CPN-UMl to lead next Nepal Govt: Deputy PM
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam on Thursday said the next Government to be formed after the promulgation of the new Constitution in July will be headed by his CPN-UMl party which will lead the massive post-earthquake relief work.
Sikh barred from club over turban in NZ
Melbourne: A 30-year-old Sikh man working in New Zealand was barred from a club because of his turban, prompting him to lodge a complaint alleging religious discrimination.
Israel church attack: Jewish settlers held
Tabgha (Israel): Israeli police say they have arrested 16 Jewish settler youths after a Catholic church near the Sea of Galilee was heavily damaged by an arson attack on Thursday.
UN: 60m displaced due to wars, conflict by ’14
Geneva: A record 60 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide due to wars, persecution and conflict by 2014, an average of 42,500 individuals per day last year, enough to form the world’s 24th largest country, the UN said on Thursday.
Malaysian navy urges hijackers to give up
Kuala lumpur: Malaysia’s Navy has located a tanker that disappeared a week ago in the South China Sea and was urging its hijackers to surrender, the country’s naval chief said on Thursday.
Boko Haram kills 40 in Niger villages
Niger: The Governor of the Diffa region in Niger says that an attack by the extremist group Boko Haram based in neighboring Nigeria has killed 40 people in two villages.
Make civilian ships fit for military use: China
Beijing: China’s Government has passed new guidelines requiring civilian shipbuilders to ensure their vessels can be used by the military in the event of conflict, state-run media said on Thursday.
Tattoos bar Aussie from breastfeeding
Sydney: An Australian woman who was tattooed after giving birth has been banned from breastfeeding by a judge who ruled it exposed the baby to an unacceptable risk of harm.
Keith re-elected chair of UK Parliament panel
london: Keith Vaz, Britain’s longest-serving Indian-origin MP was on Thursday re-elected as chair of Parliament’s influential Home Affairs Select Committee, even as a controversy rages over his help to scam-tainted former IPl chairman lalit Modi in obtaining British travel documents.