Month: April 2018

Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies aged 81

open view web desk JOHANNESBURG – Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife to Nelson Mandela during his decades of imprisonment, died on Monday, a family spokesman said. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela died peacefully surrounded by her family following a long illness that had kept her in and out of […]

Seven reported killed as Dalits lead protests against Supreme Court ruling

  open view web desk NEW DELHI – At least seven people were killed on Monday as protesters led by India’s Dalits set fire to police posts and blocked railway tracks after the Supreme Court barred the immediate arrest of people accused of discriminating against them, local media […]

Expelled Russian diplomats arrive home as Moscow warns against travel to UK

    open view web desk Russian diplomats expelled from the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday, with post-Cold War tensions peaking in the wake of a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. A deepening crisis in ties between Russia and the West has […]

CBI probing Videocon, husband of ICICI Bank CEO, in loan case – sources

open view web desk NEW DELHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a preliminary investigation into the husband of ICICI Bank’s chief executive, as well as officials at the lender and at Videocon Group, two sources said on Saturday, to assess whether there was any […]

Violence erupts in Kashmir after security forces kill militants – police

open view web desk SRINAGAR – At least 12 people, including eight suspected militants, were killed in gun battles with Indian security forces in southern Kashmir, police officials said, in one of the most violent days in the restive region this year. Two Indian soldiers and two civilians […]

Dalai Lama calls on Tibetans to remain united as India drifts towards China

open view web desk DHARAMSALA, INDIA – The Dalai Lama called on his people to remain united as the Tibetan community gathered on Saturday in a small hill town to mark 60 years of political asylum in India – although just one federal minister appeared at the event. […]

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