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New Delhi: The body of a student from the north east was found in a hostel room in Jawaharlal Nehru University today, police said.  The student identified as J R Philemon, native of Senapti district in Manipur, was found dead in room no 171 of the Brahmaputra Hostel, police said. He was pursing his PhD on the subject of West Asia and he hadn't been seen for the last three days, a senior police officer said. "When a foul smell started emanating from the room, the student in the neighbouring room called other students and security and forcefully opened door. He was found dead in the room," he said. Further investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of death.

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration fought corruption in the country without making noise about it. Mr. Jonathan said this on Monday while speaking at the Oxford Union of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The immediate past Nigerian leader spoke on the theme “Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship”. Responding to inquiries by some of the students regarding his administration’s fight against corruption, Mr. Jonathan said he would not like to “interfere with the legal processes” because “several matters are pending in court”. Mr. Jonathan however said he did enough to reform anti-corruption agencies to enable them function effectively. “We reformed the institutions and introduced various mechanisms to stop the corruption problems in our country without publicity,” he said, Mr. Jonathan lost his bid for a second term in 2015 . Using his Twitter handle, the former president paid glowing tributes to Nigerian youth and said “any Nation that does no...

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce a special family fare this season. .   .Guests need to purchase three adult fare tickets at the available fare and the fourth passenger accompanying them will pay only the applicable airport taxes.  The fourth passenger can be an adult or a child and all must travel together. This offer is valid for return travel on economy class from Muscat to Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Nairobi, Mombasa, Khartoum, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Tickets can be purchased up to October 29; travelling can be done till December 31. Ethiopian Airlines currently offers affordable special fares for travel from Muscat to all online African destinations. It also offers exciting short holiday breaks in Ethiopia as well as Safari packages to Kenya and Tanzania.   During recent times, many Omani residents, locals & expatriates, have been visiting Addis, Ethiopia and other African destinations. Addis Delight is a thr...

Hundreds of ISIS fighters are fleeing Mosul in Iraq and crossing into neighboring Syria as coalition forces close in on the city, a powerful tribal leader in the region, Sheikh Abdullah Alyawer, said yesterday. Alyawer, a tribal leader in the town of Rabia, on Iraq’s border with Syria, said dozens of ISIS militants and their families fled the city each day, and crossing into Syria at Ba’aaj, an ISIS-controlled crossing point south of Sinjar. “The route was entirely along corridors under ISIS control, he said. Fleeing civilians with no affiliation to ISIS usually ended up in the Syrian town of al Houl, which is under Kurdish control,” Alyawer said. Coalition forces celebrated better-than-expected territorial gains over the weekend and as artillery fire pummeled ISIS positions in the encircled town of 33Bashiqa early yesterday as the push for Mosul continued relentlessly. According to Iraqi Joint Operations command center, 78 towns and villages have been liberated so far as the push to r...

President Yoweri Museveni is in the Zambian Capital City Lusaka on a two-day state visit during which he will also be the chief guest at Zambia’s 52nd, Independence anniversary celebrations taking place today, Monday October 24th, 2016 at the Freedom Square. The President was received at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport by his host President Edgar Chagwa Lungu together with the First Lady Esther Lungu and the courtesy Minister Hon.  Given Lubinda, Minister o President Yoweri Museveni will be chief guest at the National celebrations of Zambia’s 52nd, Independence anniversary in Lusaka on Monday October 24th, 2016. The President will lay a wreath at the Freedom Statue before paying a courtesy call on Zambia’s founding father Mzee Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, the First President of the Republic of Zambia. On 24th October 1964, Zambia became independent of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister then, Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural President. President Yoweri Museveni will be chief g...

PALM BEACH, FLA.—Donald Trump said he received a $17 million (US) insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but there is little evidence of such large-scale damage. Two years after a series of storms, the real estate tycoon said he didn’t know how much had been spent on repairs but acknowledged he pocketed some of the money. Trump transferred funds into his personal accounts, saying that under the terms of his policy, “you didn’t have to reinvest it.” In a deposition in an unrelated civil lawsuit, Trump said he got the cash from a “very good insurance policy” and cited ongoing work to the historic home. “Landscaping, roofing, walls, painting, leaks, artwork in the — you know, the great tapestries, tiles, Spanish tiles, the beach, the erosion,” he said of the storm damage. “It’s still not what it was.” Trump’s description of extensive damage does not match those of Mar-a-Lago members and even Trump loyalists. In an interview about th...

