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The Star
4 days ago
- Climate
- The Star
At least 34 dead in India's northeast after heavy floods
People carry a patient on a stretcher as they wait for a rescue boat to evacuate him from the flood-affected Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, following heavy rains in Imphal East, Manipur, India June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer BHUBANESWAR/DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 34 people have died in India's northeastern region after heavy floods caused landslides over the last four days, authorities and media said on Monday, and the weather department predicted more heavy rain. More than a thousand tourists trapped in the Himalayan state of Sikkim were being evacuated on Monday, a government statement said, and army rescue teams were pressed into service in Meghalaya state to rescue more than 500 people stranded in flooded areas. In neighbouring Bangladesh, at least four members of a family were killed in a landslide in the northeastern district of Sylhet, while hundreds of shelters have been opened across the hilly districts of Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachhari on Sunday. Authorities have warned of further landslides and flash floods, urging residents in vulnerable areas to remain alert. India's northeast and Bangladesh are prone to torrential rains that set off deadly landslides and flash floods, affecting millions of people every year. Roads and houses in Assam's Silchar city were flooded, visuals from news agency ANI showed, and fallen trees littered the roads. "We are facing a lot of challenges. I have a child, their bed is submerged in water. What will we do in such a situation? We keep ourselves awake throughout the night," Sonu Devi, a resident of Silchar, told ANI. (Reporting by Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Sonali Paul)
The Star
18-05-2025
- General
- The Star
Fire in India's Hyderabad kills at least 17 people
HYDERABAD (Reuters) -At least 17 people died when a fire broke out due to a short circuit in a building in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out on the ground floor and spread to the upper floors of the building located in Hyderabad and about a dozen firefighting vehicles were involved in the operation, the Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence Department said in a statement. India's Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy, who visited the site, told local media that a preliminary inquiry indicated a short circuit may have led to the fire. The 17 dead included six children aged under 5 years. (Reporting by Jatindra Dash and Rishika Sadam; Editing by Jamie Freed)
The Star
30-04-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Five Indians kidnapped in attack in Niger
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a statement by Indian state authorities seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported on Saturday that 12 soldiers had been killed in the attack a day earlier near the village of Sakoira in the tri-border region, where the West African Sahel countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali meet. The victims were working for an Indian company providing services to Niger's Kandadji dam project, the two security sources said. The local government of the Indian state of Jharkhand said in a statement that the five citizens had been working in the Tillaberi region. It said all five were from Jharkhand and that the Indian embassy in Niger had approached Nigerian authorities for support in securing their release. The armed men who carried out the kidnapping have not been officially identified, but last month Niger blamed the EIGS group, an Islamic State affiliate, for an attack on a mosque near the tri-border area in which at least 44 civilians were killed. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are fighting a jihadist insurgency linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that spun out of a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali in 2012 and later spread to its neighbouring countries. Kidnappings appear to have intensified this year, with an Austrian woman kidnapped in January and a Swiss citizen earlier in April, both in Niger. Also in January, four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on the border between Niger and Burkina Faso. (Reporting by Moussa Aksar in Niamey; additional reporting by Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar; writing by Portia Crowe; editing by Barbara Lewis)
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
India reassures Nepali students after suicide sparked protest
By Jatindra Dash and Gopal Sharma BHUBANESWAR/KATHMANDU (Reuters) - India has assured students from Nepal of its efforts to ensure their well-being, following protests triggered by the suicide of a Nepali woman studying in the eastern state of Odisha. Police have taken into custody a male student as they investigate Sunday's death at a women's hostel, said officials of the university in the state's capital of Bhubaneswar attended by more than 400 Nepali students. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. "Nepali students studying in India form an important facet of enduring people-to-people links," the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, the capital of the neighbouring majority-Hindu nation, said on Monday. "The government of India will continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the well-being of Nepali students in India," it added in its statement. The assurance followed Monday's protests by students who had blocked a road for hours, which the university said had caused "inconvenience and escalating tensions". Students shouted slogans and pushed through the gates of buildings in images on domestic media. "Students have been requested to resume classes as soon as possible," Shradhanjali Nayak, a spokesperson for the university, the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, told Reuters. "The situation is quite under control." The university, which has 40,000 enrollments a year, also withdrew an internal document urging all international students from Nepal to leave immediately. The Nepali embassy in New Delhi, the Indian capital, said it had contacted university authorities and asked them to ensure the security and safety of Nepali students. In a post on X, Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said two officers had been sent to counsel the students, with arrangements made to offer them the options of staying in their hostel or returning home.
