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Assam Woman Declared Indian After 6 Years Following Name Mismatch In Voter List

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, Silchar

A name mismatch in multiple voters' list had led to the declaration of a woman in Assam as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh in 2017, only to be acknowledged as an Indian citizen based on circumstantial evidence six years later, officials said.

North Korea Gave 1,000 Containers Of Arms To Russia For Ukraine War: US

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 13, 2023, Washington

North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia in recent weeks for use in Ukraine, the White House said Friday.

Madhya Pradesh Woman Killed By Brother Over Relationship With Man From Another Community

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, Agar Malwa

A man allegedly beheaded his 24-year-old sister with a sword for being in a relationship with a man from another community in Madhya Pradesh's Agar Malwa district, police said on Friday.

In Delhi's Measures For Transgenders, 'Third Gender' Category In Job Forms

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, New Delhi

The Delhi government's Women and Child Development department has approved various measures for transgender people, including the addition of a "third gender" category in job application forms, officials said on Friday.

Reuters Journalist Killed In Lebanon

Reuters | Friday October 13, 2023

A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday.

Gaza Rescue Workers Scared, Sleepless Under Israel's Air Strikes

Reuters | Friday October 13, 2023, Gaza

On Wednesday, four Palestine Red Crescent emergency medical workers were killed when their ambulances were hit in two different incidents.

Punjab's 2-Day Assembly Session "Is Bound To Be Illegal": Governor Office

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, Chandigarh

Days after the Bhagwant Mann government called a two-day sitting of the Punjab Assembly, the Governor's Secretariat has said this session -- being projected as an extension of the Budget session -- is "bound to be illegal".

Indian Woman, Family In Gaza Wait For Passage Near Egypt Border

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, Jerusalem

An Indian woman and her family living in Gaza have left their home and are waiting for safe passage near the coastal strip's southern border with Egypt after Israel ordered some 1.1 million Palestinians on Friday to evacuate northern Gaza.

Our Ground Forces Made Raids Into Gaza "Over Past 24 Hours": Israel Army

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 13, 2023, Jerusalem

Israel-Gaza War: Israeli ground forces made raids into Gaza over the past 24 hours, the military said Friday, ahead of an expected ground offensive on the densely populated Palestinian territory.

"Attack On Israel Also Attack On America": US Ex National Security Adviser

Reported by Marya Shakil, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday October 13, 2023, New Delhi

The Hamas terror attack on Israel is also an attack on the US, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton told NDTV today in an exclusive interview. Mr Bolton said Israel may start its main ground offensive against Hamas in the next 48 hours.

Israel Shells Lebanese Army Post After Border Fence Blast: Report

Reuters | Friday October 13, 2023, Jerusalem

Israeli shelling struck a Lebanese army observation post at the border on Friday, three sources in Lebanon told Reuters, after the Israeli military warned of a suspected armed infiltration that it said it was responding to with artillery fire.

"Hospitals May Become Morgues If They Don't Get Essential Supplies": Doctors Without Borders On Gaza Situation

Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Rohit Paul | Friday October 13, 2023

Sounding an alarm on the situation in Gaza, Doctors Without Borders has termed it "unprecedented and catastrophic" and warned that there is a very real risk of hospitals turning into morgues because of the lack of essentials like power and fuel.

"Woke Up To Sound Of Air Raid Sirens": Indian Who Returned From Israel

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, New Delhi

Traumatised by what they had experienced in the last few days, the first batch of over 200 Indians were glad to be home from Israel on Friday with the sound of air raid sirens, rocket fire and screams still ringing loud in their ears.

Drugs Worth Rs 135 Crore Seized In Mumbai, 3 Foreigners Among 9 Arrested

Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2023, Mumbai

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here has busted multiple national and international drug syndicates and seized cocaine and alprazolam worth Rs 135 crore by arresting a total of nine persons, a senior official said on Friday.

"Death Better Than Leaving": Gazans After Israel's Evacuation Order

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 13, 2023, JERUSALEM/NEW YORK/TEL AVIV

Countries urged Israel on Friday to hold off on plans for an all-out assault on northern Gaza, where more than a million civilians largely defied its order to evacuate before it goes after Hamas operatives who slaughtered Israelis a week ago.

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