Panic gripped the Indian capital Delhi on Monday as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights. Visibility is poor as pollution levels reached 20 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended…
India man-eating tigress killed after huge hunt (BBC)
A tigress in India who is said to have killed 13 people has been shot dead after a major hunt, officials say. The six-year-old tigress had evaded capture in the jungles of the western state of Maharashtra for two years.…
Tej Pratap Yadav files for divorce from Aishwarya Rai (IndiaToday)
Lalu Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has filed for divorce from his wife Aishwarya Rai. Tej Pratap, who was health minister in the grand alliance government, is an MLA from Mahua in Vaishali district. He filed for divorce in…
96-year-old Kerala woman tops literacy mission exam with 98 per cent score (IndiaToday)
96-year-old woman from Kerala has topped the qualifying Class IV exam conducted by the Kerala Literacy Mission Authority with a 98 per cent score. She will receive a merit certificate from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tomorrow (November 1) at the…
India unveils world’s tallest statue (Punch)
India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue in the western state of Gujurat in celebration of her unity. Towering at 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a hero of India’s freedom struggle…
Witness in alleged rape case of nun found dead (CNN)
Investigations are currently ongoing after a witness in the trial involving an Indian Catholic bishop who allegedly raped a nun was found dead weeks after giving his testimony. Father Kuriakose Kattuthara was around 62 years old, police said. He died…
UN blasts India’s deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar (Guardian)
The UN voiced alarm Friday over India’s deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution in a country where the military is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority. The UN refugee agency said it…
Ambode not embattled, says Oshiomhole as APC govs rally in support (Vanguard) * APC does not trust defectors from PDP, says Dogara (Punch)
Ambode not embattled, says Oshiomhole as APC govs rally in support (Vanguard) The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State was not in any way embattled over…
Passengers hurt after India pilot ‘blunder’ (BBC)
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots ‘forgot’ to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly…
Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape (CNN)
A group of nuns in one of India’s oldest Catholic communities is calling for the arrest of a bishop who has been accused of raping one of the church’s sisters multiple times over a two-year period. The case in the…