Former Ambassador of Israel to India, Naor Gilon observed the 16th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, making a tragic connection to the recent murder of Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates, ANI reported. Gilon took to social networking platform X on Tuesday to bring out that Kogan's wife was the niece of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg, who was killed in the 2008 26/11 attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai. "As we commemorate 16 years to the horrific Mumbai attacks, terror sends another sad reminder. The wife of Zvi Kogan, the Chabad Rabbi who was murdered in the UAE last week, is the niece of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg, who was murdered in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai Chabad house," the former ambassador of Israel to India said. As we commemorate 16 years to the horrific #Mumbaiattacks, terror sends another sad reminder.The wife of Zvi Kogan, the Chabad Rabbi who was murdered in the UAE last week, is the niece of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg who was murdered in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai Chabad house. 🪔 pic.twitter.com/aWqflt7rfz — Naor Gilon🎗️ (@NaorGilon) November 26, 2024 Kogan was an outreach rabbi with the Chabad movement working in Abu Dhabi, was found dead in the UAE on Sunday. He has been reported missing since Thursday in the Arab nations. Along with his outreach, the 28-year old Kogan also ran a kosher grocery store. He is survived by his wife, who is a US national, ANI reported. Notably, at least 174 people, which includes 20 security force personnel and 26 foreigners, were killed and over 300 injured in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks back in 2008. Meanwhile, President Droupadi Murmu and several union ministers also paid homage to the martyred security personnel who bravely fought against the terrorist. "A grateful nation salutes its valiant security personnel who made ultimate sacrifice while protecting our people. It is also the day to reiterate that India remains firmly committed to defeating terrorism in all its forms," the X post by the President read. On the anniversary of cowardly terror attacks in Mumbai on 26th November 2008, I join the entire nation in paying homage to the bravehearts who lost their lives and expressing solidarity with their families. A grateful nation salutes its valiant security personnel who made… — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) November 26, 2024 Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that terrorism is a blot on the entire human civilisation, calling India a world leader in anti-terrorism, ANI cited. "Terrorism is a blot on the entire human civilization. The Modi government's 'zero tolerance' policy against terrorism has been appreciated by the entire world and today India has become a world leader in anti-terrorism initiatives," Amit Shah's post on X said. साल 2008 में आज ही के दिन मुंबई में कायर आतंकवादियों ने निर्दोष लोगों की हत्या कर मानवता को शर्मसार किया था। 26/11 के मुंबई हमलों में आतंकियों से लड़ते हुए वीरगति को प्राप्त होने वाले जवानों को भावभीनी श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करता हूँ और अपना जीवन गँवाने वाले लोगों को नमन करता हूँ।… — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 26, 2024 Today marks the 16th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, a series of coordinated attacks at the Taj Mahal, Oberoi Trident Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Leopold Cafe, Mumbai Chabad House, Nariman House, Cama Hospital, and Metro Cinema by ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, ANI reported. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists entered Mumbai via sea route from Pakistan and carried out the attacks. (With ANI inputs)
26 November,2024 02:27 PM IST | Tel Aviv | mid-day online correspondentA court in Bangladesh on Tuesday ordered Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a prominent leader of the Hindu organisation Sammilita Sanatani Jote, to be sent to jail, rejecting his bail plea. According to PTI, the order was issued by Chattogram’s Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam at approximately 11:45 am. Following the court's decision, Das’s supporters erupted in protest at the court premises, chanting slogans and expressing discontent over the denial of bail, as per reports from BDNews24.com. Das, a Hindu priest and community leader, was arrested on Monday near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. The police spokesperson for the Detective Branch, Rezaul Karim, confirmed the detention, stating it was carried out upon request from regular police forces. However, no further details regarding the charges against him were disclosed at the time of his arrest. The arrest comes amidst heightened tensions following a case filed on October 30, which named Das and 18 others as accused. According to PTI, the complaint, lodged at Chattogram's Kotwali Police Station, alleged that the group disrespected Bangladesh's national flag during a Hindu community rally in the New Market area of Chattogram. Das had reportedly been scheduled to travel from Dhaka to Chattogram by air on Monday before he was detained. Bdnews24.com cited Gaurang Das Brahmachari, a key organiser of Sanatani Jagran Jote, who expressed concern over the arrest and its implications for the Hindu community in Bangladesh. The court’s decision and the circumstances surrounding Das’s arrest have sparked outrage among his followers. Members of the Hindu community have accused the authorities of targeting minority leaders and claimed that the charges stem from misinterpretations and political motivations. However, law enforcement has maintained that the case is being handled as per legal protocol. As per PTI reports, the rejection of Das's bail plea has intensified the already volatile situation, with calls for a fair and transparent investigation into the allegations. The Hindu community in Bangladesh continues to voice concerns about their safety and rights, particularly in light of such high-profile cases. The case against Das highlights ongoing challenges faced by religious minorities in Bangladesh, a nation where the Hindu population comprises a significant minority but often reports incidents of discrimination and violence. Observers say the case underscores the delicate balance between community rights and law enforcement in a politically charged environment. According to PTI, authorities have assured that the legal process will be impartial, but tensions remain high as the Hindu community awaits further developments in the case.
