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Ahmedabad airport's proposal to sharply raise user charges for charter flights during the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup. The airport has increased ground handling charges by more than 10 times, sparking a backlash from major airlines, who have now sought government intervention, arguing that such a sudden increase is illegal and will make charter operations unviable. The Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), which fixes airport tariffs, for a period of five years, issued a notice on Friday evening saying that levying charges and tariffs that have not been approved by the authority is illegal. “A few airport operators are levying charges without taking approval, resorting to unethical practices. All airport operators are directed to refrain from levying charges which have not been approved by the authority,” AERA said in a notice seen by ET. People familiar with the matter said AERA has also summoned the top management of the Ahmedabad airport on According to the tariff list issued by the Ahmedabad airport in September, the airport has levied a minimum of Rs 265,000 as general aviation charges for any charter flight carrying more than 15 passengers.

(Reuters) — Israel's military prepared for ground operations in Gaza to root out the Hamas militant group, whose deadly rampage through Israeli border towns last week stunned the nation.

NEW DELHI : As the cricket frenzy reached a fever pitch when India and Pakistan clashed on Saturday, the restaurant industry in major cities experienced a substantial boost in business. Restaurant chains like Massive Restaurants, the operator of Farzi Cafe, and other popular chains like Cafe Delhi Heights, said business was 15-30% higher than a typical weekend, as India started batting around 6 pm. “We had our highest-ever Saturday lunch and pre-dinner sales.

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Writers Guild of America strike. With the nation abuzz over the apparent camaraderie between singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs' star Travis Kelce, the show's first sketch didn't hesitate to delve into the juicy gossip. In a clever parody of the «Fox NFL Sunday,» the «SNL» cast took on the roles of renowned sports commentators, each secretly revealing their inner «Swiftie» as they dissected the possible romance between Swift and Kelce.

Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, Col. Golan Vach arrived at the Be’eri kibbutz to evacuate residents.“What I saw here was not only murder,” he said Saturday as he returned to the heavily damaged community near the Gaza border a week later.“It was humiliation.”A collection of bungalows and farmland in the Negev Desert, Be’eri was the site of one of worst massacres of the Oct.

Gaza ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history. In the eight days since Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,300 Israelis in their surprise onslaught, Israel has responded with a devastating bombing campaign that has claimed over 2,300 lives in Gaza. Fear and chaos reigned in the 40-kilometre (25-mile) long strip that is one of the world's most densely populated areas and where the UN estimated that one million have been displaced in the war's first week. Entire Gaza city blocks lay in ruins and hospitals were overflowing with thousands of wounded in the besieged territory, but there were fears of worse to come. A bereaved and infuriated Israel has massed forces outside the long-blockaded enclave of 2.4 million in preparation for what the army has said would be a land, air and sea attack involving a «significant ground operation». Israel has also stationed troops and tanks on its UN-patrolled northern border with Lebanon and closed a four kilometre (2.5 mile) wide zone there to civilians after deadly exchanges of cross-border fire with Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited front line troops in the south near Gaza on Saturday, wearing a flak jacket. «Are you ready for what is coming?» he said.

Click here! The report said the city police asked her if she wanted to lodge a complaint against the mall authorities over any trouble she may have encountered, but the woman continued with her aggressive behaviour despite being warned that she was being recorded. The police have registered a case under sections 353, 323, 324 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code, for assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharging duty, for voluntarily causing hurt, for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means and for intentional insult.

killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza since October 7th, when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,300 people in southern Israel. Israeli jets and artillery have been pounding the coastal enclave. “The scenes out of Gaza will be hard to stomach," warned a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on October 12th.

₹11,520 crore and 120 properties in the top seven cities including Mumbai, Pune, and Chennai. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said, in response to the pre-bid queries from prospective asset valuers of IDBI Bank, that the bank has as many as 68 properties in Mumbai, 20 in Pune, nine in Chennai and seven in Ahmedabad. Besides, it has six properties in Kolkata and five each in Delhi and Hyderabad.

Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local officials reported Sunday. Two people were killed and three more injured in the Kherson area after more than 100 shells bombarded the region over the weekend, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on social media.

