Author: News Desk

Saying that the crossing point “may be open”, Department’s Consular Affairs Crisis Management System (CACMS) told the family members that “we understand the security situation is difficult, but if you wish to depart Gaza you may want to take advantage of this opportunity”, CNN reported.A State Department spokesperson told CNN they “are actively discussing this with our Israeli and Egyptian counterparts”.“We support safe passage for civilians. We are working with our Israeli and Egyptian partners to establish a safe humanitarian corridor both for Gazans trying to flee this war and to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches those in need within the…

A team of young Indian prisoners — India 2 — won the gold defeating the defending champions Serbia in the youth category at the third Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners.The bronze medal went to team Ecuador which defeated India 1 team.The winner in the men’s section will be determined on October 16.Here, too, India has a chance to win a medal — the bronze — if the Indian team defeats the El Salvador 1 team.The event organised by the International Chess Federation or FIDE and the Cook County (Chicago, IL, USA) Sheriff’s Office.In the women prisoner category, the Mongolian…

Among the dead was a six-year-old child, the police said on Friday, adding that some of the injured are in a serious condition.The accident happened on the A94 motorway near the Austrian border when the driver accelerated to a speed of 180 km per hour to evade police inspection, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the German newspaper Bild, the over-crowded van was packed with 23 people, while it was only designed for nine.The authorities are investigating the injured driver, a 24-year-old man, who is suspected of people smuggling and homicide, the police said.The accident shows the cruel way in which…

Jordan, co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, won a vote of 124 to 81 over Austin Scott, an ally of the ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who just announced he would seek the nomination hours earlier on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.In a closed door voting on Wednesday, Jordan lost the Republican Speakership nomination to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a vote of a 99-113. However, Scalise failed to garner enough support within the party and announced on Thursday he was withdrawing from the race.Jordan now faces a similar challenge as Scalise did, as he needs at least…

It’s the eighth list of the names of individuals who have been reported unaccounted for or missing following the Lahaina wildfire disaster on August 8 this year, according to the Maui Police Department (MPD) on Friday.The new tally represents a significant drop from 66 in September, Xinhua news agency reported.Officials said last month that more than 3,000 individuals had been found safe, who were previously reported unaccounted for, with their names provided to the public.”As stated previously, the MPD will only report on individuals who have had an MPD missing person report filed,” said the department in its latest update.Officials…

The arrested individual has been identified as Bichitra Behera — a resident of Malipada area in Khordha district.The EWO has so far arrested eight members of the racket, including Bichitra, in connection with the land scam case (7/23) registered over the allegations of one Lipika Das of Nasadipur village in Kendrapara district.Lipika in her complaint alleged that the accused persons had fraudulently sold her landed property measuring 2,000 sq ft located at Malipada mouza in Bhubaneswar to one Haladhara Dash (ex-employee of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation) in 2020.The accused Bichitra, along with mastermind Antaryami and other members of the racket, used…

Speaking during the review of the progress of the Energy Department at Chief Minister’s Home office ‘Krishna’ on Friday, Siddaramaiah mentioned the districts where farmers’ protests were happening and reprimanded the officials concerned.”Action should be taken to supply the available power scientifically in different batches. If this had been done earlier, it would have been possible to handle the situation without troubling the farmers, despite the lack of electricity. Sitting in the office will not solve the problem. Chief Engineers must report to the field,” the Chief Minister said.Siddaramaiah gave clear instructions to convince the farmers about the power crisis…

The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader claimed that the cash was collected from contractors as “commission” immediately after the release of Rs 650 crore pending dues to them.He also claimed that the seized money was headed to poll-bound Telangana.”Immediately after the announcement of assembly elections in five states, the money gets staked up in boxes in the state. That too, under the cot. How is this sinful money collected? These questions need answers,” Kumaraswamy said.”The Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has released Rs 650 crore pending dues for select contractors. Soon after the release of this amount, Rs 42 crore in cash…

The leaders of 10 parties led by former three-time Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh (2002-2017) met the Governor and told her that despite the present crisis in Manipur now stretching over five months, no meaningful peace talks with the concerned stakeholders is in sight.”The Central and state governments are trying to sideline the main reasons behind the crisis by taking shelter under the theory of conspiracy by outside militant organisations with an intent to attack India. Finding a solution by correctly analysing the causes behind the crisis requires no emphasis. It is high time for the Central and state…

The Finance Minister expressed happiness over the fact that under India’s presidency, G20 has given the world a glimmer of hope, especially at a time when one thinks that multilateral institutions can’t take any decisions and deliver.”During our G20 presidency, a sense of wanting to deliver was on our minds. So it’s not just to the credit of the Indian G20 Presidency but the members who felt that this was the best opportunity to come out, showing the world that we can take decisions,” the Finance Minister said.Speaking about payments infrastructure for emerging economies, Sitharaman said that for countries, particularly…