2 strikes shake J and K
After a brief hiatus, Pakistan-based terrorist handlers have started targeting security forces in the upper reaches of the Jammu division. In less than 48 hours, two back-to-back incidents of targeted strikes have been reported in the region. An Indian Army jawan attained martyrdom during a fierce gunfight with terrorists in the Kanji Nallah area of Udhampur on Saturday. On Sunday, a fresh encounter started between the security forces and a group of terrorists in the Keshwan forest area of Kishtwar district.
Fans bid adieu to singer Zubeen
Draped in a traditional Assamese ‘gamosa’, Zubeen Garg’s mortal remains arrived in a glass casket at the Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati on Sunday afternoon. As a sea of people jammed the sports complex, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the mortal remains would be kept at the stadium throughout the night and also on Monday. Thousands of people had to wait under a scorching sun for hours. Garg’s wife, Garima, who was accompanying the mortal remains, thanked his fans for showering their love.
Protests erupt in Philippines
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Philippine capital on Sunday to express their outrage over a corruption scandal involving lawmakers, officials and businesspeople who allegedly pocketed huge kickbacks from flood-control projects in the poverty stricken and storm-prone Southeast Asian country. Police forces and troops were put on alert to prevent any outbreak of violence. Thousands of police officers were deployed to secure separate protests in a Manila park.
Israeli strikes kill 34 in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 34 people in Gaza City overnight, including children, said health officials on Sunday, as Israel presses ahead with its offensive in the famine-stricken city and several countries prepare to recognise a Palestinian state. Health officials at Shifa Hospital, where most of the bodies were brought, said the dead included 14 people killed in a late-night strike on Saturday, which hit a residential block in the southern side of the city. Health staff said a nurse who worked at the hospital was among the dead, along with his wife and three children. Israel did not comment on the strikes.