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The man identified as Mohammad Arif has been arrested. The incident took place on Wednesday evening.The deceased were identified as Aneesa Begum, 65, and her daughter Nikhat Jahan, 33.The injured father, a retired government official — Mohammad Qadir, 70 — has been admitted to the SRN hospital for treatment where his condition was said to be stable.Four policemen, including Assistant Commisioner of Police (ACP), Swetabh Pandey, also sustained minor injuries when the accused allegedly threw bottles filled with acid on them when a police team tried to nab him.The youth also set a portion of the house on fire and…

At least 30 homes of the tribals were buried under stones and slush that suddenly tumbled on them as the region continued to be battered by torrential rains.There is no information yet on the casualties or survivors from the calamity that occurred after midnight.The top district administration, police and teams of NDRF, SDRF have been mobilised and rushed to the affected spot to mount a massive rescue operation.The officials include Dattatray Navale and Sarjerao Sonawane deployed as OSD for medical aid, rescue and shelter arrangements operations.Four ambulances have reached the tragedy spot and private hospitals in the vicinity have been…

Additional Superintendent of Police, Nepal Singh, said, “We are investigating the woman’s claims. An FIR will be lodged and appropriate action will be taken.”The woman in her complaint claimed that her husband gave her triple talaq two years into their marriage after demanding Rs one lakh as dowry. He forced her to follow ‘nikah halala’ with her brother-in-law before remarrying her, she said in the complaint.She claimed that she went through the same trauma in 2020 and on July 4 this year when she was given triple talaq yet again. When her parents intervened, her husband reiterated his demand of…

Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala, the Deputy Minister for Information, on Wednesday told Somali national news agency that the latest military offensive against the militants was carried out as they plotted to stage attacks, Xinhua news agency reported.”Our special forces, Danab and Gor-gor units, conducted a successful operation against al-Shabab militants this morning, the forces also recovered weapons and other military equipment and destroyed terrorist bases during the operation,” Al-Adala said.He added that the elite forces are still pursuing the al-Shabab militants, but did not clarify whether there were casualties on the side of the Army.The al-Shabab militants have not commented on…

The Defence Ministry said on Wednesday in a statement that Israel’s Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant updated the Prime Minister on the security situation and gave him an overview of the readiness of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Xinhua news agency reported.The meeting came after Halevi told a parliamentary committee on Monday that calls by reservists to resign from their service harm the IDF and undermine national security.On Wednesday, about 300 reservists with the Army’s Medical Corps announced that they were suspending their service. The group includes physicians, paramedics, and others.At a press conference…

The leader of the United Zimbabwe Alliance becomes the only female candidate to battle it out with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and 10 others, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.ZEC, which had disqualified her on nomination day on June 21 for submitting partial bank proof of payment for the required nomination fees, was ordered to register her as a contestant, the news agency New Ziana reported.The High Court said ZEC had made a mistake in refusing to accept her nomination papers and ordered it to take all necessary steps to ensure that she was registered and her name appeared on the…

The two suspects were respectively arrested in the city of Nador in northern Morocco and the Spanish city of Lleida, according to the statement released by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation on Wednesday.Intelligence revealed that the two suspects were linked to the IS terrorist group in Syria and were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe, the statement said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.Investigations showed that the two suspects were in contact with an irregular immigration network to obtain fake identity documents for their plans, it added.–IANSint/khz

The bill was approved with amendments, according to the Parliament’s media unit on Wednesday.Earlier, the bill was sent to the Supreme Court to check if it was consistent with the constitution, Xinhua news agency reported.The court informed the Parliament Speaker that the draft bill had certain clauses inconsistent with the constitution, which have been amended.The legislation is linked to Sri Lanka’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund to improve the governance of the South Asian country and bring its anti-corruption regulations in line with the United Nations Convention against Corruption.–IANSint/khz

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended him from the Parliament due to a disqualification case, Xinhua news agency reported.In its second joint sitting to pick the Southeast Asian kingdom’s new Prime Minister, a majority in the current 748-member National Assembly voted against Pita’s renomination after lengthy debates, citing the parliamentary regulation prohibiting the resubmission of a rejected motion during the same parliamentary session.It was Pita’s second failed bid to be the Prime Minister. He was the only candidate nominated for the post in the first joint parliamentary sitting last week but fell short of the simple majority required to be…

According to a statement on Wednesday by the WA police, a giant gold-coloured cylinder was reported to police on Sunday.”The object was cordoned off from the public while the identification process commenced. It has since been rendered safe and was removed from the beach to an undisclosed location yesterday,” said the WA police.Police also noted that the object is related to a rocket system and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) will take over the ongoing assessment and identification of the object, Xinhua news agency reported.In a social media post, the ASA updated the public on the investigation into the object,…