An Indian state’s deputy leader was killed along with four other people today after their chartered aircraft crashed in the country’s west, officials said. The plane carrying Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, crashed in an open field at about 8:44 am (0314 GMT) while landing at the state’s Baramati airport, the civil aviation mi...
Two Nigerians, Chukwudi Okafor, 31, and Samuel Eze, 34, have been arrested in India following the alleged killing of their friend, Emeka Christian, in Pune’s Pisoli area over a dispute linked to a romantic relationship. India Today reported that the 40-year-old victim was beaten to death after an argument broke out during a late-night gatherin...
India has committed $450 million in humanitarian assistance to help Sri Lanka recover from the devastating damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said today on a visit to the country. The cyclone killed more than 640 people when it swept across the South Asian island last month, causing floods and landslides ...
A passenger train smashed into a herd of elephants in India’s northeast, killing seven animals on the spot, officials said today. No travellers were injured in the accident in Assam state, home to more than 4,000 of the roughly 22,000 wild elephants in India, reports AFP. Senior Assam police official V.V. Rakesh Reddy told our […]
•Hard drugs Less than 10 days after EAGLE team in coordination with Delhi police nabbed 50 Nigerians linked to drug peddling, 32 of them have been deported. During the probe, the officials found that the foreign drug peddlers were working for one Nick, who is wanted in multiple cases registered by EAGLE, reports The Times […]
•NiDCOM boss, Dabiri-Erewa A Nigerian suspect has been arrested in India for allegedly supplying about N812m (Rs 5 crore) worth of drugs to no fewer than 1,975 consumers in Telangana. It was learnt from a Times of India report published on Friday, that the suspect, identified only as Nick, carried out the transactions through an […]
•Jailed persons No fewer than 50 Nigerians have been arrested in one of India’s largest coordinated crackdowns on a transnational narcotics network. They are believed to be linked to a sprawling drug-distribution and hawala laundering syndicate spread across several major cities in India. According to a report yesterday by NDTV, an Indian news...
•The Hindu Indian authorities have deported a Nigerian man, Onyeukwu Victor, for overstaying his visa and alleged involvement in drug peddling. The Times of India reported that Victor was deported by the Hyderabad police on Wednesday. According to the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing, he arrived in India on a student visa in 2021 but conti...
•(L-R) Silver medallist Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, gold medallist Singapore’s Gao Ning and bronze medallist India’s Sharath Achanta in 2018  Ahmedabad, India, has been recommended as the host city for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Sport announced yesterday that the Indian city has been chosen ahead of a rival bid from Abuja in Nigeria...
•Late Raila Odinga Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said today — a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation. Odinga was the perennial opposition figure of Kenyan politics, running unsuccessfully for the presidency on five occasions,...
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