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Cyclone Vayu: India to evacuate 3 lakh people
An estimated three lakh people are set to be pulled back to safer places as very severe cyclone 'Vayu' today headed towards Gujarat on the coast of Arabian Sea and strike it tomorrow.
12 June 2019, 08:01 AM
‘Very severe’ Cyclone Vayu to hit India’s Gujarat tomorrow
Centred nearly 340km south of Veraval in Gujarat on the East Central Arabian Sea, cyclonic storm ‘Vayu’ has intensified into a “very severe” storm and is most likely to make a landfall on the state’s coast between Porbandar and Mahuva around Veraval and Diu region with a wind speed 110-120kmph gusting to 135kmph during the early morning of June 13.
12 June 2019, 06:39 AM
Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked
The Twitter account of veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been hacked allegedly by allegedly by a pro-Pakistan hacker group.
11 June 2019, 06:53 AM
Lanka MPs clash with president over probe
Sri Lanka’s parliament warned President Maithripala Sirisena not to scuttle a controversial investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, the Speaker’s office said yesterday.
9 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Sirisena vows to block probe
Sri Lanka’s president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said yesterday.
8 June 2019, 18:00 PM
No meeting between Modi, Imran Khan at SCO summit in Bishkek
India has said there is no bilateral meeting planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan on the sideline of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
6 June 2019, 14:08 PM
OIC for filing case against Rakhine’s human rights violation
The OIC Islamic Summit Conference has called for launching the case of Myanmar’s human rights violations against Rohingya at the International Court of Justice on behalf of the organisation.
3 June 2019, 09:39 AM
Indian actress Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away
Indian veteran actress and singer Ruma Guha Thakurta dies at the age of 84. Ruma Guha, former wife of legendary singer Kishore Kumar, breathed her last at her Baliganj residence in Kolkata around 7:30am.
3 June 2019, 07:05 AM
Jaitley opts out of Modi’s cabinet
Jaitley, India’s finance minister, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to give him a ministerial position in the new government due to ongoing health problems.
29 May 2019, 18:12 PM
Islamic State cases: Indian investigators in Sri Lanka
Reflecting enhanced bilateral security cooperation, a team of India's counter-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials is in Sri Lanka to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.
29 May 2019, 08:12 AM
In elite Nepali circles, a different kind of 'menstrual hut'
Twenty-five-year-old Rajina Shrestha ticks all the boxes of a modern Nepali woman. She is educated, opinionated and fiercely independent. But like thousands of others belonging to that troupe, she has not been able to reject one practice: observing menstrual restrictions every month.
28 May 2019, 06:02 AM
‘Chemistry beat arithmetic’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday that ‘chemistry beat arithmetic’ in this election.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM
BJP worker shot dead in West Bengal, 2 detained
The fresh spate of political violence that has kept West Bengal burning since before the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 claimed the life of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night.
27 May 2019, 10:08 AM
Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed after less than a year
Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.
27 May 2019, 05:03 AM
Modi takes oath May 30
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be administered oath of office for his second term along with his new council of ministers on May 30, the President's Office says.
26 May 2019, 18:12 PM
Kerala coastal areas put on high alert as Islamic State terrorists on way to Lakshadweep in boats
Kerala’s coastal areas of India were put on high alert after intelligence reports said that terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State are on their way to Lakshadweep in boats from Sri Lanka.
26 May 2019, 06:22 AM
Amethi BJP worker, who campaigned for Smriti Irani, shot dead
A BJP worker, who closely worked with Smriti Irani during her Lok Sabha election campaign in India’s Amethi, has been allegedly shot dead.
26 May 2019, 04:50 AM
Five economic challenges for India's Modi
With Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party securing a landslide win in the Indian elections, AFP looks at the key economic challenges facing Asia's third-biggest economy:
26 May 2019, 04:27 AM
Indian polls: Presence of Muslim MPs higher this time
The number of Muslim lawmakers in India’s new parliament has gone up by four compared to the previous House, with 27 candidates from the community emerging victorious in the recent national elections.
25 May 2019, 06:44 AM
Modi to seek blessings from mother in Gujarat
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Gujarat to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben after his BJP-led National Democratic Alliance returned to power with a massive majority in the parliamentary elections.
25 May 2019, 05:43 AM