News updates: Indian national killed, another injured in Muscat mosque shooting in Oman

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An Indian national was killed and another injured in a shooting incident at a mosque in Muscat city in Oman on Monday, according to a statement released by the Indian Embassy on Tuesday. The Indian Embassy offered its condolences and all assistance to the families. In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in Muscat said, "Following the shooting incident reported in Muscat city on 15 July, Foreign Ministry of Sultanate of Oman has informed that one Indian national has lost his life and another is injured. Embassy offers its sincere condolences and stands ready to offer all assistance to the families."

At least six people have been killed and 28 others wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Oman in a rare act of violence in the Gulf nation, Al Jazeera reported.

Mihir Shah, the main accused in the Worli BMW crash case was  sent to judicial custody by a Mumbai court till July 30 today. Shah, the son of a Shiv Sena politician, was taken into custody after he allegedly rammed his BMW into a two-wheeler, leading to the death of 45-year-old Kaveri Nakhwa.

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's statement came days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the Haryana government to open the barricades at the Shambhu border on "experimental basis". Farmers have been camping at the border since February 13.

A Delhi court had on Monday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

At least five persons were killed and 42 others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims hit a tractor on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, police said on Tuesday. The bus was carying 54 'warkaris' (devotees of Lord Vitthal) who were on their way to Pandharpur for the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations from their hometown Dombivli in Thane district near Mumbai, they said. The accident took place at around midnight near Panvel in Navi Mumbai, an official said. While on the expressway, the speeding bus hit the tractor.

Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, succumbed to their injuries after an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Monday. 'Kashmir Tigers', a shadow group of Pakistan-backed terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), claimed responsibility for the attack. The Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police had begun a joint operation in the Desa area of Doda based on specific information about the presence of terrorists. "Contact with terrorists was established at about 9 pm in which heavy firefight ensued. Initial reports suggest injuries to our bravehearts," the Army said on X on Monday night.

At least four people were left dead and multiple others injured in a shooting incident near a mosque in Oman's Wadi al-Kabir, the Omani Police said on Tuesday. Officials added that processes for collecting evidence has begun. "The Royal Oman Police dealt with a shooting incident in the vicinity of a mosque in the Wadi Al Kabir region, which resulted in the death of four people and the injury of a number of others, according to preliminary information", Royal Oman Police's post on X said.

Noting that the central government  is “still dragging its feet over the sensitive issue of repatriating” the Pakistani prisoners who are in custody despite completion of their sentences, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a warning to the Centre  that that it will impose an exemplary cost on it if  due action is not taken by the next hearing. The development comes after the Centre told the court  that the repatriation of six Pakistani civil prisoners out of 30, is likely to be conducted on July 26.