Sri Lankan PM Visits India

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrived here on Friday, on a four-day state visit to India, officials said. Rajapaksa was received by junior human resources development minister, Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, at the airport in New Delhi. Rajapaksa will hold talks with Indian Prime…

India To Move 100 Million Tonnes Of Cargo On Coastal Shipping Route Over Next Five Years

MUMBAI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – India will move 100 million tonnes of coastal cargo in the next five years, through the coastal shipping route, from the present two million tonnes, an official from the shipping ministry said. “The linkage of inland waterways to coastal waterways is essential, by embarking on…

Elaborate Arrangements, Security In Place For Local Elections In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s election commission officials said, all arrangements and adequate security measures were put in place for the upcoming local elections scheduled to take place on Saturday (today), in the capital city Delhi. “All preparations are in place for tomorrow’s (today’s) assembly elections,” a local…

Philippines’ Duterte Orders Termination Of Military Agreement With U.S.

MANILA, Feb 8 (PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, wants Foreign Secretary, Teodoro Locsin, to notify Washington, about the intention of Manila to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson, Salvador Panelo, said, yesterday. “President Duterte is instructing Executive Secretary (Salvador) Medialdea,…

Plane Slides Off Runway After Landing In Istanbul, 52 Injured

ISTANBUL, Feb 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) — A plane slid off the runway, shortly after landing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, on Wednesday, Istanbul governor, Ali Yerlikaya said, noting that 52 people were injured. Yerlikaya said that the fire brigade and rescue workers were immediately dispatched to the scene, and the…

Syrian Air Defence Responds To Israeli Strikes Over Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb 6 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s air defence was triggered early today (Thursday), by a fresh Israeli missile attack, over the capital, Damascus, Syrian state TV reported. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report.…

Indian Border Guards Kill 11 Bangladeshis Since Dec

DHAKA, Feb 6 (NNN-BSS) – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed at least 11 Bangladeshi nationals since Dec 25 last year, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director (planning), Lieutenant Colonel Syed Ashiqur Rahman. He said, they continued efforts to stop the killing of Bangladeshi citizens by BSF. BGB came…

6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia’s Bali, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Feb 6 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Bali earlier today (Thursday), but there was no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 01:12 a.m. Jakarta time, Thursday (1812 GMT Wednesday) with epicentre at 69 km northeast Bangkalan of East Java province, and…

Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Receives GCC Secretary-General

DUBAI, Feb 5 (NNN-WAM) – Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received, at the Zaabeel Palace, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. Al Zayani paid a farewell visit to Sheikh Mohammed, as…

Human Trafficking Of Women, Children In Indian States On The Rise

MUMBAI, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Human trafficking of women and children, reached alarming proportion in India’s western state of Maharashtra, with 28,316; 29,279 and 33,964 of them missing, in 2016; 2017 and 2018, respectively, media quoted figures from the National Crime Records Bureau as reporting. India’s financial capital, Mumbai and…
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