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Monthly News July 2015

Afghanistan: 21 dead, 10 wounded in wedd...

Afghanistan: 21 dead, 10 wounded in wedding gunfight

KABUL: A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and another 10 wounded, an official said Monday. Jaweed Basharat, spokesman for the governor of Baghlan province, said a gunfight broke out between two groups attending the wedding in Andarab district late Sunday.... read more »

Delhi on high alert after Gurdaspur atta...

Delhi on high alert after Gurdaspur attack, security stepped up

Authorities sounded high alert across Delhi on Monday with hundreds of policemen deployed at railway stations, railway stations, shopping malls and crowded markets in the wake of a terrorist attack in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district that left five people dead. A burst tyre near Parliament also... read more »

At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on...

At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said. A Reuters witness said blood and pieces of flesh were spattered around the site... read more »

Four killed as terrorists storm Punjab p...

Four killed as terrorists storm Punjab police station

India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniforms stormed a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, killing at least four people and injuring several others. The dead included two civilians and two policemen. Unconfirmed reports,... read more »

NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Troops, Afghan Officials Say

KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike hit two Afghan military checkpoints on Monday in a restive province east of the capital, Kabul, killing at least eight Afghan troops in what an... read more »

Bihar Assembly Polls in Multiple Phases Between October and November

NEW DELHI: Election Commission is likely to conduct the Bihar assembly elections between October and November, amidst festivals in four or five phases. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim... read more »

Rape and murder of 15 minors: Delhi murderer was influenced by porn, alcohol, a movie call...

For a person who is alleged to have been involved in the rape and murder of fifteen children and the subsequent sexual abuse of some of the dead bodies, it was a stolen driving license that... read more »

Should move forward on Land acquisition bill, says PM Modi at all-party meeting

At an all-party meeting convened ahead of what looks like a stormy Monsoon Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the crucial and much controversial land acquisition... read more »

Vyapam scam: UN body calls for probe into death of Delhi journo

Indian authorities have been called on by the head of a UN agency mandated to defend freedom of expression to investigate the mysterious death of TV reporter Akshay Singh while covering the Vyapam... read more »