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The Israeli military has said that ground troops have been operating inside the Gaza Strip.In a statement Friday, the army said 'troops had entered Gaza to battle militants, destroy weapons and search for evidence about the missing hostages held by Hamas'.Meanwhile, Hamas officials say that 70...
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Indian IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) on Friday said that it has about 130 employees in Israel and the staff is safe.The company is constantly monitoring the situation, CEO and Managing Director C Vijayakumar told PTI.HCLTech does not have any business in Israel but some software...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here has busted multiple national and international drug syndicates and seized cocaine and alprazolam worth Rs 135 crore by arresting a total of nine persons, a senior official said on Friday. Three of the arrested persons are foreign nationals, he said.As...
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At least 16 students of a civic school in Mumbai's Govandi area were hospitalised on Friday after they fell ill due to suspected food poisoning, an official said. These students belonged to Anik Gaon school of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic official...
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The tiffin boy and the owner of a hostel for coaching students in Rajasthan's Kota district were arrested on Friday in connection with the repeated rape and blackmail of a 15-year-old NEET aspirant, police said.The girl from Bihar -- who had been living in the hostel with her sister -- alleged in...
20:31
Microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter, faced an outage on Friday with several users, including those in India, reporting issues while refreshing or posting new content on the social media platform. According to the outage monitoring website, Downdetector, the number of X outages...
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The police in Canada's Durham region in Ontario province are looking for a suspect who broke into three Hindu temples and stole a large amount of cash from the donation boxes.Durham Police Department said in a statement on Wednesday that a 5'9 male, weighing nearly 91 kg and walking with a limp,...
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The police in Maharashtra's Thane city have arrested three persons for their alleged role in a financial crime that involved breaching the system of a payment gateway service provider and siphoning off more than Rs 16,180 crore, an official said on Friday.He said one Amol Andale alias Aman, who...
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Police heads of various units across Gujarat have been instructed to be on 'alert mode' and keep a close watch on anti-social elements as well as sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident during and after the India-Pakistan World Cup cricket match to be played on Saturday in Ahmedabad, state...
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Veteran journalist and former Delhi resident editor of The Week magazine and Malayala Manorama daily, K S Sachidananda Murthy, died at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday. Murthy, 68, had recently undergone a lung transplant surgery, and was on ventilator for the past few days, sources...
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Renowned Hollywood star Michael Douglas will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, Union minister Anurag Thakur announced on Friday.Thakur shared the news in a post on microblogging site X, saying that the actor will also...
18:28
After safely evacuating 212 Indian nationals from Israel, the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv is facilitating more flights, including one on Friday evening, amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict.India launched 'Operation Ajay' on Thursday to facilitate the return of those who wish to return home following...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the second straight session on Friday following selling in banking, financial and select IT shares amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped by 125.65 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 66,282.74 as 16 of its...
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Hamas's appalling attack on Israeli civilians has been widely described as the country's '9/11 moment'. It is an appropriate description of such wanton cruelty. But the analogy carries a cautionary note as well, writes Kenneth Roth. Read the column here.
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Austin Lloyd was at the Nato conference before he headed to Israel
Minister of Defense of Israel Yoav Gallant says, When you (US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin ) said that you stand with Israel, you showed up. You stand here with us. You have shown us what it means to be an ally, to be a friend, to be a brother... I briefed the secretary on strategic...
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Gaza residents have begun moving. Cars, motorcycles, trucks, loaded with possessions; people travelling with cows, camels, sheep and donkeys, to seeming safety.Lots of families on foot, they've already had to walk several kilometres, the BBC reports. The UN has warned that any movement of...
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Comedian Zakir Khan, achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Asian comedian in the world to headline the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London with his show Mannpasand. This show was Zakir's first biggest single indoor show that was held at the 152-year-old, historic Royal Albert...
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Mourners attend the funeral of four Palestinians. Ammar Awad/Reuters
Forget about food, forget about electricity, forget about fuel. The only concern now is just if you'll make it, if you're going to live, said Nebal Farsakh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza City, as she broke into heaving sobs. The war has already claimed over...
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Burnt cars at the music festival, the site of the Hamas attack. Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters
A number of Jewish schools in London have informed parents that they will remain closed on Friday due to security fears amid the conflict in Israel after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled additional funding support targeted at enhanced protection for the country's Jewish communities...
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Israelis wheel the bodies of a couple killed at the music festival. Shir Torem/Reuters
An Israeli embassy staffer has been hospitalized after being attacked in China's capital city Beijing, The Times of Israel reported citing Israel's Foreign Ministry. The diplomat is in stable condition, the report said. A motive behind the attack, which did not occur at the embassy is...
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A Delhi court on Friday sent AAP leader Sanjay Singh, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, to judicial custody till October 27. Special Judge M K Nagpal sent Singh to jail after the probe agency produced him before the court on expiry of his...
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Glad to be home and traumatised by what they had seen in the last few days, the first batch of over 200 Indians returned from Israel on Friday with the sound of air raid sirens, rocket fire and screams ringing loud in their ears. Israel witnessed a surprise and unprecedented attack by Hamas in...
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Global growth is forecast to slow from 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3 percent in 2023 and 2.9 percent in 2024. The global outlook is supported by continued consumption dynamism in the US, but faces pressures from China's worsening property crisis, tight policy stances around the world, the consequences...
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Israeli police at the Old City of Jerusalem. Ammar Awad/Reuters
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that fighting against Israel might open on other fronts if Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, Iranian state-owned news network Press TV reported.Upon his arrival in Beirut on Thursday, the Iranian minister said, Some European...
