Tag: India
Over 150 Dead In India Flood
More than 150 people have died and 10 million affected in recent floods and landslides across India as the country’s…
Minister Raises Alarm Over Condition Of 100 Bridges
The Indian Government on Thursday raised alarm over the dilapidated condition of 100 bridges across the country, warning that they…
India Accounts For 85m Of 103m Child Marriages -Report
India accounts for 85 million of the 103 million of the world’s child marriages.
28 killed as bus plunges off mountain in India
Police said on Thursday that 28 people were killed when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down a…
Video: Teenager Hit By Train Escapes Death
A 19 year old lady in Mumbai, India escaped death after being was hit by a train while talking on…
Lightning strikes 12 dead in India
Officials say no fewer than 12 persons were killed and four others injured after lightning hit two Indian states of…
15 killed In India Crash
At least 15 people were killed and more than 20 injured as a truck crashed into pedestrians on Friday at…
Intense heatwave grips India
Intense heatwave in India has gripped India with mercury soaring to 45 degrees in some parts of the country, meteorological…
44 die as bus falls into river
Police say no fewer than 44 people were killed when a passenger bus fell into a river in India’s northern…
African Envoys Blast India Over Attacks On Students
African envoys in Delhi on Monday called the recent mob attacks on some Nigerian students near the national capital as…
4 students arrested for chasing minister’s car
Four students were arrested for chasing Indian textile Minister Smriti Irani’s car and booked for stalking, using offensive language and…
Xenophobia: Presidential Aide Calls For Justice
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged the Indian Government to ensure…
Indians Accuse Nigerian Students Of Cannibalism
In a shocking display of prejudice, Greater Noida residents accused a group of Nigerian students of killing and eating a…
Irish Tourist Raped, Murdered In India
Senior police officer Sammy Tavares said the body of Danielle McLaughlin, 28, was found near the beach resort of Canacona…
Nigerian drug lord nabbed in India
A drug trafficking gang has been busted by Delhi Police. Among the traffickers is a Nigerian drug dealer. According to…
Indian Ponzi Scheme MD Arrested
After dodging the police for over 4 years, Mir Sahiruddin, managing director of Green Ray International Limited (GRIL), was netted…
Poisonous gas kills 9 workers in India
No fewer than nine people were killed after inhaling poisonous gas at an oil mill in western Indian state of…
Baby born with larger than life tongue undergoes surgery
Aparajit Lodhi was born with a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia – a medical term for an unusually large tongue.…
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19 drown as boat capsizes in India
At least 19 people have died in India’s eastern state of Bihar after a boat sank in the Ganges River,…
Nigerian man die mysteriously after face-off with Indian landlord
A 36-year-old Nigerian man, Igwe Francis, living in India has died under mysterious circumstances, moments after he got into a…
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Convicted Nigerian drug kingpin re-arrested in India
The authorities in India have re-arrested a Nigerian drug convict, John Okoro, who fled from police custody in India last…
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161 passengers escape death as plane veers off runway
India’s Jet Airways said that 12 passengers were injured during an emergency evacuation Tuesday after one of its planes veered…
6 die in hotel fire in Western India
A Senior Police Officer said at least six people had been killed in a fire outbreak in a prominent Hotel…
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Customs intercepts container of Jollof Rice, Yam Porridge, Egusi from India
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’…
India court orders cinemas to play national anthem
Indian cinema theatres must play the national anthem before each film screening, India’s Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday, according to…
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115 die in train crash in India
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state has reached at least 115,…
18 bodies found, 23 feared dead in bridge collapse
Rescue workers in India found 18 bodies on Friday after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river earlier in the…
Floods kill 120 in India
Pradipta Mohapatra, Managing Director of Orissa state (India) Disaster Management, said that more than 120 people died in monsoon storms…
Leopard enters couple’s hotel room
An Indian forest ranger said that a leopard terrified a couple holidaying in the town of Nainital in northern India…
Floods kill 52 in India
Indian authorities on Saturday tried to rescue thousands of people stranded in flooded villages after a week of heavy rain…