Police pelted with stones during demolition drive in Lucknow

IANS | March 11, 2024 4:01 AM

Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) Agitated residents pelted stones at employees of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) and police personnel when a team of officials started pulling down three commercial buildings as part of a demolition drive in the state capital's Akbar Nagar area on Sunday evening.

Gaza's situation unprecedented, indescribable: UNRWA

IANS | March 9, 2024 7:25 AM

Gaza, March 9 (IANS) Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has said that the situation in the Gaza Strip defies description and has not been seen "in any previous crisis".

Israel launches probe into failures leading up to Oct 7 Hamas attack

IANS | March 8, 2024 1:39 AM

Jerusalem, March 8 (IANS) Israel's military said on Thursday that it launched an internal investigation into the failures that led up to Hamas's attack on October 7, 2023, which caught the country off guard and resulted in the deaths and kidnapping of hundreds of citizens.