A suicide bomber killed 14 people at a political gathering in the Afghan capital on Thursday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid said another 18 people were wounded, and that the casualties included security forces and civilians. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attacker struck at the entrance to the […]
» Read moreEminent environmental activist and leader of the anti-Athirappilly project agitation Dr. A. Latha passed away at her residence at Ollur, near here, on Thursday. She was 51 and was suffering from cancer for some time. Director of Chalakudy River Research Centre, Dr. Latha had been on a crusade against proposed Athirappilly hydro-electric project for more than 25 years. She fought […]
» Read moreTen Indian fishermen from Nagapattinam were on Thursday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the island nation waters, a Fisheries Department official said. The fishermen from Akkarapettai in Nagaptattinam district were held on charges of poaching fish near Neduntheevu, Assistant Director of Fisheries Department, Gangadharan said. They were taken to Kankesanthurai in […]
» Read moreAn Assam Rifles jawan and two militants were killed in an encounter at Sajik Tampak in Chandel district of Manipur on Wednesday morning, the police said. Three other militants and two jawans also sustained injuries in the gun battle. Police and Assam Rifles teams have recovered one AK 47 rifle and 3 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the spot. The […]
» Read moreNationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Thomas Chandy on Wednesday resigned as Transport Minister from the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Cabinet in Kerala. Mr. Chandy, who has been under fire for the past few months for alleged violation of various land-related laws and encroachment of the backwaters for his resort in Alappuzha district, handed over his resignation letter to party […]
» Read moreWest Bengal today won its two-year-long ‘rossogolla war’ against Odisha. Both states claimed to have invented the dessert, but it was West Bengal that obtained the ‘Geographical Indications of Goods Registration’ (GI) tag for it. That officially makes the rossogollaa Bengali invention. The GI tag ensures that only registered and authorised users make use of a product name. The ‘rossogolla […]
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