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Parvesh Verma inspects CP

Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma on Sunday inspected the Connaught Place Outer Circle that suffered water-logging a day earlier following heavy rain and blamed alterations made to the 100-year-old drainage system for the inundation. The minister said he visited the same site late at night a day earlier when heavy rain led to water accumulation in a 100-metre stretch near the well-known Kake Da Hotel area.

Sabha: Om Birla, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Power: Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs: Kiren Rijiju; Chairperson, House Committee (Lok Sabha), Dr Mahesh Sharma, Members of Parliament and other dignitaries will grace the occasion. The flats will be inaugurated at around 10 am on Monday.

Operation Sindoor testament: CDS

Operation Sindoor was a testament to the tri-services synergy and there is a need to continue the reforms, coordination and adaptability to meet the evolving security challenges, CDS General Anil Chauhan has said. In an address at the College of Defence Management in Secunderabad, the top military officer, without elaborating, also talked about a roadmap for theatre commands to enhance joint capability.

War in Gaza inflamed tensions in UK

Police in London braced for another day of demonstrations on Sunday as the war in Gaza continues to inflame tensions across the United Kingdom. Demonstrators demanding the immediate release of all the remaining hostages in Gaza plan to march through central London to the PM’s residence at No 10 Downing Street on Sunday afternoon. The march comes a day after police arrested 474 people at a protest in support of a banned pro-Palestinian organisation.