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Israel has killed more than 25,000 Palestinian women and children since the October 7 attack by militant group Hamas, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. "It's over 25,000," Austin told lawmakers when asked during a House Armed Services Committee hearing for the figure on women and children killed. The United States has backed Israel since the unprecedented Hamas attack in October that resulted in the deaths of around 1,160 people. Israel responded to the attack with a relentless assault on Gaza that the coastal territory's health ministry said has left more than 30,000 people dead. The number provided by Austin is within the same range, and come as Washington pushes for a ceasefire and a reduction in civilian casualties in Gaza. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News- Topstories https://ift.tt/sntpDZW For More News IFTTT

A socio-economic survey report, submitted today, has set off a political row in Karnataka, even though its contents are yet to be made public. The survey, ordered by the previous Siddaramaiah government in 2017, has upset the politically dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga castes, who now want it to be shredded. The 2017 socio economic survey report was submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today by Jaiprakash Hegde. The Chairman of the OBC Commission walked into Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru at 2.45 pm today -- the last day of his tenure -- and met Mr Siddaramaiah briefly, before addressing the media. "We have submitted the report. The CM said he will table it in the next Cabinet and decide," he said. The Chief Minister concurred, refusing to comment any further. Sources said the findings could challenge the dominance of the Lingayat sect and the Other Backward Caste Vokkaliga community as the largest voting blocks in the state. According to sources and reports published ov...

Former India coach Ravi Shastri on Wednesday backed the duo of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan to come back stronger after they were excluded from the BCCI central contracts for ignoring the board's directive of playing in the Ranji Trophy. The BCCI Wednesday unveiled its centrally-contracted players for this year. While skipper Rohit Sharma , star batter Virat Kohli , pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja retained their places in the top bracket, Iyer and Kishan were not considered in any category. "In the game of cricket, comebacks define the spirit. Chin-up, @ShreyasIyer15 and @ishankishan51! Dig deep, face challenges, and come back even stronger. Your past achievements speak volumes, and I have no doubt you'll conquer once again," Shastri tweeted. In the game of cricket, comebacks define the spirit. Chin-up, @ShreyasIyer15 and @ishankishan51 ! Dig deep, face challenges, and come back even stronger. Your past achievements spea...

'Bigg Boss 15' fame Abdu Rozik has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case for an alleged connection with drug dealer Ali Asghar Shirazi. Giving this information, ED said that on Tuesday afternoon, Abdu arrived at the ED office in Mumbai to record his statement. More details regarding the matter are awaited. Abdu is a popular musician from Tajikistan. He gained a lot of popularity in India with his stint in 'Bigg Boss 15'. However, Abdu voluntarily left Bigg Boss 16 due to prior professional obligations. Prior to Bigg Boss, he became a social media sensation with his 'Burgiir' meme. He also owns a restaurant named Burgiir in Mumbai. from NDTV News- Topstories https://ift.tt/aChY4GO For More News IFTTT

Ishan Kishan , star Indian cricket team wicketkeeper-batter, finally made a return to competitive cricket at the DY Patil T20 Cup on Tuesday. Ishan Kishan's absence from competitive cricket made big news since he opted for a break midway into India's Tour of South Africa. Since then, he was ignored for the home T20 series against Afghanistan and the Test series against England. Indian cricket team coach Rahul Dravid made it clear that he has to play some form of cricket to make a comeback to the national side.  However, he missed the Ranji Trophy and instead chose to train with his IPL captain Hardik Pandya . he even shared a video of his gym session with Hardik Pandya. On Tuesday, Ishan Kishan was finally seen in action for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) team against Route Mobile Limited in Navi Mumbai. Kishan kept the wickets for RBI as his team fielded first following Route Mobile's decision to bat. pic.twitter.com/4NVlYFIV60 — World Cricket Live (@world_cric_live) F...

