Day: October 22, 2019

Boat retrieved 38 days after it sank, killing 51 people

8:21 pm October 22, 2019

Amaravati: Thirty eight days after it sank, killing 51 people, the ill-fated boat ‘Royal Vasishta’ was on Tuesday finally pulled out of river Godavari. The retrieved boat was almost in a dismantled shape. Rescue teams reportedly found some highly decomposed bodies in the boat. There is, however, no official confirmation about the number of bodies […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

Bangladesh to start relocating some Rohingya to island soon

8:14 pm October 22, 2019

Cox’s Bazar: Authorities in Bangladesh said Tuesday that they want to start relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island soon from crammed camps near the border with Myanmar, from where they fled. Top government administrator in Cox’s Bazar, Kamal Hossain, said they listed 100 families willing to move to Bhasan Char, […]

Malaysian PM stands by his remark on Kashmir, says we speak our minds’

8:14 pm October 22, 2019

Kuala Lumpur: A defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said he stands by his remarks on Kashmir, asserting that he speaks his mind and does not retract and change, days after India expressed regret over his statement. Raising the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly last month, Mahathir alleged that India has […]

Death toll in Chile protests rises by three to 15

8:09 pm October 22, 2019

Santiago: The death toll from violent street protests in Chile has risen by three to 15, the government said Tuesday. Eleven of the fatalities were in the Santiago region and caused by looting and arson, mainly targeting shopping centers, Deputy Interior Minister Rodrigo Ubilla told a news conference. Three of the deaths outside the capital […]

British police plan to travel to the US to interview an American diplomat's wife involved in a crash that killed a British teenager.

UK police to travel to US in car crash probe

8:04 pm October 22, 2019

London: British police plan to travel to the US to interview an American diplomat’s wife involved in a crash that killed a British teenager. Northamptonshire Police Chief Nick Adderley said Tuesday that officers will travel as soon as their visas are arranged. They plan to interview Anne Sacoolas about the crash that killed 19-year-old Harry […]