41 dead in Kenya bus disaster: police
Nairobi: At least 41 people were killed on Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said. “It is a horrible scene. Bodies are strewn all over,” traffic police official Samuel Kimaru said by telephone from the scene near the town of Narok. “It is difficult to tell exactly what happened but all indications point to speeding and possibly overloading,” he said. “It is quite disturbing.”
Japan PM pledges greater govt role at Fukushima
Tokyo: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has promised to the world his Government will play a greater role in stopping leaks of highly radioactive water at Fukushima. Wrapping up a tour of Africa and the Middle East, Abe said in Qatar that the issue at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant cannot be dealt with by operator TEPCO alone.
Drop in number of Indians migrating to Britain
london: The number of Indians coming into Britain to work and study has registered a significant drop over the past year, according to official figures released on Thursday. The Indian sub-continent countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh led a “statistically significant” decrease in the net migration of citizens from outside the European Union, according to the figures.
Sikhs continue fight against meat plant in UK
london: British Sikhs are convening an inter-faith debate as part of their protests against a proposed meat processing plant near a prominent gurdwara in the city of Bradford. Councillors recently gave food firm Pakeezah permission to convert a car workshop near Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara into a wholesale meat plant as an expansion of its existing business in the northern England city.
lankan court stays animal sacrifice at Hindu temples
Colombo: A Sri lankan court on Thursday stopped the annual ritual of animal sacrifices at Hindu temples throughout the island following a petition by a Buddhist monk group. Jathika Bhikku Federation (Federation of Buddhist Monks) had filed the petition against the annual sacrifice of animals conducted at the Munneswaram Kovil.
Car bomb near Damascus kills 9 soldiers: NGO
Beirut: A car bomb killed nine soldiers southeast of the Syrian capital on Thursday, triggering clashes between Government troops and rebel fighters, a watchdog reported.
Statue unearthed from 2,000-yr-old burial site
Beijing: A rare jade statue used in a sacrificial ceremony was unearthed from a 2,000-year-old burial site in northwest China during the construction of a high-speed rail station.
52,000 people affected by quake in China
Beijing: Over 52,000 people have been affected by the 5.1-magnitude earthquake which hit the border of southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, local authorities said on Thursday.
Britain sends six Typhoon jets to Cyprus base
london: Britain has dispatched six RAF Typhoon jets to its base in Cyprus as part of a “contingency” plan to ensure the protection of interests amid heightened tensions over Syria, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
India, Pak to hold back channel talks in Dubai
Islamabad: Former Foreign Secretary Shahryar Khan and ex-diplomat SK lambah, the point men for India-Pakistan back-channel diplomacy, will meet in Dubai on Thursday to ease tensions and firm up a planned meeting between the premiers of two countries, a media report said.
Detention of vessel: Iran summons Indian envoy
Tehran: Iran summoned Indian Ambassador Dinkar Srivastava to protest the detention of an Iranian cargo vessel at a Gujarat port for more than a year-and-half. The move came a day after the External Affairs Ministry summoned Iranian Ambassador Gholamreza Ansari to protest the detention of an Indian oil tanker by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps since August 12.