At least eight tribal girls from Mizoram were rescued from a car while being trafficked to Gujarat, police said on Sunday. As many as two tribal youths were also arrested in this connection, the police said. “They were rescued from a small vehicle on Saturday night while being trafficked to Gujarat via Guwahati,” police inspector […]
At least three persons were killed and three others injured in a blast in the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd factory here on Saturday, officials said. A RCF spokesperson said that the blast at the factory in Chembur area of northeast Mumbai occurred around 4.30 p.m. in boiler No. 2 which had been shut down […]
Islamic State militants slaughtered at least 20 foreigners, including an Indian girl, with sharp weapons before security forces rescued 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen on Saturday morning, ending a long drawn-out overnight siege at a Bangladesh cafe popular with both locals as well as foreign visitors, officials said. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj […]
The Japanese government on Saturday said that seven of its nationals were killed in the terror strike in the Bangladesh capital, local media reported. The victims were identified through photographs and belongings, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, citing Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. At least eight Japanese citizens were among the hostages taken by about […]
Italian footballers will wear black armbands during their Euro quarter-final against reigning world champions Germany on Saturday as a mark of solidarity with the people of Bangladesh, after Friday’s terrorist attack. At least 20 foreigners, including some Italian citizens in Dhaka were killed by Islamic State militants at a Bangladesh cafe. “The build-up to Italy’s […]
Thousands of demonstrators marched through Central London on Saturday to protest against “Brexit” — Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) — and demanded that the country maintain close ties with the continent. With banners and EU flags thousands of people, many of them non-British, marched from Park Lane to Parliament square, where they chanted […]
Residents of Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong will now have the lowest water and sewerage bills of any capital city in Australia, NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has announced. IPART’s four year water price determination commences today, providing a price cap on water and wastewater charges that Sydney Water and Hunter Water can charge its […]
Flying the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) was like being on top of the world, said Group Captain Madhav Rangachari here on Friday. “I felt like being on top of the world when flying the Tejas fighter. It’s an honour and a privilege to pilot […]
A 39-year-old imam in Turkey has been suspended after doctors reportedly found “pieces of cucumber” in his rectum during a checkup. The imam, who is from a Central Anatolian province, was admitted to hospital last week after suffering from severe abdominal pain and bleeding, Hurriyet Daily News reported on Friday. It was only then that […]
At least six persons were killed and several others injured on Friday when Al-Shabaab ambushed two buses in Kenya’s Mandera county near the Somalia border. The two buses were heading to Mandera town from Nairobi when the militants sprayed bullets on the buses in Elwak, Xinhua news agency reported. “Preliminary investigations indicate that at least […]