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11 die at Magaya crusade…Cops teargas co...

11 die at Magaya crusade…Cops teargas congregants, spark stampede

The incident occurred at around 10pm on Thursday soon after the service, which attracted about 30,000 congregants. The injured sustained broken legs, ribs, bruises all over their bodies while some dislocated joints. In a bid to maintain order, police closed all the exits forcing the PHD members to... read more »

Al-Shabab militants kill 28 in Kenya bus...

Al-Shabab militants kill 28 in Kenya bus: Police

Nairobi: Al-Shabab militants from Somalia hijacked a bus in Kenya’s north and killed 28 non-Muslims on board after they had been singled out from the rest of the passengers, police officials said on Saturday.Two police officers said that the bus traveling to the capital Nairobi with 60... read more »

Kisan Vikas Patra Vs Bank FD: What You S...

Kisan Vikas Patra Vs Bank FD: What You Should Know

The government recently relaunched erstwhile popular small savings scheme Kisan Vikas Patra to provide more investment options with the aim to raise the savings rate in the country. But financial planners say the Kisan Vikas Patra can be a good investment option for people who don’t have... read more »

State Bank of India (SBI) executive in bribery probe put on leave
SBI’s $1 bn promise to Adani group: The ...

SBI’s $1 bn promise to Adani group: The public bank has a lot of explaining...

The Rs 6,200 crore loan agreement the State Bank of India (SBI) signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Australian visit to fund Gautam Adani’s Carmichael coal project in Queensland has been questioned on the basis of its merits, with the proposal evoking sharp criticism from Congress... read more »

10 killed in Bangladesh train-bus collision

At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah district. A railway official said the train... read more »

Gary McKinnon is warned off seeing sick father in Scotland: Fears SNP could allow new US b...

Gary McKinnon has been warned not to visit his sick father in Scotland in case the Nationalist government allows a revived American bid to extradite him. The Asperger’s sufferer was saved... read more »

Public service whistleblowers ‘treated shockingly’, report finds

Whistleblowers who risk their careers to uncover wrongdoing within public services are being victimised by managers who nearly always escape sanction, a public accounts committee report... read more »

Meriam Ibrahim arrives in US

A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence arrived on Thursday in the United States, where she was welcomed first by the mayor of... read more »

Heavy Gaza fighting ahead of proposed 3-day truce

Palestinian officials say 17 Palestinians, including 10 members of one family, were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of a planned three-day ceasefire in the Gaza war. The ceasefire was to take... read more »