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Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip

Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip

CAIRO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Israeli forces widened their raid into northern Gaza, and tanks reached the north edge of Gaza City, pounding some districts of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood and forcing many families to leave their homes, residents said. Residents said Israeli forces had effectively isolated Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, and Beit Lahiya in the far north of the enclave from Gaza City, blocking access between the two areas except upon their permission for families willing to heed evacuation orders and leave the three towns. Nine days into a major Israeli operation in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run Gaza government media

Baba Siddique’s death shows poor law and order situation in Maharashtra: Mallikarjun Kharge

Baba Siddique’s death shows poor law and order situation in Maharashtra: Mallikarjun Kharge

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Oct 13 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the assassination of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique shows the poor law and order situation prevailing in Maharashtra. The people will teach a lesson to the ruling coalition government in the state in the upcoming election, he said. NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique was shot by three men in Mumbai on Saturday, following which two of the assailants were arrested. “It is quite visible that there is a complete failure of law and order in Maharashtra because in the broad daylight it happened,” Kharge

EC must clarify on questions raised by Congress about EVMs: Sibal

EC must clarify on questions raised by Congress about EVMs: Sibal

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the Election Commission must clarify on the questions raised by the Congress about EVMs in the recently-concluded Haryana Assembly polls. Sibal asserted he is of the opinion that misuse of EVMs does take place in the elections. The Congress had on Friday submitted more complaints to the Election Commission alleging discrepancies in the electronic voting machines during counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly elections. The Congress candidates from 20 assembly constituencies, in their written complaints to the Election Commission (EC), have alleged that the batteries in

Ex-DU Professor Saibaba’s body to be donated to hospital, says family

Ex-DU Professor Saibaba’s body to be donated to hospital, says family

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The body of former DU professor G N Saibaba who passed away in Hyderabad, will be donated to a hospital as he wished, said a statement issued by his family on Sunday. Saibaba, 54, was released from a Nagpur jail after 10 years, in March this year. He was released after being acquitted by the High Court in an alleged Maoist links case. Saibaba’s body will be kept at Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad, for his relatives, friends and well-wishers to pay homage, on Monday. Afterwards, his body will be donated to a hospital as per his

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