Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am. “The explosions triggered fires which burned down many tents”, […]
» Read moreAt least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a jihadist-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike south of Al-Mansoura, a town held by the Islamic State group in the northern province of Raqa, “took place in the […]
» Read moreThe Maharashtra state assembly has suspended 19 Opposition Congress-NCP MLAs till December 31 for creating ruckus and disturbing finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar while he was presenting state budget for the year 2017-18 on March 18. They will not be allowed to enter the Mumbai and Nagpur legislature premises till December 31. The suspension proposal was moved by parliamentary affairs minister […]
» Read moreA man allegedly threw acid on his female friend on Wednesday on suspicion that she was talking to some other boy in southeast Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area, police said. The accused, Ravi Kumar, later went to the police station and told cops that he threw diluted acid (which is used to clean toilet) on the 20-year-old girl, said a senior […]
» Read moreTwo Indians have been sentenced to 17 months in prison by a federal court for their roles in smuggling foreign nationals into the US, the Department of Justice has said. Nilesh Kumar Patel, 42, and Harshad Mehta, 67, were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to illegally transport foreign nationals into the US via commercial airline flights, Acting US […]
» Read morePrivate sector lender Axis Bank had said its MD & CEO Shikha Sharma is not resigning. ”The news appearing in section of social media stating the impending resignation of the MD & CEO of the Bank, which please note is false, speculative and is being circulated with the mala fide intention of misleading the investors and the general public,” Axis […]
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