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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended condolences to the people of Nigeria for the loss of lives due to the devastating floods that hit the country last month and announced to send 20 tons of humanitarian aid to support the relief efforts. “On behalf of 140 crore Indians, I express condolences over the loss of lives due to flood in Nigeria last month. In support of relief works, India is sending 20 tons of humanitarian aid,” PM Modi said during a meeting with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja. Ahead of the PM’s visit, India had also sent 15 tons of humanitarian aid to Nigeria as the country reels under devastating floods. PM… Read More »PM Modi Announces 20 Tons Of Humanitarian Aid To Flood-Hit Nigeria

The Lebanese army said an Israeli attack on Sunday killed two soldiers, accusing Israel of directly targeting their position in south Lebanon where the Israeli military is fighting Hezbollah. “The Israeli enemy directly targeted an army centre” in Mari in the Hasbaya area, causing “the death of one of the soldiers and the wounding of three others, one of whom is in critical condition”, the army said in a statement. A separate statement shortly afterwards said “a second soldier” had died of his wounds. Israeli fire has killed more than a dozen Lebanese soldiers since all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group erupted in September, according to an AFP tally of official announcements.

Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot’s walkout from Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party was the culmination of a rift that had its genesis in the division of portfolios held by Manish Sisodia after he was arrested in the Delhi liquor policy case. Mr Sisodia, then Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, held the maximum number of portfolios – 18 — that not only included the flagship health and education, but also law, revenue and power, water, finance and home.  After his arrest in March last year, most of these portfolios were divided between Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi, who is now the Chief Minister of Delhi.  In December, the Law and Justice Department was taken away from Mr Gehlot… Read More »How Rift Grew Between AAP and Kailash Gahlot

Going against the stand of Manipur government, a key Kuki-Zo civil society group has urged the Centre to extend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to all 13 remaining police stations in Manipur’s valley districts. The tribal body, the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU), has urged the withdrawal of AFSPA from the hill districts, including Leimakhong, citing sufficient military presence to maintain peace. The statement comes in response to a recent notification issued by the Home Ministry on November 14, designating six police stations in Greater Imphal as “disturbed areas” under AFSPA, effective October 1, 2024. The tribal body also criticised the government’s lack of “sincerity and genuineness” in addressing the ongoing crisis in… Read More »Kuki-Zo Tribal Body Demands AFSPA For Manipur’s Valley Districts

In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was killed allegedly by her mother-in-law who along with her three accomplices chopped her body in dozens of pieces before dumping it in a drain in the Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Sunday. The incident took place last week in Daska, Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore. Police arrested four suspects including the mother-in-law Sughran Bibi, her daughter Yasmin, her grandson Hamza and distant relative Navid. Zara Qadir, who was in her 20s, went missing last week. Later police found the chopped body of a woman in three sacks which was identified as Zara. Zara, the daughter of a police officer, married Qadir Ahmad four… Read More »Pregnant Pak Woman Killed, Chopped Into Pieces By In-Laws Over “Witchcraft” Suspicion