26 November,2024 02:23 PM IST | DhakaThere is a possibility that the bribery charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, involving a USD 265 million scheme, could be dropped if the case is found to be unfounded or defective once Donald Trump assumes office as US President, according to a prominent Indian-American attorney. Attorney Ravi Batra, speaking to PTI, explained that the incoming President, who will take office on January 20, 2025, has the power to oversee significant changes in prosecutorial decisions. "Each new president brings in a fresh team, and President-elect Trump, as the 47th President of the US, will likely take action to end any prosecutions not based on good faith but rather on what he has referred to as 'lawfare'," Batra said. Batra described 'lawfare' as the selective use of the law to target political opponents, denying them their right to equal protection under the law, as guaranteed by the US Constitution. He suggested that this is a principle Adani could invoke through diplomatic channels, urging the Indian government to raise the issue with the new administration. "If the charges are found to be baseless or flawed, President Trump's Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could potentially withdraw both criminal and civil cases," Batra explained. He also highlighted the importance of prosecutorial discretion in ensuring the integrity of both domestic and international legal systems. The case against Adani, along with his nephew Sagar Adani and business associate Vneet Jaain, was unsealed last week in Brooklyn federal court. The indictment accuses the trio of orchestrating conspiracies to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice. The case claims they paid over USD 250 million in bribes to Indian government officials and misled investors and financial institutions to raise billions. Batra also raised the issue of the extraterritorial reach of US laws, as neither Adani nor those involved reside in the US. "There is a fundamental question regarding the application of US laws in foreign jurisdictions," Batra noted, pointing out that Adani's role in the alleged bribery scheme spans beyond American borders. Alongside the criminal charges, the SEC filed a civil case, alleging that Adani and his associates conducted fraudulent activities tied to renewable energy projects funded by US investors. The SEC claims Adani Green Energy raised more than USD 175 million through the scheme, while Azure Power's stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The timing of the case is significant, with changes at the SEC and within the US Attorney's offices expected following Trump's swearing-in. SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced his resignation, effective January 20, 2025, the same day Trump is set to take office. US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, also plans to step down by December 13. These moves are part of a broader reshuffling of federal appointees ahead of Trump's second term, which will likely result in the appointment of new officials, including Jay Clayton, nominated by Trump to become the new US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The prospect of new appointments and a change in the prosecutorial landscape raises questions about the future of the case against Adani, especially as Trump's administration prepares to take a more hands-on approach to foreign policy and legal matters. As PTI reports, this could lead to a shift in how the charges are handled, with the potential for the case to be dismissed if found to be unsubstantiated.
26 November,2024 11:26 AM IST | New YorkThe Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days”. Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that there remained 'points to finalize' and that any deal required agreement from the government. But he said “we are close to a deal” and that “it can happen within days”. Among the issues that remain is an Israeli demand to reserve the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations under the emerging deal. The deal seeks to push Hezbollah and Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah did not adhere to a UN resolution that ended the 2006 war between the sides that made similar provisions, and Israel has concerns that it could stage a Hamas-style cross-border attack from southern Lebanon if it maintains a heavy presence there. Lebanon says Israel also violated the 2006 resolution. It is not clear whether Lebanon would agree to the demand. The optimism surrounding a deal comes after a top US envoy held talks between the sides last week in a bid to clinch a deal. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:26 AM IST | Jerusalem | AgenciesRescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Six people are still missing, officials said. Mud, rocks and trees tumbled down a mountain after torrential rains over the weekend and rivers burst their banks, tearing through four hilly districts in North Sumatra province, washing away houses and destroying farms. Police, soldiers and rescue workers used excavators, farm equipment and their bare hands to sift through the rubble looking for the dead and missing in Semangat Gunung, a resort area in Karo district, said Juspri M Nadeak, who heads the local disaster management agency. Dozens of people were injured by the flash floods, which also destroyed more than 130 hectares (321 acres) of agricultural land and plantations. The landslide hit several houses in Harang Julu, a mountainside village in Padang Lawas district. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:25 AM IST | Indonesia | AgenciesThe Russian military have captured a British national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in Russia’s partially occupied Kursk region, state news agency Tass reported Monday, citing unidentified sources in the law enforcement. The man was identified by Tass and other media as James Scott Rhys Anderson. Tass quoted him as saying that he had served as a signalman in the British army for four years and then joined the International Legion of Ukraine, formed early on in Russia’s nearly 3-year-old war against its neighbour. In Ukraine, Anderson reportedly served as an instructor for Ukrainian troops and was deployed to the Kursk region against his will. Tass published a video of the man saying in English that he doesn’t want to be “here”. