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Armed men loot Rs 50,000 from trader in UP
Armed men allegedly looted Rs 50,000 from a trader near a bank in Shamli district, police said today. The incident occurred yesterday when the victim, R P Mittal, came out after withdrawing money from a bank in Kairana, SHO Sunil Dutt said. Police rushed to the spot and started a probe into the case, he said.
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Trump extends wishes on Sinhala, Tamil New Year
The United States has extended greetings to Sri Lankans living across the globe for Sinhala and Tamil New Year."On behalf of President Trump and the American people, I wish a joyous New Year to all the Sri Lankan people. The New Year celebration is a chance to reflect on the milestones of the past year, including the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence and U.S.-Sri Lankan diplomatic relations, as well as continued progress on good governance, economic stability, and reconciliation to ensure an even brighter future for the Sri Lankan people," acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said in an official statement."The United States looks forward to working with Sri Lanka on our shared goals of peace, prosperity, and further growth in the Indo-Pacific region in the year ahead. Best wishes to the Sri Lankan people for a safe and prosperous year ahead," the statement further added.The day, called Aluth Aurudu, is an important national holiday for both the ...
Ecuador's Moreno returns home after report says abducted journalists dead
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has announced he would return home from the Summit of Americas in Peru to address a "critical situation" related to a team of abducted reporters following reports they had been killed. "I have decided to return immediately to Ecuador because of the critical situation we are experiencing right now," the Moreno said on Twitter yesterday, the same day he had arrived in Peruvian capital Lima for the summit. Moreno added he would be accompanied by relatives of the team, who had also travelled to Peru to pressure him and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos to secure the journalists' release. Reporter Javier Ortega, 32, photographer Paul Rivas, 45, and their driver Efrain Segarra, 60, were kidnapped by rogue Colombian FARC guerrillas on March 26 at the Ecuador-Colombia border. On April 3, Colombia's RCN television aired a 23-second video showing the trio wearing chains with locks around their necks, the first proof of life. One of the hostages asked
British cabinet agrees 'need for action' in Syria
British Cabinet ministers have agreed "on the need to take action" in Syria to "deter the further use of chemical weapons", Downing Street has said.
Taliban, Haqqani enjoy safe havens in Pakistan: Pentagon
Asserting that the Taliban and the Haqqani network enjoy safe havens in the border regions of Pakistan, a top US Army General today told the lawmakers that it was very difficult to contain insurgency in war-torn Afghanistan if Islamabad continues to harbour terrorists on its soil. "It's very, very difficult to eliminate any insurgency if that insurgency has safe haven in another country. But right now, the Taliban, the Haqqanis and other organisations do, in fact, enjoy some safe haven in the border regions on the Pakistani side of the border. Pakistan has got to be part of the solution," General Mark A Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Army, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he said to the end insurgency in Afghanistan, it was important to reduce the threat of terrorism something that can be handled on a routine basis by the internal security forces. "In order to do that, you have to essentially do several things. You
Somalia: Football stadium bomb blast kills 5
A bomb blast in a football stadium in country's port town of Barawe on Friday claimed five lives.The stadium was packed when the blast took place.According to reports, Somalia's very own al-Qaida-linked terror group, al-Shabab immediately claimed the responsibility for the blast.The terrorist group are known to attack high-value targets in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu quite often.
India against use of chemical weapons: MEA
Amid spiralling tensions between Russia and the UK following a chemical attack on double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, India today said it is against the use of chemical weapons and the issue should be resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. There are reports that the UK is keen on raising the issue at the Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in London next week. When Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar was asked about the telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, he said he did not have information on what the two leaders talked about. However, he said, "India is against the use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anybody, under any circumstances. We hope that this issue is resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) so as to reach evidence-based conclusions. India, as .
Blast kills 10 Iraqi mourners
Ten mourners were killed and 14 wounded on Thursday in bomb explosions while they were burying four people killed earlier in the day by the Islamic State in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a local official told Xinhua.
Massive security for PM's visit to Naxal-hit Bijapur
Security has been beefed up in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the area on April 14. On April 9, two jawans were killed in a Naxal attack in the district. Around 10,000 security personnel from various agencies would be a part of the multi-level security cover being put in place. Personnel of the state's Special Task Force (STF), the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF), along with paramilitary forces and contingents of the Special Protection Group (SPG) will be part of the security set up. "Around 10,000 security personnel are part of the watertightsecurity measures for PM's visit in Bijapur," a senior police official monitoring the security arrangements told PTI today. The venue of the event has already been fortified and the area within a radius of 10 km around it has been sanitised, he said. The security forces have been patrolling along with the Bomb Disposal Squads (BDS) on a daily ...