VALLETTA, MALTA—A small plane heading toward Libya’s coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta’s airport Monday, killing all five French crew members, authorities said. The twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner banked to the right and slammed into the ground in a huge fireball soon after lifting off at 7:20 a.m., according to video of the moment captured by a dashboard videocam and posted on Facebook. Malta’s government said all five victims were French. It said the flight was part of a French Customs surveillance operation tracing routes of illicit trafficking, both of humans and drugs, leaving Libya’s lawless coasts. Libya is the main point of departure for the tens of thousands of migrants who have been paying smugglers to bring them toward Europe by boat. Earlier, authorities had said the flight was headed to Misrata, Libya; the government said later that the aircraft was due to return to Malta within a few hours withou...

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has suffered a serious knee injury and could face a lengthy period on the sidelines, according to manager Jose Mourinho. The Ivorian picked up the problem after a tussle with Chelsea’s Eden Hazard early in the second half of Sunday’s encounter. I am afraid it is a bad injury,” BBC Sport report the United boss as saying. “It is in his knee, the ligament area. He feels it is really bad.” Recovery from knee ligament damage tends to be measured in months rather than weeks and Mourinho will be hoping that the 22-year-old’s prognosis is not as bad as first feared. Bailly’s injury capped an unhappy return to Stamford Bridge for the Portuguese boss, whose United side were crushed 4-0 by the rampant Blues. Strikes from Pedro, Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante ensured a comfortable Chelsea win after a catalogue of defensive errors from the Red Devils. Chris Smalling was named captain in the absen...

Chakuamba was one of the great politicians in Malawi, he had problems of heart before. Since his jovial and vocal political career dating way to the middle 1980s , Chakuamba has been a bonafide and controversial member of ‘big’ political parties like the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) , United Democratic Front (UDF) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and was recently affiliated to former governing Peoples Party (PP) prior to the May 20 Tripartite elections .He was born on 4 April 1934. During the rule of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, he held many cabinet positions and was Commander of the MCP youth group Malawi Young Pioneers. Known for his temperamental nature, Chakuamba was a fearless opponent of John Tembo. One account has it Tembo and Chakuamba squared up for a fist fight at Nasawa MYP Training Base where Dr. Banda was within minutes of arriving to inaugurate the 1976 Youth Week Rally. I n February 1980, Chakuamba was ‘charged’, ...

Mutharika entered the press conference in the administrative capital Lilongwe waving both hands to an audience of media, cabinet ministers, supporters and diplomats. Last Sunday, when he disembarked from his plane from the US, his right arm appeared stiff and he instead used his left arm to wave and to shake hands with officials, raising more speculation among Malawians who are scrutinising every detail for clues about his health. He told the press conference he was unable to use his right hand then because of "slight rheumatism". "It's getting better now. I am really fine and there is nothing to worry. I hope that puts to rest the rumours about my health," he added to wild applause and dancing from supporters. Mutharika said if he was sick, he would have been "crazy" to leave the US and fly home. 'Absence without leave' When Mutharika extended his stay in the US for two weeks after the UN gathering, his office condemned rumours that he ...

Mourinho endured a torrid return to Chelsea, watching his Manchester United side concede a goal after 30 seconds as they slumped to a 4-0 defeat. The former Chelsea manager received a respectful reception from the home crowd as he emerged into the arena prior to kick-off -- but then saw his players fall apart in the opening moments. Marcos Alonso lofted a pass forward, United defender Chris Smalling left it and Pedro pounced, taking the ball around goalkeeper David De Gea to sidefoot home and score the fastest goal of the season so far. Shellshocked United briefly threatened to rally when Antonio Valencia crossed towards Zlatan Ibrahimovic, only for the Swede to direct his header over the crossbar. But the Blues were dominant, with one corner scrambled away from the waiting Diego Costa and Eden Hazard left free to drill another wide from the edge of the area before a quarter of an hour had been played. And Chelsea got the second goal their pressure had merited with 21 minutes on ...

