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Reps minority leader faults response to insecurity, says 'government's sleeping'

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, has accused the federal government of failing to act decisively against Nigeria's escalating security crisis, ... Read More


Shell Ventures-backed Husk Power seeks $400 mn for expansion in India, Africa

New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- Husk Power Systems Inc., a US-headquartered company that builds mini solar grids mainly in India and Nigeria, said Tuesday it has kicked off its Series E round of fundraising to ... Read More


Indonesia's agriculture minister reaffirms zero rice-import policy

Jakarta, Nov. 25 -- Indonesia's agriculture minister vowed that not "a single litre" of imported rice will enter the country, underscoring President Prabowo Subianto's directive to maintain national s... Read More


In Kerala local body polls, all three fronts face rebellions

India, Nov. 25 -- With Monday marking the final date of withdrawal of nominations for the upcoming elections to the three-tier local bodies in Kerala, major fronts such as the LDF, UDF, and NDA are fo... Read More


Cong defends health min, says statement against BLOs misinterpreted

Ranchi, Nov. 25 -- Congress state president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh defended state health minister Irfan Ansari attracting attention of chief electoral officer (CEO) for his statement on Sunday in a publ... Read More


What happened to Tejashwi in Bihar will repeat with Akhilesh in UP, says Uma Bharti

Jhansi, Nov. 25 -- Former MP chief minister and Jhansi-Lalitpur MP Uma Bharti has said that SIR will help identify thousands of fictitious voters in the state, whose names were inducted during the ten... Read More


Ludhiana: Hundreds of such handsets remain active with new SIM: Police register FIR after 3,000 mobile phones go untraced

Ludhiana, Nov. 25 -- Residents may have moved on after losing their mobile phones, but the devices haven't disappeared - at least not from the digital map. More than 3,000 phones reported lost, stolen... Read More


Sule writes to EC on BJP 'forcing' candidates to withdraw from local body polls

Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- Sharad Pawar-led NCP Lok Sabha MP representing Baramati and the party's national working president, Supriya Sule, has written to the Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh W... Read More


Tractor-trolley theft row: AAP suspends Nabha MC head, husband

Patiala, Nov. 25 -- Amid mounting backlash from opposition parties and farmer unions, the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suspended Nabha municipal council president Sujata Chawla and her... Read More


Will shake up India if you hit me: Mamata Banerjee warns BJP, ECI over SIR

India, Nov. 25 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India (ECI over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) o... Read More