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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
19 workers seek help to return from Cameroon
1 2 Bokaro: Nineteen migrant workers from Bokaro and Hazaribag districts, allegedly stuck in Cameroon for over four months, have released a video message on social media, urging the govt to bring them home. District labour superintendent Ranjit Kumar on Thursday said, "The state migrant control cell has been informed." Of the 19 workers, eight are from Gomia and Nawadih blocks in Bokaro. In their video message, the workers said 11 of them have not been paid for four months and the rest for two months. They are reportedly starving and without drinking water and other essentials, they claimed. The workers, which were employed by a Cameroon company, urged both the state and the Union govts to relieve them of their misery. Social activist Sikandar Ali said, "This is not the first such incident. Several workers were stranded in the past after they went abroad for a better income." Stating that migrants continue to ignore risks, Ali said the govt should create more employment opportunities to prevent migration. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. "Get the latest news updates on Times of India, including reviews of the movie Coolie and War 2 ."
Scroll.in
19-07-2025
- Scroll.in
Two Indians killed, one abducted in Niger
Two Indian nationals were killed and another was abducted in a terrorist attack earlier this month in Niger, said the Indian embassy in the West African country on Friday. The attack on July 15, targeting an Army unit guarding a construction site, was carried out by unidentified gunmen, PTI reported, citing local media. One of the persons who was killed has been identified as 39-year-old Ganesh Karmali from Jharkhand's Bokaro district, The Indian Express reported, quoting a state government official. Sikandar Ali, a Jharkhand-based activist helping with the repatriation process, told the newspaper that the second person, identified as Krishnan, is believed to be from a southern Indian state. Ali added that the abducted person was identified as Ranjit Singh from Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian mission in Niger said it is coordinating with local authorities to repatriate the bodies and 'ensure safe release' of the abducted person. 'All Indians in Niger are advised to remain vigilant,' the embassy added.
19-05-2025
- Politics
Pakistani police search for the suspect in the killing of an Ahmadi minority doctor
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Pakistani police stepped up their search Monday for the suspect in the killing of a doctor from the country's tiny Ahmadi minority, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting the community. The physician was gunned down at a private hospital where he worked in the eastern city of Sargodha on Friday; the gunman fled the scene. The Ahmadi religion is an offshoot of Islam but Pakistan declared Ahmadis non-Muslims in 1974. There are about 500,000 Ahmadis in Pakistan, a nation of 250 million. No one claimed responsibility for Friday's killing but supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a radical Islamist party, have carried out many of the attacks on Ahmadis, accusing them of blasphemy. Blasphemy carries the death penalty in Pakistan and even just rumors or allegations of insulting Islam can incite mobs to deadly violence. Sargodha police official, Sikandar Ali, said the motive behind the killing of Dr. Sheikh Mahmood remains unclear. An investigation is ongoing, he said. Mahmood's killing was the third attack on Ahmadis in Pakistan in since April, said Amir Mahmood, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community. He urged the government to protect Ahmadis, whose places of worship and even graveyards are also often desecrated by extremist Sunni groups.
Arab Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab Times
Pakistani police search for suspect in killing of Ahmadi minority doctor
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 19, (AP): Pakistani police stepped up their search Monday for the suspect in the killing of a doctor from the country's tiny Ahmadi minority, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting the community. The physician was gunned down at a private hospital where he worked in the eastern city of Sargodha on Friday; the gunman fled the scene. The Ahmadi religion is an offshoot of Islam but Pakistan declared Ahmadis non-Muslims in 1974. There are about 500,000 Ahmadis in Pakistan, a nation of 250 million. No one claimed responsibility for Friday's killing but supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a radical Islamist party, have carried out many of the attacks on Ahmadis, accusing them of blasphemy. Sargodha police official, Sikandar Ali, said the motive behind the killing of Dr. Sheikh Mahmood remains unclear. An investigation is ongoing, he said. Mahmood's killing was the third attack on Ahmadis in Pakistan in since April, said Amir Mahmood, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community.
Hamilton Spectator
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Pakistani police search for the suspect in the killing of an Ahmadi minority doctor
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police stepped up their search Monday for the suspect in the killing of a doctor from the country's tiny Ahmadi minority, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting the community. The physician was gunned down at a private hospital where he worked in the eastern city of Sargodha on Friday; the gunman fled the scene. The Ahmadi religion is an offshoot of Islam but Pakistan declared Ahmadis non-Muslims in 1974. There are about 500,000 Ahmadis in Pakistan, a nation of 250 million. No one claimed responsibility for Friday's killing but supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a radical Islamist party, have carried out many of the attacks on Ahmadis, accusing them of blasphemy. Blasphemy carries the death penalty in Pakistan and even just rumors or allegations of insulting Islam can incite mobs to deadly violence. Sargodha police official, Sikandar Ali, said the motive behind the killing of Dr. Sheikh Mahmood remains unclear. An investigation is ongoing, he said. Mahmood's killing was the third attack on Ahmadis in Pakistan in since April, said Amir Mahmood, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community. He urged the government to protect Ahmadis, whose places of worship and even graveyards are also often desecrated by extremist Sunni groups.