2 arrested with banned Indian notes in Nepal
Nepal police today arrested two persons and recovered from them the banned Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination amounting to Rs 49,31,500. A police team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, nabbed Sunil Dev Vaishya of Morang and Chet Bahadur Nepali of Nuwakot districts from Lazimpat in Kathmandu, according to the Nepal Police. The police said that they confiscated 5,451 old currency notes of Rs 500 denomination and 2,206 old currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination. According to Bishwo Raj Pokharel, chief of Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, the two men cheated people and exchanged the money saying that the ban on these notes will be lifted after some time. Pokharel said they collected the money in a big quantity from the border areas and brought to Kathmandu.
Miscreants loot Rs 9.5 lakh from Gramin Bank
Five miscreants looted Rs.9.5 lakh from a Gramin Bank in Moharo under Jama police station of Dumka district today, police said. The miscreants, two of whom were were wearing helmets, entered the bank and held the staff at gunpoint before looting the cash, Superintendent of Police, Kishore Kaushal said. After committing the crime, the miscreants escaped in motorcycles, he said. Kaushal said the incident has been captured on the CCTV installed in the bank. The police have launched a massive checking drive in the district borders and also alerted the adjacent district police stations including Deoghar (Jharkhand) and Bhagalpur (Bihar), he added.
OPCW experts to start work in Syria on Saturday
Experts from the global chemical weapons watchdog are on their way to Syria and will start work on Saturday to probe an alleged poison gas attack, the organisation confirmed. A spokesperson for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "confirms that the OPCW fact-finding mission team is on its way to Syria and will start its work as of Saturday 14 April 2018," a brief statement said today. The confirmation came after Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, said two OPCW groups were to arrive in his country today and tomorrow to investigate what happened in the rebel-held town of Douma. The OPCW decided to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the town after reports that more than 40 people died from exposure to toxic gas at the weekend. "These two groups will arrive separately to Syria today as well as tomorrow, on Friday," Jaafari told reporters. "We will facilitate the arrival of the team to anywhere they want, in Douma, to check whether or not there was use of ..
Four IS militants killed in Afghanistan
At least two militants affiliated with the terror outfit Islamic State (IS), have been killed and two others have been injured by own explosives in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province.The incident took place in the vicinity of Chapa Dara district in Wach Nawa area when four IS militants were planting an improvised explosive device on a roadside, reported Khaama Press, citing, the Afghan Military, as saying.According to the report, the anti-government armed militant groups often use explosives materials for the roadside and car bombings to target the government staff and security personnel.However, in majority of these incidents, civilians are targeted, while in some cases the militants are killed or injured themselves by their own explosives.
Two dead in air strike on Yemen film set: security official
An air raid struck the set of a rebel TV series in Yemen today, killing at least two people, a security source and a rights activist said. The strike on Marawiaa district in the western province of Hodeida came as a cast and crew were filming a Ramadan series for Huthi rebel-run Al-Masirah television, they said. The set was on a farm that had belonged to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a one-time rebel ally who was gunned down by the Huthis in December after their partnership collapsed. Multiple military vehicles, including two tanks, were on the property at the time of the attack, the sources told AFP. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Huthis, seen by Riyadh as Iranian proxies, since 2015. The security source said Thursday's attack was one of a string of strikes in Hodeida province, which he attributed to Saudi-led forces. "We take this report seriously, it will be investigated," a coalition spokesman told AFP, saying it would be "inappropriate to comment further" ...
Moscow says will not accept conclusions of OPCW on spy poisoning
Moscow today said it would not accept the conclusions of the world's chemical arms watchdog on the poisoning of a former spy in England unless Russian experts could access the samples used. "Russia won't take on faith any conclusion relating to the Skripal affair until such a time as Russian experts are allowed access to the samples mentioned (by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Attack on ex-Russian spy: India awaiting probe result
India is waiting for the result of the investigation into the chemical attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain last month, a senior official said here on Thursday.
Rs 9 lakh looted from bank in Jharkhand
Five armed robbers looted Rs 9 lakh from a branch of Gramin Bank in Jharkhand's Dumka town on Thursday, police said.
Novichok used in Skripal attack: Chemical weapons watchdog
A global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed the UK's analysis of the type of the nerve agent used in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, according to a report from the Dow Jones Newswires.
India against use of chemical weapons: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday underscored that India is against the use of chemical weapons while dwelling upon the bilateral relationship between Russia and the United Kingdom (UK) which has apparently soured over the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia."India is against the use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anybody, under any circumstances. We hope that this issue is resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention so as to reach evidence based conclusions. India, as all other countries, awaits the outcome of the investigation," MEA's official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.On April 4, British military facility head Gary Aitkenhead claimed to identify the nerve agent as the military-grade Novichok but they had not proved that it was made in Russia.He also hinted towards the involvement of the state-actors in the manufacturing of the nerve-agent.According to the British government, ...