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Gopal Rai on Wednesday said the city government will re-launch the «Red Light on Gaadi Off» campaign from October 26 to curb vehicular pollution in the national capital. Last year, Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had put the campaign on hold, questioning its effectiveness.

London has been chosen to host the first-ever stage adaptation of "The Hunger Games," a play based on Suzan Collins' books and the blockbuster film series led by Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by Matthew Dunster («Hangmen») and adapted by playwright Conor McPherson («Girl From the North Country»), the live theatrical production will debut in London in the fall of 2024. The play is based on the first book in Collins' dystopian series, focusing on a televised battle royale where young tributes are chosen by lottery to fight to the death. The story revolves around Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence, who volunteers to take her younger sister's place in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Author Suzan Collins expressed her excitement about collaborating with Conor McPherson and Matthew Dunster on the London stage adaptation of «The Hunger Games.» Playwright Conor McPherson, known for works like «The Weir,» «The Seafarer,» and «Shining City,» expressed humility and inspiration in receiving Collins' approval to adapt «The Hunger Games» for the stage. «The Hunger Games» production is the result of the efforts of Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons from Runaway Entertainment, Oliver Royds from BOS Productions, and Isobel David in collaboration with Lionsgate. The original «Hunger Games» novel was published in 2008, leading to two sequels and four feature films. These films collectively grossed $3 billion worldwide at the box office. Lionsgate has also developed a prequel, «The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,» featuring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, set to premiere in theaters on November 17.

Also Read: Probe into Mumbai airport to focus on GVK’s alleged lapses The massive deployment of police officials will ensure proper managements of a range of events coinciding with each other. Police personnel will be deployed at the venues of Dussehra rallies of Shiv Sena groups as well. The ruling Shiv Sena and its rival group led by former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will organise rallies on Dussehra at Azad Maida, South Mumbai and Shivaji Park, Central Mumbai.

Writing an industry gossip column sometimes requires pulling together various strands and weaving an amusing tale. Other times, it’s enough to point and say, “Look! What the hell?” This is one such occasion.

By Jennifer Rigby

Hamas attack, Sigi Cohen lost contact with her son. All she knew was that he and his girlfriend were at a music festival that Hamas had targeted.But at around 11 a.m. that Saturday, she saw a photo of him in Gaza, and she knew: he was a prisoner of Hamas.The Oct.

Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department

Hamas gunmen are marshalling their own resources to get their loved ones home. Israel's military said Sunday it had confirmed that 126 people have been held captive since Hamas militants from the blockaded Gaza Strip attacked southern Israel on October 7. They gunned down civilians and dragged dozens of others, Israelis and foreigners, back to Gaza. Among them were children, including nine-month-old Kfir and four-year-old Arial Bibes, snatched along with their mother Shiri.

Israel amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict left for home on Saturday, the second in a day and fourth since the launch of 'Operation Ajay'. The special flights are part of the operation launched on October 12 to facilitate the return of those Indian nationals who wish to return home following the brazen attacks on Israeli towns by Hamas militants from Gaza on October 7. The Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv earlier earlier announced that two special flights will operate from Ben Gurion airport on Saturday.

Also read: This state announces early salary for govt staff in this festive month In separate news, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a ₹5,300 Durga Puja bonus for civic volunteers of the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, and ASHA workers employed under the health department. Preparations for Durga Puja are in full swing in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, and Odisha majorly.

Gaza knew exactly how to find the Israeli intelligence hub — and how to get inside. After crossing into Israel, they headed east on five motorcycles, two gunmen on each vehicle, shooting at passing civilian cars as they pressed forward. Ten miles later, they veered off the road into a stretch of woodland, dismounting outside an unmanned gate to a military base. They blew open the barrier with a small explosive charge, entered the base and paused to take a group selfie.

