Altercation erupts between BJP workers, police, and media at Mangaluru polling booth
Mangaluru: BJP workers clashed with police and journalists as Congress candidate Padmaraj R. Pujari was giving a statement to the media after casting his vote.
Congress candidate Padmaraj R. Pujari was addressing the media outside the Capitanio polling booth when BJP worker Sandeep Ekkur created a disturbance. Police, including Inspector T.D. Nagaraj, intervened, leading to a heated exchange. Ekkur's altercation with the police escalated and a warning was given by Inspector Nagaraj.
Following the police's departure, Ekkur turned his aggression towards media personnel documenting the incident. A verbal altercation ensued, causing a brief disturbance at the scene. However, the order was restored after Inspector T.D. Nagaraj reiterated the consequences of further disturbance, warning of potential cases and arrest.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