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Smoke billows in Gaza. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Israeli defence forces armed with tanks are positioning themselves on the country's southern border with Gaza after the Israeli military on Friday called for the evacuation of all civilians from Gaza City. Israel last invaded the enclave in 2014.The Israeli Defence Forces has asked civilians...
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Israeli soldiers take position near the border with Gaza. Reuters/Amir Cohen
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are visiting in Israel today. The US's top diplomat Antony Blinken is already in the region talking to leaders.US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived Friday in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv to...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and portal's human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA. Dismissing their plea challenging the...
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Mourners at the funeral of a Palestinian teen killed in clashes with Israeli forces. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
Hamas on Friday told Palestinians living in Gaza not to leave their homes, reports CNN. Hamas, which governs the territory, accused Israel of engaging in psychological warfare by sending messages that told Palestinian civilians and employees of international organizations to evacuate to the...
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A protester holds up portraits of Israeli hostages as she attends the "Stand-with-Israel" rally in Tokyo. Reuters/Issei Kato
Massive images of Israeli hostages, including of babies, elderly men and women were projected at the side of the United Nations headquarters in New York, demanding the release of the hostages in Gaza.The images of the hostages projected at the UN headquarters, by a group of Israelis living...
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Israelis soldiers rest near tanks. Reuters/Amir Cohen
The Israel Defence Forces, in a first since the war between Israel and Hamas began, have acknowledged failures that aided Hamas' infiltration and attacks leading to mass killings on Saturday, The Times of Israel reported.The death toll in Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7 has jumped to...
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Ruins of a Palestinian house hit by Israeli strikes. Reuters/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, on Friday said Israel aims to strip the terrorist group, Hamas, of all its military capabilities.He noted that Israeli Defence Forces will continue to operate with significant force in Gaza, adding that they aim to...
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Smoke rises from an air strike on Gaza. Reuters/Suhaib Salem
Israel delivered an even broader evacuation order giving almost half of tiny Gaza's population 24 hours to flee to the territory's south to the UN, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. The directive came on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to...
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Here once stood a building in Gaza. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
A visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, along with shipments of US weapons, offered a powerful green light to Israel to drive ahead with its retaliation in Gaza after Hamas' deadly attack on civilians and soldiers, even as international aid groups warned of a worsening humanitarian...
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A woman takes shelter among her bombed out house. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Gilad Erdan, the country's ambassador to the UN, said Israel was giving an early warning to the residents of Gaza and was trying to minimise harm to those not involved in its military operation against Hamas.For many years, the UN has turned a blind eye to the arming of Hamas and its use of the...
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A lit up skyline after intensive bombing of Gaza. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
The Israeli military has told the United Nations that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza in the next 24 hours, says a UN spokesperson, reports the BBC.The UN says this amounts to approximately 1.1 million people -- about half the population of the entire Gaza...
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During 20th round of military talks, the two countries also agreed to not carry out any provocative action during winter and be in close communication. Read more here
10:05
Aftermath of an Israeli strike in Gaza. Reuters/Stringer
At least 1,537 Palestinians have been killed and 6,612 others have been injured amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, CNN reported citing Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.At least 36 people have died and more than 650 have been injured in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,...
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Israel bombing has resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries to civilians
As Israel's counter-offensive on Hamas entered its seventh day, Israeli Air Force has said that Air Force fighter jets attacked operatives of the terrorist group Hamas and destroyed its military posts. In a post shared on X, Israeli Air Force stated, Air Force fighter jets attacked...
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The United States will arrange for charter flights to evacuate its citizens from Israel, the White House said Thursday. So far, 27 American citizens have died in the attacks by palestinian militant group, Hamas and 14 remain unaccounted for. India is the first country to evacuate its...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said that any person has the right to enter a temple anywhere, urging RSS cadres to work for eliminating caste-based discrimination which he said brings disrepute to the entire Hindu community.Speaking before a gathering of local...
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The Congress is going to vacate its 'war room' located at Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, according to the party sources. The 'war room' has been running since 2008, and all the important party meetings were held there. This bungalow is allotted in the name of former Bengal President of the...
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A flight carrying the first batch of Indians, who were stranded in Israel amid the ongoing war, landed in New Delhi under 'Operation Ajay' on Friday morning. As many as 212 Indian nationals from Israel have arrived at the Delhi airport. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar was present...
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The railways is planning to launch Vande Bharat Sleeper Coach and Vande Bharat Metros soon, Railway Board secretary Milind Deouskar said on Thursday. We are planning Vande Bharat Sleepers and Vande Bharat...
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Unaccounted cash to the tune of over Rs 20 crore and 31.9 kg gold was seized at various places in Telangana after the model code of conduct came into force on October 9. A total of Rs 20.43 crore in cash, 31.979 kg gold, 350 kgs...
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The design of a mosque to be built on a five-acre land in Ayodhya's Dhannipur village awarded by the Supreme Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid verdict has been changed, Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation said on Thursday. The IICF, a trust formed to build the mosque and other community...
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing his partner multiple times, as the woman ignored him for days, in South West Delhi district, the police said on Thursday. Today at 6.20 an, a PCR call from Lado Sarai Firni road was received about the incident, the Delhi police said. As...
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Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday donated Rs 5 crore to the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee after offering prayers at the Badrinath temple in Chamoli district and Kedarnath temple in Rudraprayag district. Upon reaching Badrinath, Mukesh Ambani and his family were...
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Founder and editor-in-chief of NewsClick, Prabir Purkayastha/ANI
The Delhi high court will pronounce its order on Friday on the pleas by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the portal's human resources department head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest in a case lodged under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly...
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