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Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to the King of Jordan, Abdullah II. Both the leaders exchanged views on the developments in West Asia.

The ongoing Middle East conflict has boosted investors’ preference for gold which has resulted in upward price mobility in the asset class. Gold prices have remained well supported at $1,880 and $1,860 levels.

India's legendary left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on Monday, aged 77. Bedi played 67 Tests for India between 1967 and 1979, taking 266 wickets at an average of 28.71, apart from making 656 runs with the bat.

In a shocking incident, M. Srinivas, a close associate of Karnataka Home Minister Dr G. Parameshwara, was hacked to death by a gang here on Monday. The deceased was also close to former speaker and senior Congress leader Ramesh Kumar.

In a joint statement on Monday, the Shin Bet intelligence agency and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that airstrikes have destroyed 320 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said his main priority was to bring back home the hostages who were taken captive by the Hamas after the militant group launched its massive assault against the Jewish nation on October 7.

Top BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and national President J. P. Nadda will soon join the campaign for the November 7 assembly elections to be held in Mizoram.

He said that unlike in the past, the armed forces now are equipped with advanced weaponry including drones, heliborne operations and UAVs and are ready to adapt to new frontiers like Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security.

An apparently fairly important leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Muhammad Qassem Sawalha, lives in London in a flat he bought from the local Barnet Council.

The Mizo National Front (MNF) government’s decision to provide shelter to around 50,000 fellow Chin-Kuki-Zo tribals from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur is likely to yield a rich electoral dividend for the MNF in the November 7 assembly elections.

India on Sunday said that it invoked diplomatic parity on Canadian diplomats present in the country owing to "continuous interference" in its domestic affairs.

The Income Tax department has seized about 300 kg of unaccounted gold from four jewelry shops in Proddatur town in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district. The I-T Department officials from Vijayawada and Tirupati seized the gold during the searches for the last four days. 

However, it is also facing strong opposition from the US not to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon, which fears a two-front war will risk igniting a major regional conflict, The Guardian reported.

“We were happy and a peaceful family when all of this happened, suddenly. Omar along with few of his friends had gone to attend the world famous Nova Music Festival at the Gaza border,” Malki told IANS.

India has sent humanitarian aid to war-torn Palestine, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said on Sunday in a post on X that an Indian Air Force flight carrying more than six tonne of medical aid and more than 30 tonne of disaster relief material has departed for Egypt.

The five-day long Durga Puja festivities have gripped the people of the northeastern states, especially the puja revellers in Assam and Tripura. The festivities being organised in ethnic violence devastated Manipur in much subdued manner.

Hundreds of Israelis including men, women and children were seen demonstrating on streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday urging people across to the globe to help in bringing back those who have been held hostage by Hamas since October 7.

US had hastened pouring arms and ammunition into Israel since the war-time visit of President Joe Biden to Tel Aviv with 45 cargo planes loaded with armaments dispatched to reach the strife torn country.

A tribunal set up by the Centre will adjudicate whether there is sufficient cause for declaring the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) as "unlawful associations" under Unlawful Activities of (Prevention) Act.

In a significant breakthrough, Tripura Police successfully apprehended an associate of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) a banned outfit of Tripura on Wednesday late night.

In a dramatic turn of events, MNREGA workers from various villages including Mainama, Jamirchhara, and North Dhumachara rallied together and held protest after locking Manu RD Block office. The protest was sparked by the delay in settling their pending wages, despite promises made by local authorities.

The protesters cited the absence of proper roads, electricity and potable water as their primary grievances. The lack of these basic amenities has not only hindered accessibility but has also jeopardized the residents' overall quality of life.

In yet another boost to the connectivity of the Northeastern states of Tripura, the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Thursday flagged off Agartala-Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak weekly express train service from Agartala railway station.

The incident took place in July in Sadar hospital where one Sulekha Devi was admitted after she developed labour pains. She delivered a healthy baby via C-section but the doctors left a piece of surgical sponge in her abdomen.

The Biden administration has privately been urging Israel not to launch a military campaign against Hezbollah, as Washington works to keep the current war from spreading beyond Gaza, media reports said.