Cricket has won its battle to be added to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic programme, multiple sources have told the Guardian, and will be joined by flag football as well as baseball and softball. The LA organising committee is expected to go public with its choice of sports for the Games within the next 24 hours, with suggestions that lacrosse and potentially squash could also be proposed as additional sports for 2028.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says, "Census comes within the purview of Central Government. In India, caste-based census was held before independence. After that, there was a conscious decision on how to have a census. I would like to ask Rahul Gandhi that when the recommendations of the Mandal Commission were made in the 90s, what was the stand taken by his father? He vehemently opposed it in the Parliament...They were in power for so long. They never took up this responsibility...This is a tactic by the Congress to hide from the sin they committed in the past few days."
Nine American citizens were killed Monday in the war between Israel and Hamas, the United States confirmed, adding with more unaccounted for amid fears they were taken captive. "At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine US citizens," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. "We can confirm that there are unaccounted for US citizens, and we are working with our Israeli partners to determine their whereabouts."
Congress Working Committee in a unanimous decision has supported the idea of a caste census in the country. It is a progressive step. Our CMs (Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan) are also considering this and actioning this, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the press meet on Monday. He further said, "The PM is incapable of doing the caste census. Our 3 out of 4 CMs are from the OBC category. Out of 10 BJP CMs, only one CM is from the OBC category. How many BJP CMs are from the OBC category? The PM doesn't work for the OBCs but to distract them from main issues."
Delhi Police has registered a first information report (FIR) against Hero MotoCorp's Chairman Pawan Munjal for allegedly falsifying accounts and availing tax credits on fake bills, according to an Economic Times report
The Election Commission on Monday said that the five States Assembly polls will be held from November 7-30, the results of which would be out by December 3, 2023. Chhattisgarh to vote on 7th Nov & 17th Nov; Madhya Pradesh on 17th Nov; Mizoram on 7th Nov, Rajasthan on 23rd Nov and Telangana on 30th Nov.
A senior Hamas official says the militant group is holding more than 100 people captive after its unprecedented assault on Israel. Mousa Abu Marzouk made the remarks Sunday to the Arabic language news outlet al-Ghad. The figure is in addition to more than 30 people said to be held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group.