CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ ■ BHUBANESWAR SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 `12.00 PAGES 24 LATE CITY EDITION India received as much as 927.3 mm rainfall against its seasonal normal of 861.3 mm despite absence of La Nina factor: IMD Nasrallah killed, Khamenei in safe house AGENCIES HEZBOLLAH on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike, which dealt a body blow to the Iran-backed terror outfit. Israel had bombarded Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut below residential buildings on Friday where Nasrallah was holed up, but took 24 hours to confirm the hit. Nasrallah has joined his fellow martyrs, a statement from Hezbollah said adding it would continue its war against Israel for Palestine. Following his death, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to have been shifted to a secure location inside his country amid high security, Reuters reported. Khamenei declared five days of mourning for Nasrallah. “I… offer my condolences for the martyrdom of the great Nasrallah and his martyred companions and announce five days of public mourning in Islamic Iran,” he said in a statement. Israel said it carried out the precise airstrike on Friday when the Hezbollah leadership were at their headquarters WATCH LIVE ACTION TODAY! VS 7:00 PM HASSAN NASRALLAH Lebanon announced three days of mourning for Nasrallah’s death. Flags to fly at half-mast on public buildings. His cousin Hashem Safieddine could be the most likely successor as Hezbollah head ONWARDS LEBANON Beirut AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI ISRAEL An orange ball of flame rises up in the air after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut | AP south of Beirut. Lebanese Health Ministry said six persons were killed and 91 injured in Israeli strike on its HQ. Besides Nasrallah, Abbas Nilforushan, a prominent general of Revolutionary Guard, died in the same airstrike, according to Iran’s of ficial IRNA news agency . Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Nasrallah, could be the “most likely” successor to Hezbollah, AFP reported. Both the US and West Bank Saudi Arabia have put Safieddine, a senior member of Hezbollah’s powerful decision-making Shura Council, on their respective lists as designated “terrorists” in 2017. Meanwhile, the UN refugee chief said on Saturday that 50,000 people fled to Syria amid escalating Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. “More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli air strikes,” Filippo Grandi said on X, adding Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of national mourning. Iran vice president warned the killing will lead to Israel’s destruction that “well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon”. Israelis welcomed Nasrallah’s elimination. Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel one day after Hamas’ attack on southern Israel last October 7, which triggered Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza with Hamas. Hezbollah said it was acting in support of P9 Hamas. WITH THIS ISSUE EXPRESS READ Kamadhenu Yojana gets cabinet approval Eight held, internet suspended in Bhadrak Six arrested in Rourkela gangrape case Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet presided by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday approved the new state-sector umbrella scheme Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana with an outlay of `1,423.47 crore. The scheme will benefit more than 15.47 lakh farmers | P3 Bhubaneswar: As Bhadrak remained tense and under curfew following Friday’s violent attack on police over a social media post, the government suspended internet services in the district. The youth who had shared the post and seven others who led the protests were arrested | P3 Rourkela: Rourkela police on Saturday arrested six persons for the gangrape of the 17-year-old-girl in the intervening night of September 22 and 23. Four of them, police said, were present in Hooddang bar and restaurant where the victim was dining with her friends last Sunday evening | P4 GEN Z-KASHMIR A NEW TIDE PLUS 12 PAGES Jaishankar tears into Pak, says only issue left is vacating PoK Y E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday lit into Pakistan for making cross-border terror part of its state policy and said the only issue left to be resolved is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan. “Countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control but some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences a premier example is our neighbour Pakistan,’’ said Jaishankar while addressing the UN General Assembly in New York. Jaishankar said that the misdeeds of countries like Pakistan affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood when its policy instills such fanaticism among its people that its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism. “Today we see the ills it sought to visit on others consume its own society It can’t blame it on . the world; this is one karma,’’ he quipped. A dysfunctional nation (Pakistan) on coveting the lands of others must be exposed and must be countered. “I heard some bizarre assertions at this very forum yesterday so let me make India’s position perfectly clear. Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy will never suc- RELEVANCE OF THE U.N. “The world has changed profoundly and so have its concerns and opportunities. To address both and strengthen the order, it is essential that the UN be the central platform for finding common ground and that it certainly cannot be by remaining anachronistic,’’ Jaishankar said. “By coming together, sharing experiences, pooling resources and strengthening our resolve, we can change the world” ceed and it can have no expectation of impunity On the contra. ry actions will certainly have consequences. The issue to be resolved between us now is only the vacation of the illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan and of course the abandonment of Pakistan’s long standing attachment to terrorism,’’ Jaishankar said. He also spoke about the resolution of conflicts through dialogue and reforms in the UN, which began with 51 members and now has 193. 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