New Delhi: The Collegium of the apex court has recommended the name of Justice P B Varale, the senior-most judge at the Bombay High Court, for the post of the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, said sources.

The Collegium took the decision on Friday, at a meeting chaired by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit.

Justice Varale enrolled as an advocate in August 1985 and worked under advocate S N Loya. Till 1992, he was also a lecturer at the Ambedkar Law College, Aurangabad.

On July 18, 2008, Justice Varale was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court, the sources added.

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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.