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Easter bombings: Sri Lanka president sacks intelligence chief
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.
President Buhari congratulates India’s Narendra Modi on election victory
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on their election victory.
India’s premier Narendra Modi secures second term
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has secured a second term after winning the country's general election.
India’s premier heads for re-election, early trends show
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on course Thursday for a major victory in the world’s biggest election, with early trends suggesting his Hindu nationalist party will win a bigger majority even than 2014.
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India signs $3 billion submarine deal with Russia
India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean against arch-rivals Pakistan and China, media reports said.
Saudi crown prince arrives in China
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Beijing Thursday as the monarch aims to seal partnerships on a high-profile Asia tour following a diplomatic crisis over a journalist’s brutal murder.
India’s first high speed train breaks down
India’s first semi-high speed train, the Vande Bharat Express, broke down on Saturday, one day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged it off.
High tension G20 opens, dominated by Donald Trump quarrels
G20 powers open two days of summit talks on Friday after a stormy build-up dominated by tensions with Russia and US President Donald Trump's combative stance on trade and climate fears.
India to unveil world’s tallest statue
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the world’s tallest statue next month in western state of Gujarat, officials said.
More bodies found in flooded Indian villages as toll hits 357
Rescuers waded into submerged villages in southern India on Sunday in a desperate search for survivors cut off for days by floods that have already killed more than 350 people.
People evacuated from rooftops after floods kill 164 in India
Rescue workers have used helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their roofs following unprecedented flooding in the southern state of India where more than 160 people have died, officials said.
Former Indian premier Atal Vajpayee passes on
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has died following a prolonged illness, according to a hospital statement.
Envoy: Indian investment in Nigeria nets $10 billion
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nagabhushana Reddy, has estimated the Indian investment in Nigeria to the tune of $10 billion.
Narendra Modi: India’s historical struggle closely linked to Africa
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has said that India’s historical struggle is closely linked to Africa.
India’s Modi arrives in Rwanda, seeking to promote trade
Modi was welcomed in Kigali, the capital, late on Monday by President Paul Kagame as the first prime minister of India to visit the East African country.
Tent collapse at Indian premier’s rally, injures 15
15 people were injured Monday at a public rally for Narendra Modi after a tent collapsed on the Indian prime minister’s audience, police said.
Samsung opens ‘world’s largest’ phone factory in India
Samsung Electronics on Monday announced the opening of what it said is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturing facility as the South Korean tech group seeks to expand production in the world’s fastest growing major mobile phone market.
Indian rupee hits record low amid inflation, credit downgrade
The Indian rupee on Thursday weakened past 69 to a dollar for the first time, slumping to an all-time low amid a spike in crude oil prices, foreign capital outflows and a widening current account deficit.
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Motorists groan as tipper drivers block Enugu-Onitsha road
Tipper drivers in Anambra state on Friday blocked the ever-busy Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Awka in protest of alleged extortion by agents of state government.
EFCC arrests ‘facebook hacker’
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I’ve never seen INEC server – Atiku Abubakar’s star witness
The star witness invited by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, admitted on Friday that he has never seen the purported server allegedly utilised by INEC to transmit results.
Adamawa women push for female commissioners, advisers
Women in Adamawa State, rising as members of different political parties, civil society organisations and other interest groups, have condemned what they described as political marginalisation against them, which they blame for their poor showing in the last general elections.
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