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Bangladeshi mosquitos behind dengue spread in West Bengal: Mamata
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:37pm on August 02, 2019
The chief minister of Indian state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has said there might be an active role of mosquitos from Bangladesh behind the...
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Drug lab raids in Myanmar with artillery fire
Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 01:17am on August 02, 2019
Raids on jungle drug labs have been met with heavy artillery fire, Myanmar narcotics police said Thursday, in an area riddled with armed groups accused...
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Maldives ex-VP held in India
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 01:14am on August 02, 2019
Former Maldives vice-president Ahmed Adeeb was detained Thursday by Indian authorities for trying to illegally enter the South Asian nation on a tug boat, officials...
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News TV blackouts in Pakistan draw fresh accusations of censorship
Reuters . Islamabad | Updated at 12:59am on August 01, 2019
Pakistani opposition parties have accused prime minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics, after several TV channels...
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Indian Muslim ‘instant divorce’ ban hailed but faces court challenge
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 08:51pm on July 31, 2019
The Indian government and women’s groups hailed ‘historic’ legislation Wednesday that criminalised ‘instant divorce’ for Muslims, but an influential Islamic group said it would launch...
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Muslims rejoin Sri Lanka cabinet after Easter bombings
Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:48am on July 31, 2019
Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers who resigned en masse in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined the government, officials said Tuesday, after...
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Myanmar NGO worker shot in restive Rakhine
Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 12:45am on July 31, 2019
A Plan International aid worker was shot by Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state, the army said Tuesday, the first time an NGO employee has...
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Outrage grows over BJP lawmaker accused of rape
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 05:03pm on July 30, 2019
Protesters stepped up demands on Tuesday for India’s ruling party to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several...
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18 killed as Pakistan army plane crashes into residential area
Agence France-Presse . Rawalpindi | Updated at 12:35pm on July 30, 2019
Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi early Tuesday, officials said. The...
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Battle to rescue wildlife at India’s flood-hit animal park
Agence France-Presse . Guwahati | Updated at 12:46am on July 30, 2019
Wildlife officers are racing against time to rescue animals caught in floodwaters from torrential monsoon rains in India’s famed Kaziranga National Park as the death...