Troops of Operation Base 2 have thwarted an attempted hijack of a vessel in the restive Niger Delta and separately arrested five pipeline vandals, a spokesman said on Sunday. “Troops of Operation Base 2 repelled a hijack of a vessel (MT VAJARA) by heavily armed bandits in Ramos River, around Agge area of Delta state,” Lieutenant Commander Thomas Otuji said in a statement. He said the pirates were repelled after a fierce exchange of fire with government troops. Otuji also said five people were arrested on October 17 and 18 near oil wellheads around the port city of Warri. “Five suspected vandals were arrested and they confessed to their plan to vandalise the wellheads,” he said, adding that two boats were recovered during the operation. He said the military was committed to making the entire Niger Delta and the waterways safe for oil firms, vessels and their crew. He said the military recently responded to distress calls by some travellers who were attacked...

The Europe Union has released Sh198 million to the Treasury as refund for Kenyan troops fighting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia after a seven-month delay attributed to a verification hitch. Treasury documents show that Kenya received the money in September with the last refund coming in February in a reimbursement that is meant to happen quarterly. Kenya received Sh4.2 billion from the UN in the first seven months of last financial year against a claim of Sh6.4 billion, meaning the country is owed Sh2.2 billion. It expects to receive Sh6.4 billion in the year to June 2017. The Treasury did not explain the delay, but earlier reports in the BBC indicated that payments for the 22,000-strong African Union force (Amisom) were being withheld over “accounting issues”. Nearly 4,000 Kenyan soldiers are part of Amisom and the international community provides $1,028 (Sh103, 828) for each Amisom soldier each month; their respective governments then deduct about $200 (Sh20,200) for ...

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is acknowledging that it’s playing catch-up to Hillary Clinton, just as a new national poll shows the Republican nominee trailing his opponent by double digits. When asked on NBC News how she saw the state of the race, Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, replied that “We are behind.” “She has some advantages, like $66 million in ad buys just in the month of September, thereby doubling her ad buys from August,” Conway pointed out. “Now, most of those ads are negative against Donald Trump, classic politics, personal destruction...kind of ads. And that she has tremendous advantages.” During the run-up to the Nov. 8 election, however, Trump has also increased his television advertising budget. In  the third week of October , Trump’s campaign surpassed Clinton for the first time in TV ad buys, spending $14 million on advertising campaigns, versus Clinton’s $10 million Sixt...

Manchester United travel to Chelsea for the first time since Jose Mourinho took over at Old Trafford. The United boss departed Stamford Bridge in December before replacing Louis van Gaal in Manchester following the conclusion of the 2015/16 season. United have had a tough week - visiting Liverpool at Anfield on Monday night before hosting Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday. Meanwhile, Chelsea have not played since beating Leicester eight days' ago. Wayne Rooney was not pictured with the United squad who boarded the train at Stockport on Saturday afternoon, but Chris Smalling has travelled with the team despite coming off with an injury in midweek. Mourinho will be desperate for a result against his former employers and United fans will want to move up the Premier League table after the confidence boosting win against Fenerbahce. revealed there was a “sense of pain and disappointment” after the Reds were hammered 4-0 at Chelsea. Jose Mourinho’s side, who frustrated Li...

Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Stephen Kalin | QAYYARA, IRAQ (Reuters) - Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city strong Oct 22, 2016 | 5:20 PM EDT Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul 13h ago | 01:23 Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Sat Oct 22, 2016 | 5:20 PM EDT Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul 13h ago | 01:23 Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Stephen Kalin | QAYYARA, IRAQ (Reuters) - Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city stronghold in Iraq. Sat...

Typhoon Haima forced the evacuations of more than 50,000 people in southern China after hammering the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain, triggering flooding, landslides and power outages and killing at least 13 peopl deaths were immediately reported Saturday in China from the typhoon. Residents in the cities of Shanwei and Shantou, in China's Guangdong province, were forced to move to safer ground as the storm hit, local authorities and state media reported. Some villages experienced power outages and authorities remained on the lookout for possible landslides. Chinese meteorological services said the typhoon made landfall shortly after noon Friday in Shanwei in Guangdong province, packing winds of up to 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour before weakening to a tropical storm. China suspended dozens of flights and rail services in several southern provinces. In the city of Shenzhen, authorities ordered schools, markets and factories to close, halted public tran...

