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India’s premier makes unscheduled stop at bombed Sri Lanka church
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unexpected visit Sunday to a Colombo church bombed during the Easter suicide attacks on his first trip to neighbouring Sri Lanka since his election triumph.
Africa’s confab on technology innovation holds in Morocco
As Africa fosters strategies to embrace and move with digital race, a three-day conference on “Technology, Innovation and Society’’ tagged CyFy Africa 2019 has been packaged to discuss the way forward.
Nigerian arrested in India for duping man on Facebook
India’s Delhi Police have arrested a Nigerian over serial cases of cheating which involved luring and stinging victims on Facebook.
Dalai Lama discharged from hospital
The Dalai Lama told his followers on Friday to “feel at ease” as he was discharged from a New Delhi hospital three days after being admitted with a chest infection.
Pakistan foreign minister claims India planning military aggression
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday claimed his government had reliable intelligence that India was planning to carry out aggression against Pakistan between April 16 and 20.
Governor Shettima: I cannot give contracts beyond May 29
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has told Indian firms that he cannot give them contracts beyond his tenure which terminate on May 29, 2019.
Governor Shettima declines signing new contracts ‘that’ll be inherited by successor’
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, in New Delhi, India, stunned different chief executives of Indian manufacturing companies when he reportedly turned down requests for fresh supply contracts that may take more than two months to execute.
Woman with two wombs gives birth twice, nearly a month apart
A 20-year-old Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins, 26 days after giving birth to her first child.
Lagos among 10 cheapest cities in the world
Lagos is among the 10 cheapest cities in the world, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
India to announce dates for general election
India is set to announce Sunday the dates for a national election that will see hundreds of millions of voters cast their ballots in the biggest democratic exercise on Earth.
![[FILE] Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi look on during the exchange of agreements and joint press statements ceremony during the Indo-Russia Annual Summit at Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 15, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed lucative defence and energy pacts following talks aimed at reinvigorating ties between the former Cold-War allies. PRAKASH SINGH / AFP](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/08081807-324x235.jpg "India signs $3 billion submarine deal with Russia")
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.
India refuses to share proof of strikes in Pakistan
A top Indian minister said on Saturday the government would not share proof that “a very large number” of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week after doubts were raised there were any casualties in the attack that stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
US to end preferential trade status for India, Turkey
At President Donald Trump's direction, the United States intends to scrap the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, the US trade chief's office has said.
Pakistan continues partial opening of airspace amid India crisis
Pakistan has continued a limited opening of its airspace for commercial flights, after closing it earlier this week at the height of tensions with neighbouring India that saw both countries carry out air raids inside each other's territories for the first time since the 1971 war.
Pakistanis sign petition seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan
More than 300,000 people have signed online petitions calling for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a Nobel Peace Prize after he freed an Indian pilot in a bid to defuse tensions with his country’s arch-rival neighbour.
Boris Johnson: New Brexit vote would unleash British ‘anger’
Britain’s Brexit champion Boris Johnson on Saturday hit out at mounting calls for a second referendum on European Union membership predicting it would arouse widespread “anger”.
Pakistan set to free Indian pilot to de-escalate tensions
Pakistan is set to release a captured Indian pilot in a "peace gesture" aimed at easing tensions with its nuclear archrival, after aerial clashes ignited fears of a dangerous conflict in South Asia.
![The number of deaths in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir had dropped to 99 in 2012 but has since been climbing [Danish Ismail-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/23125357-324x235.jpg "India bombs Kashmir militants in retaliatory strike")
India bombs Kashmir militants in retaliatory strike
India said Tuesday its warplanes launched a strike on a militant camp that killed a “very large” number of fighters preparing an attack, in a move that worsens tensions with arch-rival Pakistan over disputed Kashmir.
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