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If Israel does invade the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in its war on Hamas, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement has warned it may escalate its military involvement. A shell from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. BEIRUT: Israel's northern border with Lebanon is often tense, the legacy of past conflicts. But as Israel readies to invade Gaza, its army faces the threat of a two-front war. Repeated fire in recent days has claimed lives on both sides of the UN-patrolled border between Lebanon and Israel, which remain technically at war. If Israel does invade the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in its war on Hamas, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement has warned it may escalate its military involvement. Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that "we have no interest in a war in the north, we don't want to escalate the situation". He urged Hezb...

The project was launched in 2015 during the tenure of the second Oommen Chandy-led UDF government. The initiative resolved the infamous flooding that kept hitting the Thampanoor region. Kerala has been witnessing heavy rains.  THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recent reports of flooding in the city’s low-lying areas have left former Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson disappointed. Jiji, along with then Thiruvananthapuram district collector Biju Prabhakar, initiated Operation Anantha-1 in 2015 at a cost of Rs 60 crore to successfully rid the city of waterlogging following rain. However, in the absence of follow-up from successive governments in the past eight years, the effects of the drive are now wearing off. The project was launched in 2015 during the tenure of the second Oommen Chandy-led UDF government. The initiative resolved the infamous flooding that kept hitting the Thampanoor region. Though Jiji and Biju, the architects behind the revolutionary project, repeatedly warned the authorities co...

BJP’s TN unit chief K Annamalai told reporters in Coimbatore that if Udhayanidhi says we have to look at a sport as just a  sport, he too should have looked at ‘Sanatana Dharma’ as a religion. Udhayanidhi Stalin.  CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has criticised Gujarat cricket fans who raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans directed at Pakistani cricketer Mohamed Rizwan during the World Cup match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In a message on X (formerly twitter), Udhayanidhi said, “India is renowned for its sportsmanship and hospitality. However, the treatment meted out to Pakistan players at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is unacceptable and a new low. Sports should be a unifying force between countries, fostering true brotherhood. Using it as a tool to spread hatred is condemnable.” Udhayanidhi’s post garnered over a million views within a day and received over 5,500 retweets by 6 p.m. on Sunday. In the comment section, a majority of ...

The Muslim civil liberties organization called the crime “our worst nightmare,” and part of a disturbing spike in hate calls and emails since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6. CHICAGO: A 71-year-old Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 32-year-old woman was charged with a hate crime Sunday. Police allege he singled out the victims because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. In recent days, police in U.S. cities and federal authorities have been on high alert for violence driven by antisemitic or Islamophobic sentiments. FBI officials, along with Jewish and Muslim groups, have reported an increase of hateful and threatening rhetoric. In the Chicago-area case, officers found the woman and boy late Saturday morning at a home in an u...

The Army's Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps on Saturday said that Singh died while on sentry duty in Rajouri sector due to a self-inflicted gunshot injury. Agniveer Amritpal Singh NEW DELHI: The Army has said that Agniveer Amritpal Singh died by suicide by shooting himself while on sentry duty and that military honours were not extended to his funeral as deaths arising out of self-inflicted injuries are not given such honours. The Army, on Sunday, asserted that it does not differentiate among soldiers based on whether they joined the force prior to or after the implementation of the Agnipath scheme. There were allegations that the military honours were not extended to Singh's funeral as he was an Agniveer soldier. The Army's Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps on Saturday said that Singh died while on sentry duty in Rajouri sector due to a self-inflicted gunshot injury. In a statement on Sunday night, the Army said there has been some "misunderstanding ...

After conducting a post-mortem examination in the graveyard, Thondamuthur police buried the body there. Image used for representational purposes COIMBATORE: The body of a one-and-half-year-old girl child was exhumed in KG Chavadi on Thursday, 23 days after she was buried, as the child’s father raised doubts over the death. After conducting a post-mortem examination in the graveyard, Thondamuthur police buried the body there. According to police, Dhanvika Sri, daughter of Lurthuraj and Ranjitham was residing with the parents at Nethajipuram near KG Chavadi. Last September, Ranjitham went to her mother’s house at Kalikkanaickenpalayam after a dispute with her husband. On September 16, the child was admitted to a private hospital with complaints of heart problems and died the next day. She was buried in Nethaji Nagar burial ground the next day. After 23 days, the child’s father lodged a complaint with Thondamuthur police suspecting foul play in the death and demanded a post-mortem examina...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says they expect displacements - people forced to leave their homes - to increase further over the coming days. People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Oct 8, 2023. The number of displaced people in Gaza has shot up from 3,000 before the recent violence to nearly 350,000 within less than a week. There were around 3,000 displaced people in Gaza before the recent violence. That rose to 40,000 within the first day and has since multiplied eight times to nearly 350,000. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) say they expect displacements - people forced to leave their homes - to increase further over the coming days. Two-thirds of those who've left their homes - 218,597 of the 338,934 total - are being sheltered in 92 schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to Sky...

The passengers were chosen on a "first come first serve" basis after a drive launched by the Indian embassy for all Indians to register at the mission's database. The first flight bringing 212 Indian nationals back from Israel successfully landed at Delhi Airport on Friday In the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, the first flight bringing 212 Indian nationals back from Israel successfully landed at Delhi Airport on Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. India had launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those Indians who wish to come back home after a series of brazen attacks on Israeli towns by Hamas militants over the weekend triggered fresh tensions in the region. "We are thankful to India… Most of the students were a little bit panicked. Suddenly we saw some notifications and links for every Indian citizen through the embassy of India which boosted our morale. We felt like the embassy of India was connected with us which was a kind of reli...

“This evacuation is for your own safety,” the Israeli military said, in a warning it said was sent to Gaza City civilians. The flurry of directives could signal an impending ground offensive. Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Oct 12, 2023.  JERUSALEM: Israel’s military directed the evacuation on Friday of all of the hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. The order comes after Hamas militants, and the United Nations said Israel has warned it wants the evacuation of all 1.1 million people from the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The directive, which comes on the seventh day of the war after a deadly Hamas assault on Israel, directs residents of Gaza City to flee deeper south into the Gaza Strip, a narrow coastal territory. Israel’s directive charged that Hamas militants were hiding in tunnels under the city. “This evacuation is for your own safety,” the Israeli military said, in a...

The chartered plane carrying 212 Indian citizens is the first to reach New Delhi after the Centre launched Operation Ajay to bring back Indians stranded in Israel amid its war with Hamas                        "Sirens Still Ringing In Ears": Indians Back From Israel Recall War Horror  New Delhi: On landing in New Delhi after a six-hour flight, Indian students back from Israel said they cannot even describe what they went through over the past few days and that they are relieved to be home. The chartered plane carrying 212 Indian citizens is the first to reach New Delhi after the Centre launched Operation Ajay to bring back Indians stranded in Israel amid its war with Hamas. The government will be running more flights to bring back others stranded in Israel. More than 18,000 Indians are in Israel and over 6,000 have registered with the Indian embassy there for a flight back home. Dyuti Banerjee from Kolkata, who is pursui...