15 dead in attack on Kenya hotel complex
Nairobi (AFP) An Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital has left 15 people dead, according to two police sources at the scene where fighting was still ongoing. “We have 15 people dead as of now and that includes foreigners. You will be given more details on all this and […]
Taliban threaten to end talks with US on ending Afghan war
Kabul (AP) The Taliban issued a statement Tuesday threatening to end contact with the US even as Washington’s peace envoy makes another round of the region in pursuit of a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s protracted conflict before a frustrated President Donald Trump makes good on his 2016 campaign promise to end America’s involvement. Earlier in the […]
British PM May suffers biggest ever government defeat in Parliament over Brexit deal
London (PTI) In the biggest defeat for a sitting British government in history, Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal to leave the EU was overwhelmingly rejected by MPs, triggering a no-confidence motion against her government and leaving the country with no plans for Brexit on March 29. The crushing defeat Tuesday threw the government and and […]
NHRC notice to Rajasthan govt in ‘botched-up’ delivery case
New Delhi: (PTI)The NHRC has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over reports that the head of a baby allegedly got separated from the body during delivery at a state-run hospital in Jaisalmer, officials said Tuesday. In a statement, the National Human Rights Commission said it had issued the notice to the chief secretary, […]
Friends behead Delhi tattoo artist with coconut choppers after he refused to return money, arrested
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) A Delhi tattoo artist was beheaded by his three friends with coconut choppers after he refused to return the money he borrowed from them, police said Tuesday. The headless body of 22-year-old Babloo Kumar was found in the bushes at a vacant plot in Mayur Vihar Sunday. Officials today said that […]
Leopard flogged to death in Rajasthan village
Jaipur, Dec 18 (PTI) A male leopard was beaten to death by villagers in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Tuesday, a forest official said. The leopard, aged two-and-a-half years, had attacked two persons in Jhothra village in Taranagar, after which the villagers killed the animal with sticks, the official said. The injured were referred to the district […]
Police suspect faction feud behind Karnataka temple’s ‘prasad’ poisoning that killed 15
Bengaluru, Dec 18 (PTI) A severe feud between two factions of the management over revenue sharing might have led to the food poisoning incident at Maramma temple in Sulivadi village of Chamarajanagar district, police said Tuesday as the toll increased to 15 with the death of another woman. Health department said Dundamma (51) died Tuesday, while […]
British MPs campaign for separate Sikh ethnicity in UK census
London, (PTI) A group of British MPs have launched a year-long campaign to lobby for Sikhism to be added as a separate ethnicity tick-box in the next UK census in 2021 after the country’s statistical authority concluded it was not required. The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Sikhs accused the Office of National Statistics […]
New Delhi cannot hide massacres of Kashmiris: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Stating that New Delhi cannot hide massacres of Kashmiris, Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday asked Army Chief Bipin Rawat to General Bipin Rawat to be courageous in telling New Delhi that Army has losing its professional capabilities in Kashmir. Soon after being released from two days of incarceration, Er Rasheed […]
BJP trying to repeat 2008 like situation in JK for electoral gains: PDP
Srinagar : Stating that the BJP is trying to create 2008 like situation in the state for electoral gains, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the hateful language and threats issued to the Muslim community during the ‘Dharam Sansad’ organized by VHP and RSS at Jammu. In a statement issued here, former minister and senior […]