The victim, Neha Hiremath, was a first-year Master of Computer Applications (MCA) student at BV Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi
Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a US official, days after Iran launched a drone strike on Israel in response to an attack at the Iranian embassy in Syria.
Iran’s Fars news agency said an explosion were heard at an airport in the Iranian city of Isafahan but the cause was not immediately known. Several Iranian nuclear sites are located in Isfahan province, including Natanz, centerpiece of Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Several flights were diverted over Iranian airspace, CNN reported.
Over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in a retaliatory strike after a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy compound in Syria.
Most of the drones and missiles were downed before reaching Israeli territory.
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel “must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests” as the UN secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a “moment of maximum peril.”
Israel had said it was going to retaliate against Iran’s April 13 missile and drone attack.
Analysts and observers have been raising concerns about the risks of the Israel-Gaza war spreading into the rest of the region.
Israel’s assault on Gaza began after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200, according to Israeli tallies. Israel’s military offensive has killed over 33,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the local health ministry.
Iran-backed groups have declared support for Palestinians, launching attacks from Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.
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‘Newton’ was not just a film for the residents of this village in Bastar, Madhya Pradesh. Two residents who had speaking parts of the film, say the area is just as underdeveloped today as shown in the film, made more than seven years ago.
Newton — a satire on how democracy functions in Maoist-hit areas — was India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language category at the 2017 Oscars. The shooting took place at Dalli Rajhara in Durg but it put Kongra, a small village in Bastar’s Kondagaon, on the developmental map.
Juno Netam and Sukhdhar – two of the local actors who took part in the film — told NDTV that the village got tap water connection a year ago. A school and a hospital were built around five years ago.
The slow pace is reminiscent of a dialogue in the movie – “A forest does not grow in a single day”. But for Kongra, it has taken 70 years after Independence to get the basic amenities.
Not all the boxes are ticked, though, even now. The village is yet to get a metalled road. The approach road is a dirt track that begins from a left turn on the road from Kondagaon to Narayanpur.
At Mr Netam’s house, his daughter-in-law Sukhwati Netam was seen cooking lunch on a wood stove. The family said she has not received the benefit of Ujjwala Yojana. Even the Rs. 1000 grant of the Mahtari Vandan Yojana has not reached the family. Under the Mahtari Vandan Yojana scheme, the Chhattisgarh government provides Rs 1000 per month to those female applicants who come from married, widowed and economically weaker categories.
Sukhdhar’s role in the film was a single line. The man, playing a Maoist, had to say, “If you vote, we will cut off your hands”. But while the location is bang in the middle of Abujhmaar, among the biggest Maoist hubs, locals say they are yet to see a Maoist. Sudhakar has/has not seen a maoist. Neither has Mankar Netam.
The film was shot for 14 days, for which the men were paid Rs 1,400. Asked if the shooting took place in the village, Juno and Sukhdhar said they had gone to Delhi for it.