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the Pakistan army first abou strike and they may remov Modi invokes Mary Kom, bodies if they want to,” he ad Saina Nehwal in Sweden Pakistan has maintained th Extolling the thought of India, Modi said achievements of both the players make our hearts swell in pride surgical strikes were carried o India. New Delhi has been a ing Pakistan of sponsoring border terrorism. Referring to the foreign p Modi said India was dealing all countries in the world on terms and was taking indepe Missing Indian family’s Reprieve for UAE-bound Keralites decisions in its dealings with dead bodies found in US tries such as Israel, Saudi A T and Iran. He said India has its place in international for was setting the agenda. Referring to outrage over incidents, Modi said: “A rap e Minister Narendra Modi at the “Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath” event at Westminster, London on April 18. (Photo: IANS/PIB) rape. How can we tolerate NRI family S. Africa ‘arson attack’ said: “We will not tolerate replied in the same coin?” “The a single mistake and with 100 killed per in exploitation of our daughters who like to export terror and surgical strike was an answer to the cent perfection. And they returned He said comparing statist A who try to stab at the back. exporters of terrorism, sending before sunrise,” Modi said. rapes in different governmen now how to give back strong message (to Pakistan) that India He said he had told the Army to a worse way to deal with the ers and in the language they has changed and their antics will announce the strikes to media after and referred to his speech fro rstand. Some cowards come never be tolerated. I am proud of informing Pakistan. He said Pak- Red Fort where he said p kill our jawans. Do you want my soldiers. The soldiers executed istani authorities were initially hes- need to teach their sons to o stay quiet? Shouldn’t they be the surgical strike without making itant to take the calls but came on girls with respect.
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women’s boxing at the Gold Coast games, Nehwal walked away with two golds in badminton. In a special gesture, Modi also made the gathering give a standing ovation to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven who was also present
on the occasion. On his part, Lofven said that more than the Prime Ministers of the two countries getting along well, it was the people-to-people ties that mattered more. Sweden is home to over 20,000 people of Indian origin, including around 2,000 students. Modi and Lofven also held a bilateral summit following which India and Sweden signed a Joint Action Plan and an Innovation Partnership for Sustainability of the Future. India and Sweden also co-hosted the first ever India-Nordic Summit in which the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Finland also participated.
WARNS PAK ON TERRORISM ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week invoked the achievements of pugilist M.C. Mary Kom and shuttler Saina Nehwal at the Commonwealth Games in Australia earlier this month, while addressing the Indian diaspora, the second and final day of his visit to Sweden. Extolling the thought of India, Modi, addressing a gathering of around 2,000 people of Indian origin at the Stockholm University here, said: “The achievements of Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal make our hearts swell in pride.” While Mary Kom won the gold in the 46-48 kg category in
In a special gesture, Modi made the gathering give a standing ovation to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven who was also present on the occasion.
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WASHINGTON: The bodies of all four members of an Indian family, which perished when their sport utility vehicle plunged into a river in California earlier this month, have been found, the authorities said. Searchers recovered the submerged bodies of Sandeep Thottapilly, 41, and his daughter, Saachi, 9, from the Eel River in Leggett, California earlier this week, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said. A body recovered last week was later identified as Thottapilly’s wife, Soumya, 38. The body of the couple’s son, Siddhant, 12, was the last to be found, ABC-owned TV station KABC cited the authorities as saying. The family were on a road trip to Oregon and were returning to their home in California, when they went missing. They were reported missing on April 8 after failure to visit their relatives’ place in San Jose. Bodies of Thottapilly and his daughter were found inside the SUV lying submerged between four and six feet of water. The smell of gasoline coming from the water led divers to the vehicle, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said. The vehicle was encased in a large amount of sediment from the river current and it took hours for the car to be towed out, leading to the removal of the two bodies, the sheriff’s office was cited as saying by the New York Times. The family’s maroon Honda Pilot was seen falling into the river in northern Mendocino County from a pullout during an April 6 rainstorm.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: IANS)
They had been traveling south from Oregon along Highway 101 when the incident occurred, officials said. "The vehicle attempted to pull over to the shoulder into a big pullout, and the vehicle came close to coming to a stop but ended up going over the edge and into the river," said Lt. Randy England of the California Highway Patrol. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had condoled the death of the four members. “My heartfelt condolences on the tragic deaths of Sandeep Thotapilly, Soumya and their two children,” she had tweeted. Stating that all the four bodies have been recovered from Eel river, she said that the government is helping their families in the visa process to enable their travel to the US. — IANS
he Roots Norka, a Kerala government agency that handles the affairs pertaining to the state’s diaspora, was this week approved by the UAE Embassy here to attest police clearance certificates of those wishing to go to the Emirates, an official said. Roots Norka Centre Manager Hari Kumar told IANS that it will immensely help Kerala residents desirous of working in the UAE. “Hitherto, the process was that the applicants had to present all certificates to the UAE Embassy here. But now, we will do this job for the applicants,” said Kumar. He said the centre gets around 100 certificates on an average for attestation daily. The applicants need not waste their time waiting in
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the Indian Community in Stockholm, Sweden, which is home to over 20,000 people of Indian origin. (Photo: IANS)
The UAE is the most preferred destination for Keralites among all Middle East countries. (Photo: © Achim Raschka / Wikimedia Commons)
queues at the embassy now, Kumar said. The police clearance certificate attestation was first done by a notary, before it was submitted to the Home Department. The certificate was then forwarded to the Ministry of External Affairs, and later handed back to the applicants for
submission to the UAE Embassy. “Now, once the applicants get the Home Department’s clearance, we will handle the remaining process. This will cut the delay by almost a week,” he said. The UAE is the most preferred destination for Keralites among all Middle East countries.
A source close to the investigation told Independent Online that police, who gained entry to the house by breaking burglar guards on a window, had found a bottle containing petrol in the house. The
family had moved into the doublestorey house on Larch Road, Willowton, less than two weeks ago. The older victims suffered severe burn wounds while the children sleeping upstairs died of smoke inhalation, police said. A neighbor, who did not want to be named, said that Manjra and his wife were working at a local wholesaler. The woman told the Mercury daily that her sleep was broken when she heard what sounded like footsteps on her roof. “I heard a man shouting Allah’ followed by screaming. I was too scared to even go and check what was happening.”
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n Indian-origin family of five, including three children, has been killed in South Africa after their house was allegedly petrol-bombed by an unknown arsonist, police said. Aziz Manjra, 45, who had been living in South Africa for the past 25 years, his South African wife Gori Bibi and their three children — Muhammad Rizwan, 10, Mairoonisa, 14, and Zubina, 18 — were found dead in their Pietermaritzburg home this week, the South African media reported.
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