Srinagar: A Spanish tourist was among five people injured Friday in the Kashmir Valley as sporadic protests erupted against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Despite a valley-wide curfew for the seventh straight day, protesters took to the streets in areas and clashed with security forces, both police and other sources said. Police […]
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As reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com, “One more case of a foreign tourist being robbed of her shoulder-handbag has been reported in Calangute, the second such incident since last Sunday…Police said that Alves da Silva Mendonca Maria Manuel, a tourist from Portugal, presently residing at Gaurawaddo, Calangute…” Read Article
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According to dw.de, wild leopard attacks are increasing in southern India as urban centers like Mumbai stretch further into natural areas. As the attacks spread, delinquent leopards are being removed from the parks and caged. The most recent victim of a big cat attack was in Mumbai’s Adarsh Nagar neighbourhood. A 12-year-old boy was mauled […]
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As reported by thenewnationbd.com, “An expatriate was shot dead and three people were injured in an attack by some terrorists at Radhapur in Sadar upazila of the district early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, son of Mofiz Ullah of Srirampur village of the upazila. The victim’s family said the terrorists of ‘Shamim […]
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As reported by www.island.lk, “Two young Indians, in their twenties, were arrested at Skandapuram Town, in Kilinochchi, while they were engaged in palm reading on Wednesday afternoon. Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said that they had come to Sri Lanka on tourist visa and had been deceiving people by claiming to possess occult powers.” Read Article
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As reported by daily.bhaskar.com, “A man carrying a fake visa was nabbed by emigration team at Jaipur Airport on Tuesday morning. The arrest has highlighted how the agents are duping innocent people by issuing fake visas. Hakim Ali, a resident of Ajmer, was caught before he could board Qatar-bound flight of Air Arabia in the […]
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According to indiablooms.com, “…The growth rate in Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism in Rupee terms in January 2013 over January 2012 was 20.6%. Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) also showed a growth of 2.6% in January 2013 over January 2012. The following are the important highlights regarding FTAs and FEEs from tourism during the month […]
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wsls.com reported that insurgents in India’s troubled northeast are suspected of using AK-47 assault rifles to hunt rare, one-horned rhinos to cash in on a huge demand for the animals’ horns in China and Southeast Asia, police said Wednesday. Poaching has been rampant in and around the Kaziranga National Park in Assam state, where 21 […]
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According to daijiworld.com, “Chain snatchers are back in business in Goa where four such incidents have been reported at the coastal police stations in the last few weeks, police said Monday. Last week, Russian national Oksara Peshrova lodged a police complaint that two unidentified men on a motorcycle snatched her gold chain and mobile phone […]
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