka and recognise the island nation as an important partner, the country’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said. In an interview to The Hindu marking one year of the National People’s Power (NPP) government, she said that bringing stability and fostering a new political culture were the government’s biggest successes, even as taking the state machinery along remained a challenge.

Trump threatens to sue BBC; its chair admits ‘error of judgement’

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $ 1 billion over the way it edited a video of a speech he gave on January 6, 2021, before a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. A letter sent to the BBC from Mr. Trump’s lawyer demanded a full apology, retraction of the documentary and for the BBC to “appropriately compensate” Mr. Trump.