18 people killed in a stampede near Malabar Hill in Mumbai!

 18 people were reportedly killed in a stampede in Mumbai as tens of thousands gathered to mourn the death of a spiritual leader in India's financial capital.

According to Press Trust of India news agency says at least 40 other people were injured early Saturday when mourners thronged the home of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the head of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community. He died Friday at the age of 102.

Egypt claims 3 detained journalists serve blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood!

Egyptian prosecutors has accused three detained Al-Jazeera journalists, including an Australian and a Canadian, of broadcasting false news in the service of the Muslim Brotherhood, now blacklisted as a terrorist group.

The three journalists - Peter Greste, an acclaimed Australian reporter who formerly worked for the BBC; Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Adel Fahmy - were arrested on December 29 in a Cairo hotel.

"The accused confessed during interrogation that they belonged to the terrorist group" the Muslim Brotherhood, prosecutors said in a statement issued on Thursday.

They said the journalists, who were not officially accredited, edited footage "to tarnish Egypt's image abroad ... to serve the interests of the international terrorist organisation."

The journalists' lawyers and Al-Jazeera have dismissed the allegations as false.

"The accusations against our journalists do not stand up to scrutiny," the broadcaster's spokesman, Osama Saeed, said.

Fahmy has no known ties with the Brotherhood.

Two other Al-Jazeera reporters remain in custody, including Abdullah Elshamy, arrested on August 14 when police dispersed a sit-in against the army's overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, killing hundreds.

Egyptian authorities have been incensed by Al-Jazeera's coverage of their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

My Pastor Husband Impregnated My Friend – Wife Tells Court!

A woman in Lagos has reportedly appealed to a court to end her marriage as she described her husband as a chronic womanizer.

Iyabo Olusoji, a  trader, told a Customary Court sitting in the Igando area of the state that her husband, Taiwo, was in the habit of adultery and had even impregnated her friend. According to her: “My husband runs after anything in skirt. He flirts around with some of his female members, he also slept with my friend and got her pregnant,” she said. 

She accused Taiwo of using charm to marry her, claiming that she initially went to Taiwo’s church for prayers when she was having marital problem that Taiwo gave her soap to bath. She added: “I went to Taiwo to seek help concerning my marriage that was collapsing. 

“He gave me soap to bath with that my former husband will come back. “After using the soap, instead of my husband and I to settle our differences, it became worse and I don’t know how I became one of Taiwo’s  wives.” 

According to her, her husband always beat her anytime she goes to his church to ask for money and he will not leave her until he sees blood on her. Iyabo, mother of one, consented to dissolution of the the union, saying that she was no longer in love and that Taiwo was only keeping her as a sex tool.

On his part, 53 year old Taiwo, begged the court to dissolve the seven-year-old marriage, citing Iyabo’s constant embarrassment and defamation. He said that Iyabo always came to his church to embarrass and defame his character in the presence of his members. He added: “She will come to my church, lock me up in the presence of my members, calling me all sorts of names like thief, woman wrapper, cultist and other names. 

“There was one day she came and naked herself in the presence of my congregation claiming that I abandoned her for two years.” 

He pleaded with the court to dissolve the union, saying that that he was tired of his wife’s bad character and that he was no longer in love with her. 

The Presiding Officer, R.I. Adeyeri, adjourned the case to February 3 for judgment.

Pakistani attack- Taliban vows to continuously target the Media if...... !

According to Reuters news,  Taliban gunmen killed three men working for a private television station in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Friday, the station and the Islamist militant group confirmed.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a technician, guard and driver working for  Express TV, the station said.

Regional Taliban spokesman Sajjad Mohmand claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to Reuters. "We will continue to target the media if they do not stop propaganda against Islam and the Taliban," he said.

Former Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the station it had been attacked because the Taliban considered its coverage biased and the Taliban would continue to attack journalists they disagreed with.

"Channels should give coverage to our ideology. Otherwise we will continue attacking the media," the TV station broadcast him saying.

India police arrest third suspect in Danish woman rape case!

Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a third man in connection with the gang rape of a Danish woman. Two men have already been detained over the incident and some of the woman's belongings recovered. The 51-year-old tourist was attacked by a group of men in the Paharganj area on Tuesday evening. Police say she was robbed and raped at knifepoint.

The Danish woman was staying at a hotel in a busy backpacker district

A Delhi police official said the third suspect was arrested from the city's busy Nizamuddin area on Thursday. The two homeless men who were held late on Wednesday in connection with the incident have been remanded in police custody. Some of the woman's belongings, including an iPad, a mobile phone and some cash, were recovered from them. The police said they were hunting for five other suspects - "young men, mostly vagabonds" - who allegedly assaulted the victim for almost three hours at knife-point.

The Danish woman told police that she approached the group of men after losing her way as she returned to her hotel in a busy backpacker district near New Delhi Railway Station. Media reports said the woman was gagged, beaten up and raped by the men.

Meanwhile, the woman flew out of India on Wednesday morning.

Indian Minister's wife Sunanda Pushkar 'found dead' in a hotel room!

An Indian media have reported the death of wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, this came after reports that he was having an affair.

The couple became embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter messages on Wednesday that appeared to reveal he was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist. A public row between the couple erupted when messages began to appear on Mr Tharoor's Twitter account suggesting he was having an affair with journalist Mehr Tahrar.

Ms Pushkar admitted publishing the tweets, but later denied it.

They later insisted they were happily married, blaming "unauthorised tweets".

Mr Tharoor married Ms Pushkar, a former Dubai-based businesswoman, in 2010.

She was found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi, according to police sources.

Reports said that her husband had informed the police of her death. It was unclear how she died.

Ms Tahrar, who denied having an affair with the minister, tweeted after she heard of Ms Pushkar's death: "I'm absolutely shocked.

"This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace, Sunanda."

Mr Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, was forced to resign from his first ministerial position in 2010 amid controversy over his involvement in bidding for a cricket team.

Ms Pushkar had allegedly received a free stake in the Indian Premier League franchise he was bidding for.

Obama to ban spying on dozens of foreign leader allies!

The officials, speaking shortly before Obama unveiled his reforms of U.S. surveillance practices, also said communications providers would be allowed to share more information with the public about government requests for data.

Foreign leaders and U.S. citizens were outraged by revelations from former spy contractor Edward Snowden that showed Washington was listening to private phone calls of leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and collecting data from cell phone calls and emails of private citizens.

 

 

Among the list of reforms, Obama is calling on Congress to establish an outside panel of privacy advocates for the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court, the officials said.