As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, a new video of Israel's elite Egoz commando unit killing a group of Hamas operatives using drones and grenades in southern Gaza has surfaced online, as per a report in the New York Post . The 28-second short clip shows the aftermath of a shootout between Israeli Defence Forces soldiers and two Hamas operatives, who were sheltering inside a structure in Khan Younis. The Israeli forces use a drone to determine the precise location of the shooters among the debris as the operatives shelter inside the crumbling structure. Next, a commando manages to kill the Hamas members by carefully throwing a grenade out of a window. A quick glance reveals the dead Hamas operatives along with the weapons they seemed to be carrying. In another incident shown on camera, the Egoz unit used a "pressure cooker" strategy to eliminate two operatives in a different part of Khan Younis by firing nonstop at them within a building, as per the outlet. In the af...

Expressing disappointment after the Aam Admi Party (AAP) was allowed to contest from the Bharuch seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as a part of seat-sharing pact with Congress, Mumtaz Patel, the daughter of late veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Sunday said that sometimes sacrifices have to be made in the larger interest of the country adding that she will follow the "alliance dharma". In Gujarat, the Congress has decided to contest 24 of 26 Lok Sabha seats, leaving the remaining two --Bharuch and Bhavnagar -- for the AAP. Speaking to ANI, Mumtaz Patel said, "I was disappointed but I believe that whatever decision our alliance committee has taken is in the national interest. I respect their decision. Discussions were already held in this regard. I am sad but we will accept the decision. Whatever party instructs, I will follow Alliance Dharma." "Whenever there is talk about Bharuch, the name of Ahmed Patel comes. He was the voice of Bharuch for 45...

Defending Israel's offensive in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited the story of four-year-old American girl, Abigail Edan, from Hamas captivity in November last year to defend his country's offensive in Gaza.  The four-year-old American girl, Abigail, was released from captivity of Hamas in November last year. Her parents were murdered by Hamas when members of the Islamist group attacked Israel on October 7.  "When I fight for Israel's position in front of world leaders and in interviews with the world media, I don't stop thinking about 4-year-old Abigail," he said in a detailed post on X, formerly Twitter.  Explaining the series of events, the Prime Minister said that Abigail was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, adding that her brother and sister hid in their house in Gaza village inside a locked closet for 12 hours as the Hamas terrorists were killing Israelis in their locality.  "Their mother was murdered outside the closet, in the room ...

A 27-year-old Indian man died in a deadly fire incident in New York's Harlen on Friday. The Indian Embassy in New York identified him as Fazil Khan and said they are in touch with his friends and family. Saddened to learn about death of 27 years old Indian national Mr. Fazil Khan in an unfortunate fire incident in an apartment building in Harlem, NY. @IndiainNewYork is in touch with late Mr. Fazil Khan's family & friends. We continue to extend all possible assistance in… — India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) February 25, 2024 "Saddened to learn about death of 27 years old Indian national Mr. Fazil Khan in an unfortunate fire incident in an apartment building in Harlem, NY. India in New York is in touch with late Mr. Fazil Khan's family & friends. We continue to extend all possible assistance in reparation of his mortal remains to India," the Indian Embassy posted on X. A lithium-ion battery caused a deadly fire at a Harlem apartment building on Frid...

Donald Trump cruised to a decisive victory Saturday in the South Carolina Republican primary, blitzing rival Nikki Haley in her home state and continuing his march to the nomination and a White House rematch with Joe Biden. Trump completed a sweep of the first four major nominating contests, converting a year of blockbuster polls into a likely insurmountable lead going into the "Super Tuesday" 15-state voting bonanza in 10 days. While Haley repeatedly questioned the 77-year-old former president's mental fitness and warned another Trump presidency would bring "chaos," her efforts appeared to do little to damage his standing among Republicans. The margin of victory was not immediately clear but it was expected to be significant, with major US networks calling the race within seconds of the polls closing.  Haley, a popular governor of South Carolina in the 2010s and the only woman to have entered the Republican contest, was looking to outperform expectations in...

