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London tops super-rich city list, survey shows    

London has more billionaires than any other city in the world, and Britain has more billionaires per head of population than any other country, new data showed yesterday. The survey of Britain’s super-rich compiled for the Sunday Times newspaper is likely to prompt debate in a country where many still struggle financially and where food banks are a fact of life, despite economic growth recently returning to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crash. londonLondon is home to 72 of Britain’s 104 sterling billionaires, well ahead of Moscow in second pla...

Modi blamed for violence in Assam

Minority Affairs Minister K. Rahman Khan on Monday blamed BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for inciting violence which resulted in the killing of 31 Muslims in Assam by making a statement against Bangladesh illegal immigrants. Muslims were gunned down in three days, according to the police, by tribal militants who resent the presence of immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. Modi had said last week that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in West Bengal should have their “bags packed” in case he came to power, accusing the state government of being too soft.

Modi’s speech influences killing Muslims in Asam: Omar  

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah on Saturday said there seems to be a connection between Modi's recent speech criticizing Bangladeshi immigrants in India and the unprovoked killing of Muslims in Assam. Narendra_Modi_AssamResponding to a question on the violence in Assam where more than thirty people have been killed in a spate of attacks by suspected tribal militants, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, without naming Narendra Modi attacked him where the latter in one of his speech in a rally had said that if...

Big quake rattles Tokyo; no tsunami  

A strong 6.0- magnitude earthquake shook buildings in Tokyo early Monday, seismologists and AFP reporters said, but officials stressed there was no risk of a tsunami. Tokyo inhabitants—set to enjoy a national holiday—were woken shortly after dawn by the quake, which jolted the densely built apartments and office blocks, reports AFP. quake in TokyoSome objects fell from shelves and furniture wobbled, an AFP reporter saw. The epicentre of the quake—which hit at 5:18 am (2018 GMT Sunday) -- was near Izu Oshima island southwest of central ...

Mamata dares Modi on Bangladeshi migrants issue

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dared BJP prime ministerial candidate, to implement his promise of sending Bangladeshi’s packing after May 16 if his party came to power, saying that the ‘paper tiger’ should first meet the ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’. “Touch a single person, we will see. The paper tiger should know there is a Royal Bengal tiger in Sunderbans. First you face that,” Banerjee, the chief minister, told an election meeting here. MamataClaiming that the Gujarat chief minister did not know history, she said that Banglades...

Power restored to Pakistan PM office in bills crackdown

Power supplies to the Pakistani prime minister's office have been restored after they were disconnected because of unpaid bills, according to officials. The electricity and gas were cut off after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered a crackdown against defaulters. Pak PMOther government buildings including parliament and the PM's residence were also affected, reports say. Correspondents say non-payment of bills is a big issue in Pakistan, with millions of dollars outstanding. Blackouts are nothing new in Pakistan because of chronic power s...
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