Kalaburagi: Following its simultaneous raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the houses of the leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the district on Thursday morning, NIA personnel detained two PFI leaders here.
PFI district president Sheikh Ijaz Ali and PFI state committee member Shahid Naseeb were detained on Thursday, said sources.
The residence of Ali, situated on Tipu Sultan Chowk in the city, was among the houses raided by the NIA.
On learning of the detention of Ali and Naseeb by the NIA, members of the PFI landed on the streets protesting. The activists gathered at Tipu Sultan Chowk and staged a stir opposing the raid and detention, the sources added.
“The BJP government is petrified of PFI and desperate to silence the Popular Front,” the activists said, also demanding, “The two leaders of the PFI who have been detained by the NIA should be released immediately.”
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