Investment bankers laughed their way to the bank with 41 per cent on-year more fee income at USD 967.5 million during the first nine months of 2023, despite a massive fall in deals, according to an industry analysis. This is the highest fee collection by deal makers since records began in 2000. According to Refinitiv, which is an LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) business, completed M&A advisory fee jumped 34 per cent year-on-year during January-September 2023 and totalled USD 362 million, while ECM (equity capital market) underwriting fees rose by a steeper 38 per cent to reach USD 194.3 million.

The number of individuals with investable assets greater than $100 million more than doubled in the past two decades.

IDBI Bank that the lender has deferred tax assets of Rs 11,520 crore and 120 properties in the top seven cities including Mumbai, Pune, and Chennai. In response to the pre-bid queries from prospective asset valuers of IDBI Bank, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said the bank has as many as 68 properties in Mumbai, 20 in Pune, nine in Chennai and seven in Ahmedabad. Besides, it has six properties in Kolkata and five each in Delhi and Hyderabad. “The intangible on the balance sheet of IDBI Bank primarily comprises deferred tax assets of around Rs 11,520 crore,” DIPAM said. Deferred tax asset commonly refers to overpayment of tax by an entity.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday ordered a probe into a road accident on the Samruddhi Expressway which claimed 12 lives. The kin of each of the deceased will get a compensation of Rs five lakh from the state government, Shinde said. A speeding mini-bus hit a container truck in Vaijapur area on the Samruddhi Expressway in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 23 others, as per police.

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Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Sunday alleged that the terror group Hamas is blocking the evacuation of civilians in the Gaza Strip ahead of the possible ground offensive by Israel after the deadly attacks on October 7. It further stated that multiple rockets were fired at Tel Aviv and southern Israel during Saturday night and IDF continues to target Hamas military targets. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), IDF posted, «Hamas is blocking the evacuation of civilians». In a video briefing, IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said, «During the night, there were rockets fired at Tel Aviv and southern Israel. There is still combat in and around the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, despite police threats to curb them amid tension after the bloody Hamas incursion into Israel eight days ago.

fish thalis is the salad. Alongside fried fish, fish curry, sukhem (a drier fish or shellfish dish), bhaji, solkadi (coconut milk with sour kokum), pickle, a sweet dish and rice, there is also a mound of chopped cabbage, usually mixed with coriander leaves and maybe carrots. Most people just ignore it. Some say it’s a health risk because bowls of raw salad in restaurant kitchens attract bacteria. But others start with it, perhaps remembering admonishments to eat it because it’s healthy. I try avoiding it but invariably eat it in the end, mixing it with leftover rice and solkadi. No one ever claims to want the salad, yet it’s inescapable. A friend who surveys thalis across Goa even says that customers will always note, unfavourably, a lack of salad. The second big mystery about Goan fish thalis is why the state government feels they are at risk. What else can explain the recent directive that all beach shacks must offer it, at least in its basic fish-curry-rice form? Fish thalis are available across the state, from cities to villages, in versions ranging from basic to the monumental Bhatkar, or landlord’s thali, served at the restaurant of the Government Rest House in Madgaon, which offers more than 25 items, including chicken and multiple types of fish and shellfish.

Israel pressed on Sunday with preparations for a ground offensive in Gaza, after giving Palestinians a little more time flee northern areas it has vowed to target in response to the deadliest attack in its history. Hamas fighters gunned down, stabbed and burned to death more than 1,300 people in the attack that Israel has compared to 9/11 in the United States, sparking a massive retaliatory bombing campaign targeting the Islamist group that has killed over 2,200 in Gaza. Israel has warned around 1.1 million Gazans living in the north of the Palestinian territory to flee to the south ahead of a ground incursion which the military has indicated will focus on Gaza City, the base of the leadership of the Hamas militant group. The military said Gaza City residents must not delay their departure but a spokesperson said late Saturday they still had time to leave and that the ground offensive would not start on Sunday. Since Friday thousands of Gazans, who cannot leave the enclave as it is blockaded by both Israel and Egypt, have packed what belongings they can into bags and suitcases, to trudge through the rubble-strewn streets.

Axios. This comes as the diplomatic sources said that on Saturday in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with UN ambassador to the Middle East Tor Wennesland.