Annabella Mullins

  The accused, identified as Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, had changed his name to Vijay Das after illegally entering India. January 19, 2025 / 10:27 IST The accused had been employed as housekeeping staff at Ricky’s bar in Thane, using the alias Vijay Das to conceal his identity. The accused had been employed as housekeeping staff at Ricky’s bar in Thane, using the alias Vijay Das to conceal his identity. The Mumbai Police, on Sunday morning, announced the arrest of a 30-year-old Bangladeshi national accused of stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra residence. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday and left the actor hospitalised. According to a senior police official, the accused, identified as Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, had changed his name to Vijay Das after illegally entering India. Addressing reporters during a press meet on Sunday, DCP Zone 9 Dixit Gedam noted, "We have doubts that the accused is of ...

  Families of the captives have been notified, though it is not yet known who among the 33 is alive and who is not 17 January 2025, 11:12 am Edit The government’s hostages and missing persons coordination unit on Friday notified the families of the 33 Israeli hostages expected to be set free in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Those on the list, to be returned over a period of 42 days, are so-called “humanitarian” cases: women, children, elderly individuals and the infirm. Notably, Israel has not been told how many of the 33 are alive, though it expects the majority are. Israel will receive a full status report on all those on the list seven days into the ceasefire. Some unconfirmed media reports have said Israel has insisted on first receiving the living among the 33, with bodies returned at the end. The order of release is not yet known. The identities of those set to return are expected to be provided 24 hours before each release. The schedule for the release will see...

 Israel's Security Cabinet approved the deal earlier, saying it "supports the achievement of the objectives of the war" Israel's government has approved the new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for it to take effect on Sunday. The decision came after hours of discussions that continued late into the night. Two far-right ministers voted against the deal. The security cabinet earlier recommended ratifying the agreement, saying it "supports the achievement of the objectives of the war", according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. It came hours after the prime minister's office and Hamas both said they had finalised the details of the agreement, two days after it was announced by mediators Qatar, the US and Egypt. Under the deal, 33 Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza after 15 months of conflict will be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails during the first phase lasting s...