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:25 AM IST | Moscow | AgenciesMore than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s conservation agency said. New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot and pilot whales are especially prolific stranders. A team was monitoring Ruakaka Beach near the city of Whangarei in New Zealand’s north on Monday to ensure there were no signs of the whales saved Sunday stranding agains. A Maori ceremony was held for the three adult whales and one calf that died. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:25 AM IST | Wellington | AgenciesJailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) resumed its march towards Islamabad on Monday after an overnight stop on the way amid stiff resistance by the authorities to foil the attempt to enter the capital and give a sit-in. Led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, the marchers began their journey from the devastated province on Sunday with the mission to reach the capital but faced obstacles on the roads. The authorities had blocked the highways by placing shipping containers but the protestors accompanied by lifting equipment and other heavy machines worked their way by removing hurdles, but it skittled their speed and plans. After a stopover for the night at Haro in the Attock district of Punjab, the party resumed its journey with the mission to reach the capital by noon on Monday. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:24 AM IST | Islamabad | AgenciesPolice thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in Fukuoka prefecture. Japanese customarily take their shoes off before entering homes. The vanished shoes were all slip-ons the children wore indoors, stored in cubbyholes near the door. Weasels are known to stash items. The weasel scattered shoes around and took 15 of them before police were called. Six more were taken the next day. The weasel returned November 12 to steal one more shoe and got caught on camera. The children got a good laugh when they saw it. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 November,2024 08:24 AM IST | Tokyo | AgenciesThe engine of a Russian plane with 95 people on board caught fire after landing at Antalya airport in southern Turkey on Sunday, Turkey's transportation ministry said. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 type aircraft run by Azimuth Airlines had taken off from Sochi and was carrying 89 passengers and six crew members, the ministry said in a statement. The pilot made an emergency call after the aircraft landed at 9:34 pm local time, and airport rescue and firefighting crews quickly extinguished the fire, according to the statement. No one was hurt, the statement said. The ministry said efforts were underway to remove the aircraft from the runway. Arrivals at the airport were temporarily suspended while departures were taking place from a nearby military-run runway. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
25 November,2024 09:05 AM IST | Ankara | AP | PTIRepublican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's pick to lead US intelligence services, is "compromised" by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria's president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a veteran of combat missions in Iraq, said she had concerns about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence. "I think she's compromised," Duckworth said on CNN's "State of the Union," citing Gabbard's 2017 trip to Syria, where she held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Gabbard was a Democratic House member from Hawaii at the time. "The US intelligence community has identified her as having troubling relationships with America's foes. And so my worry is that she couldn't pass a background check," Duckworth said. Gabbard, who said last month she is joining the Republican party, has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. She was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait and, according to the Hawaii National Guard, received a Combat Medical Badge in 2005 for "participation in combat operations under enemy hostile fire in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III". Duckworth's comments drew immediate backlash from Republicans. "For her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like that is wrong," Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, said on CNN, challenging Duckworth to retract her words. "That's the most dangerous thing she could say " is that a United States lieutenant colonel in the United States Army is compromised and is an asset of Russia." In recent days, other Democrats have accused Gabbard without evidence of being a "Russian asset". Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has claimed, without offering details, that Gabbard is in Russian President Vladimir "Putin's pocket". Mullin and others say the criticism from Democrats is rooted in the fact that Gabbard left their party and has become a Trump ally. Democrats say they worry that Gabbard's selection as national intelligence chief endangers ties with allies and gives Russia a win. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat just elected to the Senate, said he would not describe Gabbard as a Russian asset, but said she had "very questionable judgment". "The problem is if our foreign allies don't trust the head of our intelligence agencies, they'll stop sharing information with us," Schiff said on NBC's "Meet the Press". Gabbard in 2022 endorsed one of Russia's justifications for invading Ukraine: the existence of dozens of US-funded biolabs working on some of the world's nastiest pathogens. The labs are part of an international effort to control outbreaks and stop bioweapons, but Moscow claimed Ukraine was using them to create deadly bioweapons. Gabbard said she just voiced concerns about protecting the labs. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, said he thought it was "totally ridiculous" that Gabbard was being cast as a Russian asset for having different political views. "It's insulting. It's a slur, quite frankly. There's no evidence that she's a asset of another country," he said on NBC. Sen. James Lankford, another Oklahoma Republican, acknowledged having "lots of questions" for Gabbard as the Senate considers her nomination to lead the intelligence services. Lankford said on NBC that he wants to ask Gabbard about her meeting with Assad and some of her past comments about Russia. "We want to know what the purpose was and what the direction for that was. As a member of Congress, we want to get a chance to talk about past comments that she's made and get them into full context," Lankford said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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