Morning Digest: Israeli tanks destroy gate at Lebanon U.N. peace mission; President’s rule revoked in J&K after 6 years, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on October 14, 2024

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tanks destroyed the main gate of a facility of the UN peacekeeping forces at Ramyah in south Lebanon on Sunday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said. The UN forces are coming under attack for the fourth consecutive day.

Hours after jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang claimed responsibility for the assassination of Maharashtra’s former Minister Baba Siddique, a leader of Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), sources in the Mumbai Police have confirmed the alleged involvement.

President’s rule was withdrawn in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday (October 13, 2024), paving the way for the formation of a new government in the Union Territory. A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Union Home Ministry.

A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The military statement came shortly after Israel’s national rescue service said the drone attack wounded 61 people.

Mourning the death of former Delhi University professor and activist G.N. Saibaba, the Left parties said that he was a victim of the Narendra Modi government’s repressive policies and the Centre must be held accountable for his death.

The northeast monsoon is likely to begin by October 15 or 16, and Chennai may receive heavy to very heavy rain. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon’s withdrawal has been pretty fast and is likely to end in the next four days and the northeast monsoon rain may begin very soon. The cyclonic circulation over southeast Bay of Bengal and the adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean now lies over southeast Bay of Bengal.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena(UBT) and NCP(SP), on Sunday released the ‘chargesheet’ of the alleged corruption of the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra. Giving a rate card on the alleged scams in the State, at a joint press conference, the MVA claimed that the Mahayuti, a BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP combine, had plundered Maharashtra of thousands of crores of rupees.