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The leader of opposition Animesh Debbarma expressed his concern over the increasing rate of drug menace across the state on Sunday and demanded the government to form committees with MLAs.

The mayor actively engaged with residents to gather input on the ongoing and proposed development work. He expressed his determination to beautify the city of Agartala, ensuring that it remains a vibrant and livable space for its citizens.

Minister of State (Mos) External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi said on Sunday that efforts are on to bring back its students stuck in Israel in the wake of a terrorist attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Meanwhile, Air India has suspended its operations to and from Delhi-Tel Aviv till October 14, in response to the ongoing Hamas offensive that erupted on Saturday, resulting in the tragic loss of lives and leaving several people injured.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top military adviser said Tehran supported the attacks by Hamas against Israel and would continue to back the Islamist fighters “until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem”, the media reported.

The majority of the casualties took place on Saturday evening when women went to various ghats to have holy bath on the festival of 'Jitiya', a local festival wherein mothers keeps fast for her children's well-being.

At least 12 Nepali nationals have gone missing in Israel after Palestinian terrorist group Hamas launched an offensive from the Gaza strip into Israeli territory, Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud said on Sunday.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) unveiled their new flag on Sunday aiming to better align with the values of its air warriors during the annual day parade at Air Force Station Bamrauli, in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has been on a face-off with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ever since he defeated Vaibhav Gehlot, the CM's son, in the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 from Jodhpur, which has been Gehlot’s home turf for the last four decades.

The CBI conducted searches at the residence of West Bengal minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Sunday in connection with the agency’s ongoing probe in the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities’ recruitment case.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is poised to embrace the challenges of the 21st century, with a commitment to modernisation, innovation, and international cooperation, said Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on the 92nd IAF Day.

The everyday life of the 44 families in Gobindapur village at the India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Karimganj district is not normal as the village falls in the no man’s land zone between the International Borders of the two countries, separated from the mainland by a barbed wire fence.

As per information from the media cell of the Police Commissionerate Gautam Budh Nagar, Jagbir Singh Rathi (50), living in Police Station Beta-2 area, hanged himself from a tree near Gamma-One. He was a businessman and the reason for his suicide is said to be family dispute.

The unceasing five-month long ethnic conflict in Manipur, apart from claiming over 180 lives, leaving a trail of destruction and displacing over 70,000 people of various communities, has also exhausted the dreams of a large number of people, especially students studying professional courses.

The recent initiative by the West Bengal women and child development and social welfare department in association with UNICEF to roll out religious texts from different religions to spread childcare messages has received major accolades from different sections of the society.

On Israeli television, family members of the dead, and of dozens of missing people taken hostage by Hamas, wept down phones as they described how their homes and communities had been attacked while families slept.

The Karnataka government on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of 13 people who were charred to death after a fire broke out at a firecracker shop-cum-godown in the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Fourteen persons have escaped miraculously from the shop, located at Attibele in Anekal Taluk, before the fire engulfed it. Emergency services along with fire tenders rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire.

Mohammed Deif, the Hamas commander in Gaza, called for an all out attack on Israel on Saturday morning in a message that was posted on social media, a media report said.

A senior Hamas leader said that the group has captured enough Israeli soldiers during an unprecedented attack against Israel to make Israeli authorities free all Palestinian prisoners from its jails, Al Jazeera reported.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, on Saturday denied allegations of sexual harassment levelled by some women wrestlers, and claimed that one of them accused him as she failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

The Palestinian armed group Hamas has launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel in the most serious escalation since Israel and Hamas fought an 11-day war in 2021, a media report said.

Assam Police have seized narcotic substances worth Rs. 3.5 crore in Karimganj district and arrested three persons in connection, a senior officer said on Saturday.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Prime Minister said, “Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.”

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that he hoped to see a de-escalation in diplomatic tensions between India and Canada after New Delhi asked Ottawa to withdraw its 41 diplomats by October 10 amid worsening ties.