POLITICS
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Sep- 2024 -30 September
Earthquake hits Maharashtra’s Amravati
There was no report of any casualty or loss of property, Amravati’s Resident Deputy Collector Anil Bhatkar said. Nagpur: An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude was recorded in Maharashtra’s Amravati district on Monday afternoon, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. There was no report of any casualty or loss of property, Amravati’s Resident Deputy Collector Anil Bhatkar said. The quake struck the district at 1.37 pm, the NCS said. Mild tremors were felt at places in Chikaldhara, Katkumbh, Churni, Pachdongri talukas and Melghat area, Bhatkar said. The tremors were also experienced in parts of Paratwada city and Dharni in Akot areas of the district, he added.
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30 September
‘Absolutely distasteful, disgraceful’: BJP slams Kharge for remarks about PM Modi
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Modi became the prime minister for a third consecutive term with the people’s mandate and not because of the Congress president’s grace. New Delhi: The BJP on Monday slammed Mallikarjun Kharge, terming his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Modi became the prime minister for a third consecutive term with the people’s mandate and not because of the Congress president’s grace. Addressing a poll rally in Kathua district of Jammu on Sunday, Kharge had said he will not die until Prime Minister Modi is removed from power and had asserted that the Congress will fight for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to his remarks,…
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30 September
Tirupati laddus row: SC questions evidence of contaminated ghee, says Gods should be kept out of politics
A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan questioned the necessity of making a public statement when an investigation into the matter had already been ordered. New Delhi: Observing that at least the Gods should be kept away from politics, the Supreme Court on Monday sought to know what was the proof that contaminated ghee was used in making Tirupati laddus. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan also asked why was there a need to make a public statement when a probe had already been ordered into the matter. “At least, we expect the Gods to be kept away from politics,” the bench observed. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that it was a…
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30 September
Khammam police burns 624 kg of seized ganja
The burnt ganja was seized in seven cases related to Khammam One-Town, Two-Town and Three-Town, Nelakondapalli, Vemsoor Tirumalayapalem and Kallur police stations. Khammam: Police burnt 624 kilograms of ganja that was seized in various cases in the Khammam Police Commissionerate limits. The substance was burnt at the police firing range in the Manchukonda forest area under the supervision of additional DCP Naresh Kumar here on Monday. The DCP said the burnt ganja was seized in seven cases related to Khammam One-Town, Two-Town and Three-Town, Nelakondapalli, Vemsoor Tirumalayapalem and Kallur police stations. The ganja stock stored in police stations was destroyed following the instructions of the top police officials based on the gazette notifications of the Central and State governments, he said. CIs Uday Kumar, Ramesh, Janardhan,…
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30 September
Israel’s military says it killed over 20 Hezbollah members during Nasrallah’s assassination
They were all located at group’s central headquarters in southern suburbs of Beirut Jerusalem: The Israeli military has said it killed more than 20 Hezbollah militants of varying ranks in its strikes in Beirut, during which the group’s top leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was also assassinated. According to a statement from the military, among the others killed were Ibrahim Hussein Jazini, director of Nasrallah’s security unit; and Samir Tawfiq Deeb, a longtime adviser to Nasrallah; as well as Abd al-Amir Muhammad Sablini and Ali Naaf Ayoub, who were responsible for Hezbollah’s force build-up and firepower, respectively. They were located at Hezbollah’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital as Israel launched the strikes, which levelled a multi-storey building, Xinhua reported. Israel continued to pound Lebanon on Sunday with…
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30 September
Harris takes dig at Trump, says her crowds ‘are pretty big’
VP continues to notch Republican support; former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake latest to endorse her Los Angeles: US Vice-President Kamala Harris poked at Republican Donald Trump during a fancy fundraiser on Sunday, telling donors that as she campaigns around the country her “crowds are pretty big” — before heading to Nevada for a rally at the same venue where the GOP nominee appeared two weeks ago. During the presidential debate, Harris appeared to get under Trump’s skin when she said people were leaving his rallies early because of his rambling speeches. And she’s kept it up on the campaign trail. She also has moved into what Trump considers his terrain — immigration — with a Friday visit to the border town of Douglas, Arizona. It was her…
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30 September
Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore welcome SpaceX capsule
SpaceX launched rescue mission with downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams, who will return next year Cape Canaveral: The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule. SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared 426 km above Botswana. NASA switched Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX following concerns over the safety of their Boeing Starliner capsule. It was the first Starliner test flight with a crew, and NASA decided the thruster failures and helium…
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30 September
Toll rises to 192 in Nepal floods and landslides, 30 still missing
Toll rises to 192 in Nepal floods and landslides, 30 still missing Security agencies deployed for search, rescue and relief efforts, and over 4,500 disaster-affected individuals rescued so far They said 94 others have also been injured nationwide in the disaster, while 30 others remain missing. The government has given high priority to search, rescue, and relief operations, MyRepublica news portal reported, quoting Home Ministry Spokesperson Rishiram Tiwari. Security agencies across the country have been deployed for search, rescue and relief efforts, and more than 4,500 disaster-affected individuals have been rescued so far, the report said. While those injured are receiving free treatment, food and other emergency relief materials have been provided to others affected by the floods. Numerous roads…
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30 September
Iranian man shook hands with Nasrallah, secretly marked him for Israeli tracking
The exhumation of the Hezbollah leader’s intact body has led to growing speculation that Nasrallah died from suffocation in severe agony, Channel 12 News reported Sunday evening. According to Saudi Al Hadath news channel, the lack of ventilation in the area allowed gases from Air Force bombings to enter the room, ultimately causing his death by suffocation. Beirut: A man, who originally came from Iran, shook the hand of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and managed to smear a substance on him that allowed Israel to track him, according to a media report quoting sources. Due to the fact that the body of the Hezbollah leader was exhumed intact, there are increasing estimates that Nasrallah died as a result of suffocation, in great agony,…
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30 September
Israeli airstrikes kill 105, injures 359 across Lebanon, says Health Ministry
The South Governorate suffered the highest casualties, with 48 dead and 168 injured in Ain Al-Delb and Tyre, according to the Ministry’s statement on Sunday. These attacks followed a Friday airstrike on Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs, which killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, involved in nearly a year of cross-border conflict with Israel. Beirut: At least 105 people were killed and 359 injured in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The highest death toll was in the South Governorate, where 48 people were killed and 168 were injured in Ain Al-Delb and Tyre, the Ministry said on Sunday. The attacks come after an air strike on Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs on Friday killed Hassan…
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