The Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (Revolutionary), an armed outfit led by Jaya Krishna Goit, has claimed responsibility for the blast. At least eight persons were injured on Sunday when a “pressure cooker bomb” exploded at a crowded government office in Siraha district’s Lahan in south-eastern Nepal, according to media reports.The pressure cooker bomb exploded on the first floor of the Land Revenue Office, Assistant Chief District Officer Krishna Kumar Niraula was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post newspaper.Eight employees – five men and three women – of the land revenue department were injured in the blast, the paper said.”Three…
Author: Mike Harrison
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to release the manifesto at her residence in Kalighat this evening. The Trinamool Congress on March 14 postponed the release of its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal for the third time. It did not cite a reason for the deferment.West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to release the manifesto at her residence in Kalighat this evening.“The manifesto release has been postponed for the time being. It will be released soon,” a senior TMC leader said.The TMC had announced it will release its manifesto…
Disgruntlement was brewing in the national party after Congress allotted four seats more to the DMK compared to the last Assembly polls. The Congress party’s screening committee meeting led by former Chief V. Narayanasamy, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh and party general secretary Dinesh Gundu Rao held at the PCC office on Sunday plunged into chaos as party workers raised voice against the leadership for surrendering a major share of seats to DMK. As Mr. Narayanasamy started speaking, a Congress worker Venketesh, hailing from Thirubuvanai constituency, raised a DMK flag and asked the leadership whether the Congress had…
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is recalling 2,24,710 (500 count) bottles of Atorvastatin Calcium tablets. Leading home grown drug makers Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma and Jubilant Pharma are recalling products in the U.S. market, the world’s largest market for pharmaceutical products, for various reasons. As per the latest Enforcement Report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Sun Pharma is recalling Cequa ophthalmic solution, which is used to treat chronic dry eye. The U.S.-based subsidiary of the Mumbai-based drug major is recalling 37,400 cartons (60 vials per carton) of the ophthalmic solution for being “subpotent”, the U.S. health…
Among the 56 patients is one teacher, while the remaining are students of Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12. A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been identified at the Government-aided Girls Higher Secondary School at Ammapettai here. A total of 56 people, 55 students and one teacher, have tested positive and are undergoing treatment, heath officials said. According to senior health officials, a student had suffered from symptoms of fever and cold last week. She was tested for the viral infection, and the report indicated that she was positive. Subsequently, two batches of COVID-19 tests were conducted for the 1100…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are heading to Japan and South Korea for four days of talks starting Monday Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration’s first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster US influence and calm concerns about America’s role in Asia.A senior administration said Saturday that US officials have tried to reach out to North Korea through multiple channels since last month, but have yet to receive a response, making consultations with the reclusive country’s neighbours, Japan, South Korea and China, all the…
Donald Trump’s efforts failed to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons North Korea has not responded to behind-the-scenes diplomatic outreach since mid-February by President Joe Biden’s administration, including to Pyongyang’s mission to the United Nations, a senior Biden administration official told Reuters on March 13.The disclosure of the so-far unsuccessful U.S. outreach, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about how Mr. Biden will address mounting tensions with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.It also adds a new dimension to a visit America’s top diplomat and Defence Secretary will make next week to…
Some 900 migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, were detained at the facility when the fire took place on Sunday, according to the International Organisation for Migration A leader of the migrant community in the Yemeni capital on March 14 called for an international probe into a fire that tore through a detention centre last week, killing at least 44 people, mostly Ethiopian migrants.In a news conference in Sanaa, Othman Gilto, who heads the Ethiopian community, blamed “negligence” by the Houthi rebels who control the capital, as well as the United Nations, which has aid agencies present in Yemen. The fire also…
A hasty “uncalculated withdrawal could certainly give an opportunity for those terrorists… to threaten the world,” Minister Masoud Andarabi said Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi warned on March 13 against a hasty U.S. retreat from the war-ravaged country, saying that the Taliban’s ties to al-Qaeda remain intact and that a swift pullout would worsen global counterterrorism efforts.In an interview with The Associated Press at the heavily fortified Interior Ministry, Mr. Andarabi said that Afghan National Security Forces backed by U.S. assistance have so far put a squeeze on terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, including the local Islamic State affiliate.A hasty…
NIA quizzed the Mumbai Police officer for over 12 hours. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) late on March 13 arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze in a case pertaining to recovery of an explosives-laden car that was found abandoned near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s mansion Antilla in Mumbai on February 25. The car’s immediate owner — Mansukh Hiren, a resident of Thane — was found dead under suspicious conditions in a creek on March 5.The case was transferred to NIA on March 8 from the Maharashtra Police. An NIA spokesperson said that Mr. Vaze was arrested at 11.50 p.m. on March…