A global alliance of Manipur's Meitei community has called for scrapping a controversial ceasefire with over two dozen Kuki-Zo insurgent groups amid the ethnic conflict between the hill-majority Kuki-Zo tribes and the valley-majority Meiteis. The Kuki-Zo insurgent groups that signed the tripartite suspension of operations (SoO) agreement with the Centre and the Manipur government in 2008 have been hiding under the SoO safety net "to covertly act against India's peace and security," the Meitei Alliance, a group whose members are Meitei civil society organisations around the world including in the UK, the US, and Europe said in a statement on Saturday. Every year, a joint monitoring group (JMG) reviews the SoO agreement and decides whether to end or renew it. The next review is on February 29. Broadly, the SoO agreement says the insurgents are to stay at designated camps and their weapons kept in locked storage, to be monitored regularly. The Manipur government in Ma...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday used a virtual reality headset as he inspected the Kashi Ropeway in Varanasi. #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses a virtual reality headset as he inspects the Kashi Ropeway, in Varanasi. PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation of several development projects shortly. pic.twitter.com/Vh6mqHknsQ — ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2024 The PM reached his parliamentary constituency on Thursday night and launched several development projects and address public meetings. He said that Kashi will emerge as an important sports city in the country and also acknowledged Kashi as a major contributor to the Make in India and Aatmnirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. He informed that in the next five years, Kashi will be a hub of employment and skills. During this period the National Institution of Fashion Technology campus will also be completed which will create new opportunities for the youth and weavers of the area. "In the last decade, we ...

The Allahabad High Court has held that a property purchased by a husband in the name of a wife, who is a homemaker and has no independent source of income, is a family property. Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal said that it is common and natural for Hindu husbands to purchase properties in the name of their wives. The Judge was hearing a case involving a son's claim for declaration of co-ownership of his dead father's property. "This court under Section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act may presume the existence of fact that the property purchased by a Hindu husband in the name of his spouse, who is a homemaker and does not have an independent source of income, will be the property of family, because in common course of natural event Hindu husband purchases a property in the name of his wife, who is homemaker and does not have any source of income for the benefit of family," the court observed. It said that unless it is otherwise proved that the property was purchase...

Rakul Preet Singh married her longtime boyfriend Jackky Bhagnani on February 21 in an intimate ceremony in Goa. Ever since, the couple's friends and guests at the wedding have been sharing inside pictures from the wedding ceremony. In new clips shared by a guest at the wedding, Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani can be seen performing various rituals. In one video, they can be seen exchanging varmalas. The text below the video read, "What a beautiful wedding." In another video shared, the Doctor G actress can be seen walking down the aisle in her gorgeous pastel bridal lehenga. Rakul can be seen flashing her million dollar smile as she walks down the aisle to Jackky. Take a look at the inside pics below: Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani shared dreamy pictures from their wedding on Wednesday and wrote, "Mine now and forever. 21-02-2024 #abdonobhagna-ni." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rakul...

The price of sugarcane has been increased by 8 per cent for the 2024-25 financial year and will come into effect from October, the government has said. The hike came amid a huge tussle between the government and farmers over minimum support price. The price of cane will now go up from Rs 315 to Rs 340 a quintal. Announcing the hike, Union minister Anurag Thakur declared that the government is pro-farmer. "Our government is working for the betterment of farmers and agriculture," he said. "It has been decided to fix the price for the upcoming sugarcane season, in the period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, to ensure the fair and reasonable price of sugarcane to the farmers by the sugar mills," he said. "It has been decided to fix the price at Rs 340 per quintal for the year 2024-25 as compared to the previous year which was Rs 315," he added. The cabinet approval for the cane price hike came this evening during a meeting chaired by Prime Mini...

