bengaluru l tuesday l October 21, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 18 l late city EDITION Amazon cloud outage affects Internet services for hours Many popular internet services and some banks went offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon’s crucial cloud network issue resolved after over four hours AWS, the cloud leader Amazon’s Prime Video, Disney+, Perplexity AI, Airbnb, Snapchat, & Duolingo were hit. Messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp were also affected in Europe, a website monitoring internet problems said. Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s maintenance site fixed the underlying DNS issue over four hours after they became aware of “increased error rates” hitting multiple services ■ It is followed closely by Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud ■ AWS handles nearly a third of the planet’s cloud infrastructure market, powering millions of apps and websites around the world ■ AWS said Monday’s problem appeared to originate in one of its critical infrastructure zones located in the US state of Virginia 8.5 mn devices were affected in a 2024 outage due to faulty update by CrowdStrike CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Coordination of forces brought Pak to its knees during Op Sindoor: PM Modi says since 2014, new indigenous ship or submarine added to Navy every 40 days Rajesh Kumar Thakur @New Delhi In keeping with his longstanding tradition of celebrating Diwali with the armed forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again marked the festival with service personnel on Sunday and Monday This year, he . celebrated Diwali with Navy officers and sailors aboard the INS Vikrant, off Goa coast. During his visit, the Prime Minister interacted with the Navy’s bravehearts, sat with them and shared meals, cementing not just an official connection but an emotional bond with the naval personnel, symbolising his role as a guardian of the nation. Addressing the sailors and officers, he said on Monday that the exceptional coordination among the three armed forces -- fear instilled by the Navy, extraordinary skills of the Air Force and bravery of the Army -- forced Pakistan to its knees during Operation Sindoor in no time. On Atma Nirbharta, he said, “We are proud that our armed forces have made rapid strides toward self-reliance in the past PM Narendra Modi with Navy personnel aboard INS Vikrant during his Diwali visit, off the coast of Goa and Karwar, on Monday | PTI India on verge of eradicating Maoists: Modi Panaji: India is on the verge of eradicating Naxal-Maoist terror and more than 100 districts freed from this scourge will celebrate Diwali with dignity this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. He lauded the bravery of the security forces, saying they have reduced Maoist influence to just 11 districts, from 125 districts a decade ago | P9 decade. Our armed forces made a list of thousands of items and decided that these will no longer be imported. As a result, most of the essential equipment for the forces is now being produced within the country .” Cracks in Bihar grand alliance as Cong, RJD candidate list clashes R a m a s h a nk a r @ Patna The rift within the opposition Mahagathbandhan widened on Monday after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) released a list of 144 candidates, hours after the Congress finalised five more names, taking its tally of candidates to 61 for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The RJD’s final list sets the stage for a direct contest between the two major partners of the ‘grand alliance’ -- part of the INDIA bloc -- in five seats. They will also have to contend with the CPI, another key ally , in three-four seats if an agreement is not reached. This has led to confusion among workers of the various parties. Alliance leaders said that there is still scope for an agreement as the last date of withdrawal of names for the second phase is Wednesday. In the meantime, RJD put to rest rumours that it would contest Kutumba, held by Congress state JMM pulls out Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has decided not to contest the Bihar election. The party had earlier announced plans to contest six seats. Alleging a political conspiracy, the JMM blamed its allies, the RJD and the Congress, for its withdrawal. president Rajesh Ram. On Monday, Ram filed his papers from the constituency . Both the RJD and the Congress have fielded candidates in Narkatiaganj, Lalganj, Vaishali, Sultanganj and Kagalgaon. Similarly the Congress and the , CPI have fielded candidates in Bachhwara, Kargahar, Biharsharif and Rajapakar. However, in a relief to the Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate for Gaura Bauram, Santosh Kushawaha, RJD chief Lalu Prasad issued a letter clarifying that the seat has been allotted to VIP . Further highlighting the achievements in the defence manufacturing sector, he said, “Defence production in over 11 years has more than tripled. Just last year, it crossed a record of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Since 2014, on average, one new indigenous warship or submarine is being added to the Navy every 40 days.” He said, “Our missiles like BrahMos and Akash proved their capabilities in Operation Sindoor as well. BrahMos — just the name alone creates fear. Now, several countries around the world want to buy these missiles. Bharat is now building the capacity to export weapons and defence equipment for all three services.” Russian oil Trump says India to pay ‘massive tariffs’ A g e n c i e s @Washington US President Donald Trump said India is going to pay “massive tariffs” if it continues to buy oil from Russia, while reiterating that he got assurance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that New Delhi is going to halt its oil purchases from Moscow. Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One, Trump said India will “continue to pay massive tariffs” if they do not cease buying oil from Russia, adding that “they (India) don’t want to do that”. Trump was replying to a question about India’s recent remarks on oil purchases from Russia. India last week said it is “broad-basing and diversifying” its sourcing of energy to meet market conditions, hours after Trump claimed that Modi assured him that New Delhi will stop procuring Russian crude oil. Trump said he does not believe India made such remarks. “But I don’t believe they said that. No, I spoke with Prime Minister Modi of India, and he said he’s not going to be doing the Russian oil thing,” the US President added. Washington has been maintaining that India is helping Putin to finance the Ukraine war through its purchase of Russian crude oil. Stampede-like situation at CM’s event, 13 fall ill ‘Angrezon ke zamane ke jailor’ Asrani passes away at 84 E x pr e s s N e w s S e r v i c e S h r e ya s Pa n d e @ Mumbai In all, 13 women and children fell ill during the Ashoka Jana Mana event at Kombettu Ground at Puttur on Monday . CM Siddaramaiah attended the event, organised by Puttur MLA Ashok Rai, to distribute plates and clothes to the public for Deepavali. The programme started late and concluded by 4pm. As the crowd exceeded the stadium capacity several people , especially women and children felt suffocated and fell ill soon after the CM left the venue around 4 pm. Lunch too was served around that time. “The situation was caused when people rushed to the spot where lunch was being served and gifts given out,” a police source said. P7 Veteran actor Govardhan Asrani, known for his impeccable comic timing and striking onscreen presence, passed away at the age of 84 on Monday after a prolonged illness in Mumbai. Asrani was admitted to Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital in Mumbai four days ago after he experienced dif ficulty in breathing. Doctors said water had accumulated in his lungs. In a career that spanned over five decades, Asrani acted in over 300 films. The actor’s first artistic stint was at All India Radio, where he worked as a voice artist. The acting bug struck Asrani in 1960, and he moved to Mumbai. He later joined the Film and Television Institute of India in 1964. @ Mangaluru After passing out of the institute, Asrani acted in Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan (1967), and for two years after that, the actor worked prominently in Gujarati films. It was Hrishikesh Mukherjee who offered him a supporting role in Satyakam (1969), which ushered his return to Hindi cinema. In 1972, his collaboration with Mukherjee for Bawarchi marked an important shift in his career and cemented his position as an actor with natural comic rhythm. His antics found a louder release later in the iconic Sholay (1975), where he played the role of an eccentric jailer. He appeared in close to 100 films from 1970 to 1979, and his collaborations with Rajesh Khanna was celebrated for its quality and longevity P7 . Veteran of 300 films Asrani had acted in over 300 films in a career spanning over five decades. He has largely played character roles, and has garnered wide acclaim for his impeccable comic timing ‘mental harassment’ Ola engineer kills self, FIR against Bhavish, others Ashwin, a businessman, told TNIE that they got suspicious after Rs 17.46 lakh was transA 38-year-old homologation ferred to his brother’s account engineer at Ola Electric Com- after the latter’s death and three pany, Koramangala, died by people claiming to be from Ola suicide by consuming poison, came to their house and gave leaving a 28-page handwritten some vague explanations. death note, accusing Ola “When we checked, we found founder Bhavish Aggarwal the 28-page detailed handwritand other senior staff of men- ten death note by my brother in tal harassment and financial his room. The matter was imexploitation. Ola, in a state- mediately brought to the notice ment, said the engineer had of the police, after which a case never raised any comof abetment to suicide plaint or grievance rewas filed,” he added. garding his employSince the complainment or harassment, ant did not initially and challenged the FIR know the exact reason against its CEO and for his brother’s death, others before the Karhe filed a complaint susnataka High Court. pecting foul play. The The deceased, K ArSubramanyapura poavind, was a resident of Bhavish Aggarwal lice had registered a Manjunathanagar in case of Unnatural Chikkalasandra. He reportedly Death Report under Section died by suicide on September 194(3)(iv) of the Bharatiya Na28, and the jurisdictional Sub- g arika Suraksha Sanhita ramanyapura police registered (BNSS). a case of abetment to suicide Aravind studied engineering (BNS 108) against Bhavish at a city-based college and was Ag arwal, Subrath Kumar a mechanical engineer. He was Dash, Head of Vehicle Homolo- unmarried and was staying gations and Regulations, and with his parents. “My brother others on October 6, based on was working as a Homologathe complaint by 41-year-old tion Engineer at Ola Electric Ashwin Kannan, Aravind’s Company, Koramangala, since brother. 2022,” Ashwin said. P3 E x pr e s s N e w s S e r v i c e @Bengaluru express read Man, wife electrocuted in Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada: A man and his wife were electrocuted after coming into contact with an overhead cable line that had fallen in front of their house at Honnavara in Uttara Kannada district on Sunday evening. The villagers staged a dharna in the hospital demanding action against Hescom authorities | P6 6 JNU students booked a day after clash New Delhi: The Delhi Police booked and bound down six students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), including three office-bearers of the students’ union, on Monday, a day after the students’ clash with the police left several injured.