Hezbollah fires rockets into central Israel
Tel Aviv, Oct 22: Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into central Israel on Tuesday, setting off air raid sirens in the country's most populated areas but causing no apparent damage or injuries, a few hours before US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in the region on a mission to restart stalled Gaza ceasefire talks.
The Israeli military said five projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israel and said most were intercepted by Israel's missile defense system. One landed in an open area.
The rocket fire came as Israel stepped up its strikes in Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah-run financial institution, and as the U.S. pushed to resume cease-fire talks in Gaza following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annihilate Hamas and recover dozens of hostages held by the group. Hamas says it will only release the captives in return for a lasting cease-fire, a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led group blew holes in Israel's security fence and stormed in, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250. Israel's offensive in Gaza has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish combatants from civilians. The war has destroyed large areas of Gaza and displaced about 90% of its population of 2.3 million people.
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Bengaluru resembles Venice, not Singapore, says JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy as rain batters city
Bengaluru, Oct 22: Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress government in Karnataka for its handling of the rain situation, saying Bengaluru resembled Venice and not Singapore, which they had promised to transform it into.
As rains battered the country's IT hub for the third day, the the JD(S) second-in-command told reporters, “They (Congress) had said they would make turn Bengaluru into Singapore, but we are seeing Venice like situation where people move around in boats.”
He claimed that the issue is not just about water-logging in some parts of Bengaluru. For the past three years, people are forced to leave their homes and stay in hotels during rains.
Kumaraswamy alleged that no state minister has made a field visit. Also, no one in the government including Chief Minister Siddramaiah showed the courtesy to speak about the huge crop loss in various parts of Karnataka.
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The opposition BJP too slammed the state government for the potholes in the city.
“People are cursing the Congress government for not handling the potholes. Killer potholes rule in DCM D K Shivakumar’s Brand Bengaluru. Dear Bengaluru Development Minister Shivakumar, first you please solve the problem of Bengaluru,” the BJP Karnataka unit said in a post on ‘X’.
ರಸ್ತೆ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಲು "ಕೈ"ಲಾಗದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿಶಾಪ.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) October 22, 2024
ಡಿಕೆಶಿ ಅವರ ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಯಮರೂಪಿ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳದ್ದೇ ದರ್ಬಾರ್!
ನಗರಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸಚಿವ @DKShivakumar ಅವರೇ, ಮೊದಲು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಬಗೆಹರಿಸಿ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥರಾಗಿ. #CongressFailsKarnataka pic.twitter.com/F5b9HhoGR1
•ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರವನ್ನು ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಾಡುವೆ ಎಂದಿದ್ದ ಗಿರಾಕಿ @DKShivakumar
— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) October 22, 2024
ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ನಗರವನ್ನು ಇಟಲಿಯ ವೆನಿಸ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
•ಭಾರತದ ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ ವ್ಯಾಲಿ, ಉದ್ಯಾನನಗರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೆರೆಗಳನ್ನು ಒಂದಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದರಂತೆ ನುಂಗಿದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರೇ ಕೆರೆಯಾಗಿಬಿಟ್ಟಿದೆ!!… pic.twitter.com/XTg0BRRVVA
