Mounting anger over the rape and killing of a medic trainee at a government hospital last week in the eastern city of Kolkata has boiled over into nationwide outrage and stirred protests over violence against women in India. An association of Indian doctors on Friday called for more than a …
Read More »Debt-ridden labourer, Raju Gound in India digs a $95,000 diamond
Raju Gound said he had been leasing mines in Panna city for more than 10 years in the hope of finding a diamond An Indian labourer’s fortunes have changed overnight after he found a massive diamond in a mine in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. The 19.22-carat diamond is …
Read More »Ghana Army receives mortal remains of soldier who died in India
The Ghana Armed Forces, on Tuesday, July 20, 2023, received the mortal remains of one of its officers who died in India. According to the army, the deceased soldier, Late Warrant Officer Class One (WOI) Sani Victor Kwaku, died in the Asian country after a short illness. In a Facebook …
Read More »Two Ghanaian players arrested in India for allegedly gang-raping jobless lady
Two Ghanaian footballers and a woman have been arrested in India over the alleged rape of a lady in her twenties seeking a job. The Ghanaian footballers accused of gang-raping the lady have been identified as Christopher Nars (28) and Moses Zutah (24). In a report by the Times of …
Read More »Namibian cheetah relocated to India dies
One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney failure. He said the cheetah, named Sasha, was under medical care for the past three months. The female cheetah was …
Read More »31 people die after drinking batch of toxic alcohol in India
At least 31 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol. The deaths occurred in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. It was reported that men in Saran district began vomiting on Tuesday …
Read More »Two Ghanaian footballers arrested in India over fake travel documents
Two Ghanaian footballers were arrested by Meghalaya Police in the northeastern part of India for not possessing valid travel documents on Saturday. A police team intercepted a tourist vehicle bearing registration number ML 05 T 3049 in NH 6 along Ummulong and detected six African nationals. Out of the six …
Read More »Muslim Conference of Ghana demands apology from India over insulting comments by two politicians
The National Muslim Conference of Ghana has joined Muslims across the world to call on the Indian government to render an unconditional apology for insulting comments made by the two political figures. Condemning the remarks, it said the remarks were not isolated effusions of two political figures but rather a …
Read More »Two Nigerians, one Ghanaian arrested in India for creating fake hospital website to scam prospective kidney donors
Two Nigerians and a Ghanaian have been arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly creating fake websites mimicking that of various city hospitals and luring prospective kidney donors for transplants with fake advertisements offering up to Rs 4 crore (about N217 million). Indian Express reports that the suspects who are …
Read More »India-Africa Trade Council Boss hails borders’ reopening; says decision will rekindle our investment spirit
The Chief Chancellor of the Indian Africa Trade Council (IATC) in-charge of West Africa, Dr. James Rajamani has praised the government for opening the land borders within the sub- region adding that the decision will rekindle their investment spirit. According to Dr. James Rajamani, the action by the Ghanaian government …
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