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Nearly 1.4 mn people displaced in Sudan since conflict erupted: UN

Since the violent conflict first broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, nearly 1.4 million people have been displaced as a result, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest report.

Turmoil persists over TMC list

The urban Trinamul Congress supporters erupted in protest in several districts across the state shortly after the broadcast of the candidate lists by the ruling party for the elections in 108 civic bodies. In some areas, the police had to intervene standing as wall between the factional groups at loggerheads on the road in Burdwan East and Bankura, and in some areas the district leadership were detained inside their offices by the unruly warring groups.

Face-off intensifies: Mamata blocks Dhankhar on Twitter

Miss Banerjee accused Mr Dhankhar of tapping phones and threatening officers on several occasions. “Pegasus is running from Governor house. He is regularly calling our officers to meet him and threatening them. From commissioner of police to DGP, from chief secretary to home secretary and principal secretaries as well as DMs to SPs..he is threatening all. People of West Bengal never bow down to such threats,”

UNHCR warns of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

"A failure to reach a peace agreement in Afghanistan and stem the current violence will lead to further displacement within the country, as well as to neighbouring countries and beyond," UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said