Thousands of people protested against Israel’s siege of Gaza on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival, seeking to move the spotlight from movie drama to real-world trauma.

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench – seven kilometres below sea level – lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the Election Commission, which has ordered special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, has itself been subjected to “SIR” by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’.