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Miryalaguda police on Tuesday arrested seven people, including two men acquitted in the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya, for the recent honour killing of a Dalit Christian man, Perumalla Pranay. Subash Sharma, the hired assassin, who was captured on CCTV killing Pranay with a machete, was arrested in Bihar and will be brought to Hyderabad on prison transit warrant. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2DbVfAq

RSS-backed lab to sell cow dung soap, Modi kurta

By Lochan.com September 19, 2018

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-backed pharmacy is bringing dozens of its natural cosmetics and medicinal products — most of them imbued with “gau goodness” — to Amazon. After luxuriating in cow-dung soap lather, you will also have a choice of its “Modi” and “Yogi” kurtas to pull on. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2xtJ7ok

Fly to US for less than Rs 14k. Here's the catch

By Lochan.com September 19, 2018

If you can think out of the box and fly to the US or Europe without carrying even a hand bag, then Icelandic carrier Wow Air will fly you out of Delhi for as little as Rs 13,500, one way. Low-cost long-haul flights are set to debut in India with the launch of Delhi-Reykjavik flights by Wow Air on December 7. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2xzE3yu

Swedish Professor Under Investigation for Telling Students 'Men and Women Are Biologically Different'

By Lochan.com September 19, 2018

Lund University in Sweden is investigating one of its renowned neuroscience professors because he told a group of his students there are biological differences between men and women. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Da8zFm

Two Christian Bus Passengers Executed After They Refuse to Recite Islamic Statement of Faith

By Lochan.com September 19, 2018

Some horrific news is emerging out of Kenya after two Christians were murdered in cold blood by militants belonging to Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MMBajs

'Here Is a Message of Blood': Boko Haram Executes Aid Worker, Vows to Kill Christian Schoolgirl

By Lochan.com September 19, 2018

A faction of the Boko Haram terror group has executed Saifura Ahmed, an International Red Cross worker in Nigeria. Officials say Ahmed, who was kidnapped along with three other humanitarian workers in Borno State last March 1, has been killed by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xsqGkL

Train collides with bus in Austria's second city, one dead: police

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

A train collided with a commuter bus in Graz, Austria's second-biggest city, killing the bus driver and injuring 11 other people on Tuesday morning, police said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xf0TfF

Chilly South Korean send-off for Moon: 'Pyongyang summit? I didn't even know'

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

When South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived on Tuesday to begin his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the wildly enthusiastic welcome in the streets of Pyongyang was in stark contrast to his lackluster send-off from Seoul. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NmESp2

Infosys to pay Ex-CFO Rajiv Bansal Rs 12.20 cr

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Former Infosys CFO Rajiv Bansal dragged the company to arbitration after he was paid Rs 5 crore upon leaving the company, whereas he stood to receive Rs 17.38 crore, the equivalent of 24 months' pay. The arbitration had been going on for more than a year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2D3blvY

NRC only option to save Bengali Hindus: RSS Bengal

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Assam's National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Bill are "the only option to save Bengali Hindus from annihilation from West Bengal", said the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak West Bengal secretary Jishnu Basu on Tuesday, according to news agency ANI. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2xhuCEI

Russia says Israel indirectly to blame for downed plane over Syria

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Russia on Tuesday accused Israel of a hostile provocation and threatened retaliation after Moscow blamed Israel for indirectly causing a Russian military plane to be shot down near Syria's Mediterranean coast. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MIFGPS

Russia says Syria shot down one of its military planes, blames Israel: RIA

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the Syrian military had accidentally shot down a Russian military plane over Syria, but said it blamed the incident on Israel, the RIA news agency reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2DiLJvt

Democratic transition in Myanmar 'at standstill': U.N. rights panel

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Myanmar's democratic transition has ground to a standstill as authorities seek to silence critics while allowing hate speech, particularly against Muslim Rohingya, the head of a U.N. fact-finding human rights mission said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PKHdH8

Iraq Shi'ite paramilitary leader al-Amiri withdraws candidacy for PM

By Lochan.com September 18, 2018

Shi'ite militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most powerful figures in Iraq, withdrew his candidacy for prime minister on Tuesday, putting the country one step closer to forming a government after months of political stagnation. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2DfMkOu