A moon lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines reached lunar orbit on Wednesday, headed for an attempt at the first US touchdown on Earth's nearest celestial neighbour in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private spacecraft. The six-legged Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, entered a circular orbit 57 miles (92 km) above the lunar surface after firing its main rocket thruster for nearly seven minutes in an orbital insertion manoeuvre, the company said in an online statement. Assuming all goes according to plan, the robot spacecraft is expected to gradually lower its orbit over the next 24 hours and land at crater Malapert A near the moon's south pole at 5:49 p.m. EST (2249 GMT) on Thursday, carrying a suite of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations. Odysseus was launched six days ago, on Feb. 15, atop a Falcon 9 rocket built and flown by Elon Musk's California-based company SpaceX from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canave...

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli just revealed they've become parents a second time over and congratulatory messages are flooding from their friends. On Anushka's Instagram post announcing that the couple had welcomed a son named Akaay last week, Alia Bhatt wrote, "How beautiful, congratulations." Ranveer Singh, with whom Anushka co-starred in Band Baaja Baraat, left hearts and evil eyes. Shweta Bachchan wrote, "Congratulations" as did Sonam Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Bhumi Pednekar. "God bless," commented bride-to-be Rakul Preet Singh. Dia Mirza wrote, "Congratulations. All our love and blessings." In matching social media posts, Anushka and Virat wrote: "With abundant happiness and hearts full of love, we are pleased to inform everyone that on 15th February, we welcomed our baby boy Akaay and Vamika's little brother into this world. We seek your blessings and good wishes in this beautiful time in our lives. We request you to kind...

A day after his retirement from cricket, Bengal star Manoj Tiwary raised concerns over the IPL-centric approach of young cricketers and strongly advocated for greater emphasis on Ranji Trophy. The 38-year-old Tiwary, who served Bengal for about two decades and represented India in 12 ODIs and three T20Is, had recently posted on X that Ranji Trophy should be "scrapped" but did not elaborate on the subject as he was an active BCCI cricketer. He was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for that remark. He also had a Facebook live in the midst of the match where he said he would come out in the open after taking retirement. "I can observe that young players have adopted an IPL-centric mindset," Tiwary said, referring to central contracted players opting out of playing domestic cricket. "Those who don't play IPL often go to Dubai or other places whenever they find some free time. However, this trend is diminishing the significance of the prestigious Ranji Trop...

Deepika Padukone is at the 77th British Academy Film Awards where she is a presenter – her first time at the BAFTAs – and she's certainly wearing her desi heart on her sleeve. Deepika walked the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall in London where the awards ceremony is being held in a glittering white saree with a matching backless blouse. Her OOTN was created by designer Sabyasachi, Deepika's go-to person for a great saree look. The actress, last seen in Fighter , posted a series of photos of her look. Take a look at Deepika Padukone's saree : View this post on Instagram A post shared by दीपिका पादुकोण (@deepikapadukone) Shaleena Nathani, who styles Deepika, posted a back view of the actress' look. "Tonight at the BAFTAs," she wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shaleena Nathani (@shaleenanathani) Celebrity fitness trainer Anshuka Parwani pos...

Industrialist Anand Mahindra, who is quite active on Twitter regularly posts about trending topics and engaging stories, for his 11 million followers. On Saturday, he shared a fascinating video of a man who turned a commercial plane into a villa. The man, identified as Russian entrepreneur Felix Demin, transformed an abandoned Boeing 737 airliner into a luxury private villa, complete with two bedrooms, an infinity pool with Indian Ocean views, and a terrace. The unique property is perched atop the mesmerising Nyang Nyang Cliffs in Bali, Indonesia. "Some people are fortunate enough to be able to turn their fantasies into reality. And this chap doesn't seem to impose any constraints on his imagination! I'm trying to figure out whether I'd ever be interested in booking a stay here, but I'm a bit worried about jet lag post the experience," Mr Mahindra wrote on X. In the video, Mr Demin gave a virtual tour of the plane-turned-villa. Inside, there's a living r...