Hamas, Israel agree on truce in Gaza
Gaza, Aug 10 : The Islamic Hamas movement said that a truce with Israel on halting escalation in the Gaza Strip began from Thursday midnight.
The agreement, brokered by Egypt and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, will end another round of military confrontation between Israel and Hamas, a source from Hamas told Xinhua news agency.
"A calm-for-calm deal has been brokered by Egypt and by the UN Special envoy on condition that the Israeli occupation should respect the agreement," the Hamas source said on condition of anonymity.
"The Palestinian resistance has the right to respond to any Israeli violation," the source added.
Meanwhile, a source from the Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition of armed Palestinian groups in Gaza, said the agreement came into effect at midnight.
Israeli war jets have struck more than 150 sites in Gaza since Wednesday overnight, killing a pregnant woman, her baby and a Hamas fighter, while Gaza militants launched more than 100 rockets toward southern Israel, injuring over 20 Israelis.
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40 cases registered under the COTPA, 295 people fined for smoking in public places in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): The city police has registered 40 cases and fined 295 people for smoking in public places here.
The action comes following the recent special drive conducted on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday across the north division of the Bengaluru City, they said.
During the operation, police teams carried out surprise inspections at places where smoking is prohibited and took action against individuals who were smoking in public places.
According to police, the teams also inspected shops that had illegally displayed advertisements of cigarettes or beedis at the entrance of their establishments.
Cases were registered against those violating the COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act) and fines were imposed on individuals found consuming tobacco products in prohibited
areas, a senior police officer said.
As part of this operation, a total of 40 cases were registered under the COTPA and 295 people, who were found smoking in prohibited public places, were fined, they added.
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