As part of the 3rd edition of the North East India Festival, cultural programmes and exhibitions celebrating northeastern art and culture and featuring a variety of products from the North Eastern states of India was held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday evening.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday said she was "shocked and ashamed" that India has abstained in the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on a resolution that called for a humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
Taking to X, Cohen stated, "We reject outright the UN General Assembly's despicable call for a ceasefire. Israel intends to eliminate Hamas just as the world dealt with the Nazis and ISIS."
In a virtual press conference, Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss said he cannot make any confirmation as of yet as "there is no final exact information" whether the Filipinos were among those abducted when Hamas mounted the October 7 assault.
The date October 27 has unique significance for the Nation, as it was on this day in 1947 that Infantry-men from the Indian Army became the first troops to land at Srinagar airport, an act which turned back the invaders from the outskirts of Srinagar and saved the state of Jammu and Kashmir
"Pak Rangers resorted to Mortar shelling which was countered by BSF with appropriate response. Intermittent firing continued till 3 a.m.," said the BSF, which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border.
"There was a lot of firing by Pakistan overnight. No person was injured but houses were damaged. This kind of firing from the Pakistani side has been witnessed after almost six years. Our security forces retaliated to the firing," Dev Raj Chowdhary, Sarpanch, at border village Bulleh Chak in
Border Security Force personnel said an 'explosion' on Thursday late evening, barely hours after the Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the BSF troops on the International Border in the RS Pura sector.
Border Security Force Jawans said on Thursday evening that Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing on BSF troops at the International Border in violation of the ceasefire in the RS Pura sector.