TORKHAM: Pakistan customs appraisment officials on Friday have seized millions of rupees Indian made goods at Torkham border,officials said. Custom Superintendent Mujahid Khan and inspector Muhammad Ayaz Khan told media that acting on a tip-off they stopped two empty trucks(C-16199) and (E-7273) coming from Afghanistsn. He said they recovered 24320 pakcs of betels, 21400,48 kilograms
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To save her toddler, an Indian mother reportedly fought off a tiger with her bare hands, an official said Wednesday. Archana Choudhary stepped out of her house in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night as the 15-month-old boy wanted to relieve himself. A tiger believed to have strayed from the nearby Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
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Rescue operatives in India have confirmed the death of no fewer than 10 babies during a fierce fire which tore through a maternity unit of a hospital in the city of Maharashtra early on Saturday. Pramod Khandate, a senior doctor at the hospital told reporters that staff rescued seven of the newborn infants at the
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The Indian government on Monday inaugurated the country’s first-ever driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the disclosure via video conferencing while stressing that Delhi was the capital of a major global, financial and strategic power. Modi also inaugurated India’s National Common Mobility Card. “The inauguration of the first driverless
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Police operatives in India have arrested three suspected drug peddlers, including a Nigerian in the city of Bengaluru. The suspects are – Ude Ude Uja (33), Prasoon K (27), and Anand Chandran KV (27). The suspects were caught by police officers from the Central Crime Branch with 100 grams of MDMA drug worth Rs 5
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Indian police said it has arrested two Nigerian men believed to be involved in the smuggling and distribution of cocaine during a raid in Pragati Nagar area of Nalasopara (east). Senior police inspector DS Patil had received information that some Nigerians would be coming to sell cocaine in Pragati Nagar area of Nalasopara (east). The
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The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) Nigeria office has urged China, France, Japan and India to write off Nigeria’s debt or allow a two-year moratorium on repayments. The Union also commended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for granting a relief to 25 nations under its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT)
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A policeman was among at least four people killed in New Delhi, India on Monday during violent clashes over a contentious citizenship law, local media said, hours before US President Donald Trump arrived in the Indian capital for an official visit. Protesters torched at least two houses and shops before later setting a tyre market
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For many, the president of the United States Donald Trump is a man you either love or hate. The love that some of Trump’s fans have for him is so great that they have begun a form of hero-worship. A report by Reuters has it that India’s Trump super fans gear up for his arrival
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A 26-year-old Indian TV actor, Sejal Sharma has committed suicide at her Mumbai flat on Friday January 24. The film star’s last appearance was in Star-Plus Show, Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji. On the show, she played the character Simmi Khosla, the adoptive sister of the lead actor. The actress was found hanging in her room at
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Angry protesters in northeast India vowed Sunday to keep demonstrating against a contentious citizenship law as the death toll from bloody clashes sparked by the bill rose to six. Tension remained high at the epicenter of the unrest in Assam state’s biggest city, Guwahati, with troops patrolling the streets. In Assam, four people died after
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