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“Today, violent clashes took place in the vicinity of the army’s Engineers Corps in Omdurman, while large areas of the Umbada neighbourhood of the city came under violent artillery shelling,” a witness from Omdurman, west of the Sudanese capital, told Xinhua news agency late Thursday.He said the artillery and air bombardment focused on western parts of the Umbada neighborhood and the army-controlled Karari military base in northern Omdurman.The Resistance Committee of Umbada neighborhood said in a statement on Thursday that “the neighbourhood experienced violent artillery bombardment, which left 13 civilians dead and 35 others wounded”.Also on Thursday, the independent Sudan…

According to police, the incident took place late on Thursday night when an argument between two brothers over parking of a two-wheeler snowballed into a major fight. In the heat of the moment, the accused took out his air gun and shot at his elder brother who died instantly.The two lived with their aged father near here. On Thursday morning, after a fight over the same issue, Paulson (48) – the elder brother – damaged his Thomas’s two-wheeler.Thomas, a clerk at the Kerala High Court, filed a police complaint on the incident.Things took an ugly turn late in the night…

Rio De Janeiro, Sep 29 (IANS) Atletico Mineiro left-back Guilherme Arana has been added to Brazil’s squad for FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Uruguay, the Brazilian football confederation said.The 26-year-old replaces Caio Henrique, who suffered ligament damage to his left knee while playing for Monaco in a 1-0 defeat to Nice last Friday, reports Xinhua.Arana, who has been capped four times for Brazil, has not represented the five-time World Cup winners for more than a year after suffering a serious knee injury that required surgery.”I had to overcome the frustration of missing the World Cup but I’ve come…

Rio De Janeiro, Sep 29 (IANS) Former Chile and Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli has been sacked as head coach of Flamengo after a turbulent period in charge of the Brazilian Serie A club.The decision comes four days after a 2-1 aggregate loss to Sao Paulo in the Copa do Brasil final and follows a poor run of results in other competitions, reports Xinhua.”Jorge Sampaoli and his technical committee are no longer at the helm,” Flamengo said in a statement on Thursday. “We thank him and his staff and wish them all the best in the future.”Sampaoli, who replaced Vitor Pereira…

Hangzhou, Sep 29 (IANS) India finished without any medals in the opening events of the athletics competition in the 19th Asian Games with both Vikash Singh and Priyanka Goaswami finishing an identical fifth in the Men’s and Women’s 20km Race Walk events held at the Qiantang River Green Belt on Friday morning.In the men’s 20km Race Walk, Vikash Singh finished 5th with a timing of 1:27.33,Priyanka Goswami finishes fifth in the Women’s 20km Race Walk with a timing of 1:43.07.China’s World record-holder Yang Jiayu won the Women’s 20km Race Walk in 1:30:03. Ma Zhenxia of China (1:30:04) won silver as…

Hangzhou, Sep 29 (IANS) India won a silver medal in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team Shooting with Palak, Esha Singh and TS Divya finishing second with a score of 1731-50x at the Asian Games here on Friday.The Indian team of Palak, Esha Singh and TS Divya finished behind China, who took gold in 1736 points (66x) while Chinese Taipei won bronze with 1723-53x.More details awaited.–IANSbsk/cs

Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The US Department of Education has released a new report that calls on states and higher education leaders to prioritise efforts that advance diversity on college campuses.In a statement issued on Thursday, the Department said the report, titled “Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education”, is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s “ongoing commitment to advance diversity and opportunity in higher education”.The report outlines evidence-based strategies and practices in the areas of outreach, admissions, financial aid, and college completion, it added.“One of the cruelest ironies in America’s current higher education system is that our most…

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goyal will be in Jaipur.Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that on Friday the EC and other senior officials will hold a meeting with the representatives of recognized political parties in Jaipur. After this, the Commission will discuss with the enforcement agencies like state police, income tax, excise, transport, commercial tax department, coordinator of the state lead bank, nodal officers of Railways and airport, etc., regarding the Assembly Elections 2023.Gupta said that a presentation related to the preparations will be given before the Chief Election…

At the same time, a 68 per cent majority of Asian registered voters say it is extremely or very important to have a national leader who can advance the concerns of the US Asian community, according to the Pew Research Center survey conducted from July 5, 2022 to January 27, 2023. The findings assume relevance as the 2024 US presidential election approaches with two candidates of Indian ancestry, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, running for the Republican nomination. The survey — conducted among 7,006 Asian adults living in the US — said Asian Americans continue to be underrepresented among elected…

“This PE is not against Arvind Kejriwal, and he is not listed as an accused as of now,” he said.Asked about PE’s target, the sources stated that it was not directed against any specific individual. “We are currently in the process of verifying information to reach a conclusion,” the source said.The renovation of Chief Minister Kejriwal’s residence, which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly involved a lot of corruption and flouting of rules.According to sources, the CBI team will investigate the corruption allegations and then determine the course of action.As of now, it has not officially commented on the…