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  • Migrant Zimbabweans in South Africa queuing outside Government offices

    Thousands of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa have been queuing outside Government offices to try to legalise their status before the deadline later today after which they will face deportation if they do not have legal permits to stay. South Africa said in September that it would end this special dispensation granted last year to […]

    Cabinet gives green signal to introduction of Bill for amendment of Mines Act

    The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave green signal to the introduction of a Bill in the Parliament for the amendment of Mines Act, 1952. The Act provide for the health, safety and well being of persons employed in mining sector making work more humane and to provide for measures to prevent accidents and occupational hazards. […]

    Bangladesh HC calls for Ershad’s punishment

    The Bangladesh High Court has called for the punishment of former military dictator HM Ershad in its full verdict in a case in which it had declared the Seventh Amendment to the constitution illegal. The two judge bench of the High court released the full text of its judgment yesterday, four months after pronouncing the […]

    Former Israeli Prez Katsav convicted of rape

    Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav has been convicted of rape by a court in Tel Aviv and could go to jail. He was found guilty of raping an employee in the 1990s when he was tourism minister and sexual offences while he was President. The judges said, they believed the evidence of the woman whose […]

    Aung San Suu Kyi meets breakaway opposition leaders

    Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with former colleagues who disagreed with her election boycott and formed a new party to fight the controversial poll. The leader of the breakaway group, Khin Maung Swe said, the one-hour meeting between Ms Suu Kyi and three leaders of the National Democratic Force (NDF) was […]

    India’s population to cross China by 2025: US Census Bureau

    According to the US Census Bureau forecast, India is on course to top China as the world’s most populous country in 2025. The latest Census Bureau estimates predicted that India would have 1.396 billion people in 2025, surpassing China, whose population growth is more modest. Since 1980 China has allowed most women to bear only […]

    Sharjah case against 17 Indians postponed till Feb 17

    Sharjah Court of Appeals has fixed 17th February as the next date for hearing of appeals related to death penalty of 17 Indians who were found guilty by the Shariah Court for allegedly killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots. The court fixed the date after Thursday’s hearing of the case. Sixteen […]

    Sri Lanka to drop all remaining references to colonial ‘Ceylon’

    Sri Lanka cabinet has taken a decision to drop all remaining references to its British colonial name “Ceylon” from all the state institutions. A government spokesperson today said that cabinet will bring in a legislation, to effect the name change. The island became independent from Britain in 1948 and reverted to its traditional Sinhalese name […]

    Taliban fires rockets into main US base near Kabul

    NATO and Afghan police say insurgents have fired two rockets into the main USbase in Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Jason Haag, a spokesman for NATO in Kabul, says that Bagram Air Field received “two rounds of indirect fire” early Thursday morning. He did not have additional details. But Sher Mohammad Maldani, police chief for Parwan province where the base […]

    Libyan leader pardons two S Koreans on trial

    Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi has pardoned two South Koreans charged with violating the country’s religious law, the foreign ministry said, closing a case that overlapped with a separate diplomatic row. The two South Koreans, identified only by their surnames, Koo and Jeon, were arrested earlier this year on charges of engaging in Christian missions work […]