The confrontation turned even more intense when some intoxicated individuals attacked both the groom and the baraatis.

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot in a targeted attack outside the Hilton hotel in Manhattan on December 4. The 50-year-old was killed at 6:45 am while en route to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference. Surveillance footage showed the gunman waiting outside the hotel five minutes before Thompson’s arrival. After shooting him in the back, the suspect continued firing even after the gun jammed. The masked assailant fled on foot and then escaped on an electric bike; he remains at large, with the police releasing his photos. n18oc_crux

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking in parliament today, reaffirmed India’s long-standing support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict by calling for the establishment of a “sovereign, independent, and viable Palestinian state” alongside Israel. 

Mr Jaishankar, responding to a claim during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha on India allegedly abstaining from all United Nations resolutions on Gaza, said that since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7 last year, 13 resolutions concerning Palestine have been presented in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 

“Since the beginning of Israel- Hamas conflict, 13 resolutions concerning Palestine were brought in UNGA out of which India voted in favour of 10 resolutions and abstained on three resolutions,” Mr jaishankar said.  

India has provided significant humanitarian assistance to Palestine during the ongoing crisis. Since the conflict began, the Centre has delivered approximately 70 metric tonnes of aid, including 16.5 metric tonnes of medicines and medical supplies in two tranches. Additionally, $5 million was disbursed to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in 2024, matching a similar contribution made in 2023.

“India’s policy towards Palestine has been long-standing and we have always supported a negotiated two-State solution, towards the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine within secure and recognised borders, living side by side in peace with Israel,” Mr Jaishankar said. 

Details to follow.