Gaza strip rages killing thousands on both sides of the border, unlashing the horrors of aftermath of war- that includes lives lost, dead bodies strewn around, properties damaged, families ruined. Volunteers collecting bodies in war-torn Israel and Gaza have shared many testimonials that reveal the consequences of this war that unleashed between Hamas fighters and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel in 2020 to join the Israel Defense Forces. Released from service last year, Silver said she recently responded to a call asking members of her former platoon to voluntarily return to duty after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday.Hundreds of people, including young children, were killed in the attacks, whose targets included a music festival and communal farming settlements.

The quake occurred at a shallow depth at around 05:10 am local time (00:40 GMT), with its epicentre about 29 kilometres north of the city of Herat, the United States Geological Survey said. Volunteers and rescuers have been working since Saturday in what are now last-ditch attempts to find survivors from the earlier series of earthquakes, which levelled entire villages and affected more than 12,000 people, according to UN estimates. Local and national officials have given conflicting counts of the number of dead and injured from the previous earthquakes, but the disaster ministry has said 2,053 people died. «We can't give exact numbers for dead and wounded as it is in flux,» said disaster management ministry spokesman Mullah Janan Sayeq. There were no immediate reports of new casualties after Wednesday's quake, which hit near Herat city, home to more than half a million people. The earlier earthquakes completely destroyed at least 11 villages in Herat province's Zenda Jan district, according to the UN. «Not a single house is left, not even a room where we could stay at night,» said 40-year-old Mohammad Naeem, who told AFP he lost 12 relatives, including his mother, after Saturday's earthquakes. «We can't live here anymore. You can see, our family got martyred here.

Gaza border areas from Hamas militants as the war's death toll passed 3,000 on Tuesday, the fourth day of fierce fighting since the Islamists launched a surprise attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israel's military campaign following Saturday's onslaught was only the start of a sustained war to destroy Hamas and «change the Middle East». Fears of a regional conflagration have surged amid expectations of a looming Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, the crowded enclave from where Hamas launched its land, air and sea attack on the Jewish Sabbath. The death toll in Israel has surged above 900 from the worst attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials have reported 765 people killed so far. Hamas gunmen killed more than 100 people in the kibbutz of Beeri alone, said Moti Bukjin, a volunteer with the charity Zaka that recovers bodies in accordance with Jewish law.

Lior Raz, who plays a crucial role in Israeli Netflix drama 'Fauda', on Monday night joined the front line in the ongoing war against Hamas. The actor posted a 20-second video on X, formerly known as Twitter, from Israeli town Sderot — bombed by Hamas — where he had gone to extract two families.

Reuters. In a phone interview with Al Jazeera, Moussa Abu Marzouk said that Hamas was open to "something of that sort" and "all political dialogues" when asked whether the Islamist group is willing to discuss a possible ceasefire.

Dalton State College in Georgia gets top marks for the quality of the campus experience it offers, according to the WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings.

Israel’s border with Gaza. The event was billed as a celebration of “friends, love and peace.”It ended in a massacre.Just after dawn on Saturday, Zhiharev spotted what he initially thought were fireworks streaming across the sky.“But then I told my friend, ‘I think we’re getting bombed.’ And then as soon as I said that, the music cut off,” he said.Zhiharev and others mostly shrugged it off.

racing drones with improvised warheads. Ukraine’s defence ministry calls them kamikazes, because the warhead destroys the drone itself. They are also known as First Person View (FPV) drones because the operator dons goggles that show a video feed from them as they fly.

«The timing is definitely symbolic, and I believe it was picked that way by the initiators,» Sarit Zehavi, President and Founder of Alma Research and Education Centre and former researcher in the Israel Defence Forces Intelligence Corps, told ANI. On Saturday, which was also a major Jewish holiday, Hamas militants launched a series of rocket strikes that hit major cities across Israel, and it sent waves of fighters across the border into southern Israel, killing hundreds of people and taking captives back to Gaza. Hamas militants used explosives to breach the barriers and then used bulldozers to widen the gaps. Militants entered into Israel in motorcycles and SUVs.