India’s parliament has passed a sweeping law banning online gambling, after government figures showed 450 million people lost a combined $2.3 billion annually on apps. The ban impacts platforms for card games, poker and fantasy sports, including India’s wildly popular homegrown fantasy cricket apps. The government said roughly a third of the world’s most populous…
At least seven children were killed and 26 others injured Friday after part of the roof and walls of a government-run school collapsed in western India, police said. “Seven children have lost their lives so far and 26 others are injured,” Nand Kishore, a police officer in the state of Rajasthan, told AFP. There were…
A pair of brothers in rural India have married the same woman, upholding an ancient custom and sparking criticism from a women’s rights group after photos of the wedding went viral. Polyandry is banned in India but is legal in some of the tribal pockets, including Himalayan territories, allowing preservation of some ancient traditions. The…
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open. More heavy rain and…
A 41-year-old Nigerian woman, Sarah Kumama, has been arrested in Bengaluru, India, over her alleged role in a transnational cocaine distribution network that has so far led to the apprehension of 25 individuals across Tamil Nadu since January. According to The Times of India, Sarah, who also operated under the aliases “Happiness” and “Blessings”, was…
An Indian police source said on Saturday that 279 bodies had been recovered from the site where a passenger jet crashed into a residential district of the city of Ahmedabad. The revised toll from a senior officer in the city, who requested anonymity in order to speak to the media, raises an earlier figure of…
A doctor couple and their three children are amomg the victims of the devastating plane crash occurred in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The Air India flight bound for London had crashed shortly after takeoff, resulting in the loss of 241 lives. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members….
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than 5 million. Faiz Ahmed…
No fewer than 14 people have died and six others hospitalised after consuming toxic liquor overnight in northern India, police said on Tuesday. Maninder Singh, the senior police officer who revealed this, also said that seven people have been arrested on allegations that they supplied the toxic liquor. Mr Singh said that the arrested persons…
A Nigerian woman, Margret Mgbudom, has been arraigned before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, on charges of importing cocaine valued at Rs 1.49 crore. According to The Indian Express, Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted the illicit substance—estimated to be worth N256 million—last Wednesday. The 37-year-old has remained in SMC custody…