Israel LIVE Updates: 'Gaza Strip cut into two', says Israeli military amid 'significant strikes'

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08:27 (IST)

Rajasthan Polls LIVE Updates

BJP announces names of candidates for 18 remaining seats

The BJP presented two lists of 18 candidates for the forthcoming Rajasthan elections on Sunday, completing the process of naming candidates for all 200 assembly seats.

There are several new faces on the lists, including a journalist and a businessman.

Dharmnarayan Joshi, the incumbent MLA from Mawli (Udaipur), was replaced by K G Paliwal.

08:19 (IST)

Delhi LIVE Updates

Severe or worse air quality in Delhi for 4th day on trot

Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR were seven to eight times higher than the government's permissible limit on Monday morning, as a poisonous cloud hung over the region for the seventh consecutive day.

Stringent restrictions, including a ban on the entrance of polluting vehicles, went into place in Delhi on Sunday, as the city's air quality fell into the'severe plus' category for the second time in three days due to adverse wind conditions and an increase in agricultural fires throughout north India.

The 24-hour average Air Quality Index fell from 415 on Saturday to 454 on Sunday, leading the Centre to undertake all emergency measures needed by Stage IV of its air pollution management strategy, known as the Graded Response Action strategy.

08:15 (IST)

Rajasthan Polls LIVE Updates

Bahujan Samaj Party releases a list of 26 candidates

08:10 (IST)

Chhattisgarh LIVE Updates 

BSF jawan on poll duty killed after accidental grenade explosion in Dantewada

Police stated on Sunday that a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan on election duty in Chhattisgarh was killed after a grenade in his hands accidently detonated in Dantewada district.

Balbeer Chand, a Himachal Pradesh native, was identified as the deceased BSF official.

"A BSF company was stationed for the assembly elections near Dantewada district police station. The company had decided to go out for a patrol search when suddenly a hand grenade kept in the pouch worn by Head Constable Balbir Chand exploded," an official said.

07:58 (IST)

Israel LIVE Updates

'Gaza Strip cut into two', says Israeli military amid 'significant strikes'

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli Army announced on Sunday that "significant strikes" are being carried out and that the Gaza Strip has been "cut in half."

According to army spokesman Daniel Hagari, Israeli soldiers "have encircled Gaza City" and "there is now a south Gaza and a north Gaza."

"Troops reached the coastline and are holding it", he added. "There are now widespread strikes on terror infrastructure - below ground and above it," Al Jazeera quoted Hagari as saying.

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli Army announced on Sunday that “significant strikes” are being carried out and that the Gaza Strip has been “cut in half.”

According to army spokesman Daniel Hagari, Israeli soldiers “have encircled Gaza City” and “there is now a south Gaza and a north Gaza.”

“Troops reached the coastline and are holding it”, he added. “There are now widespread strikes on terror infrastructure – below ground and above it,” Al Jazeera quoted Hagari as saying.

In another statement, Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, during a meeting in the Northern Command, said that the IDF is ready to strike in the northern Gaza at “any moment”.

“We have a clear goal of restoring a significantly better security situation at the borders, not only in the Gaza Strip…We are ready to strike in the north at any moment,” IDF posted on X (formerly Twitter).



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