South Africa – Democractic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says his party intends tabling a motion of no confidence in  Pesident Jacob Zuma He made the announcement today in Cape Town. Maimane says he hopes that government officials who have raised concerns over Zuma’s leadership will vote with the DA in Parliament. “The only key actors who have to come into play, and perhaps it is these ministers who find their voice in public rather than when it matters most, which is to use the institution of parliament to be able to speak against Jacob Zuma.” He’s also urged African National Congress Members of Parliament to back the move. “This motion is about whether ANC will remain true because it faces two choices: either the parliamentary caucus can appreciate the societal malice or the fact that the entire ANC caucus is united behind this.”

AC Milan's kids seem to have a bright future, two of them just combined talent and forces to give the Rossoneri a crucial win against Juventus at San Siro. The Old Lady lost the chance to clear off at the top and Milan managed to get just two points behind them, but it was a complicated victory which came thanks to a screamer from 18-year old Locatelli in the second half.  The first half saw how a goal was disallowed for Juventus, a free kick taken by Miralem Pjanic didn't count because of an off side position by Dani Alves. The second half saw Milan take the lead with a beautiful long-range goal to the top corner, but the real hero of the day was 17-year old Gianluigi Donnarumma. He made a tremendous save after a long distance shot came  to his left top corner and he managed to deflect it. His teammates celebrated with him as if it was a goal, it was the last play of the match.  This performance and several others in the past, have triggered some rumors of the young...

Donald Trump on Saturday pledged post-election lawsuits against every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behaviour, and he charged Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party with orchestrating the allegations. "Every one of these liars will be sued once the election is over," Trump said, adding, "I look so forward to doing that." Trump's threat overshadowed his intended focus during a speech in Gettysburg, Pa., that was billed as a chance for the Republican nominee to lay out his agenda for his first 100 days in office. Trump promised to institute a hiring freeze on federal workers and to label China as a currency manipulator, but he first seized on the chance to once again try to discredit his accusers. "Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign," Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday to lay out his earliest priorities should he become president. He continued t...

Sergio Busquets , after the game against Valencia, a 3-2 win, spoke to the media: "As predicted it was a complicated game, like they always are at Mestalla. It was demading physically.  "We came into the game after a huge effort on Wednesday and the important thing today was the win. This will give a lot to the team. It wasn’t our best game, but it’s about winning no matter what and we’ve achieved that." On the refereeing decisions, the midfielder said: "There were a lot of controversial moments. When you lose, you complain to the referee. I think the referee was under a lot of pressure today and has given what he felt was opportune at each moment. I'll have to see all the moments to give my opinion, but what was clear is that it was a penalty at the end." And, logically, he's expressed his disappointment at the injury to Barça captain Andres Iniesta: "Andres’ injury is a shame. It’s a dangerous place to get a knock and it can leave you out for ...

  His side had a number of chances in the 0-0 draw with Arsenal, but he admitted he was pleased with the performance. Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes was kept busy but Karanka believes it was a full team performance. "I think we could have won the game but Petr Cech was the best player for Arsenal and we did a really good game today,” he explained. "All of our players played a key part today. Our plan worked which I am really pleased about and for 95 minutes we were 150 per cent concentrating on the pitch. "It is good to show everybody that we have a plan and now we need to look ahead to Bournemouth. "Victor in the last two or three years with his (cruciate ligament) injury, it has been the worst moments of his life in football. "When I signed him I told him he had to find his smile again and that was really important. He has been really good for us." Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, rued his side’s unusual lack of creativity. The Arsenal boss w...

TANZANIA: THE man named Ahmed Gabo who arrested in Mwanza for allegedly possassing police uniform.  Ahmed Gabo, 22 years of age is being held for wearing police uniform even though he is not a police man.  This is a punishable act before the law the denies civilians wearing army or police uniform. Gabo being held, stole this uniform that he wears to impersonate the police.   He was questioned and accepted to his crime... accepting thieft he has never been to any training and that it is against the law for him to wear the uniform he is wearing.

Islamic State launched a major attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in preparation for an offensive on the jihadists' last major stronghold in Iraq. Islamic State's assault on Kirkuk, which lies in an oil- producing region, killed 18 members of the security forces and workers at a power station outside the city, including two Iranians, a hospital source said. Crude oil production facilities were not targeted and the power supply continued uninterrupted in the city. Kirkuk is located east of Hawija, a pocket still under control of Islamic State that lies between Baghdad and Mosul. With air and ground support from the U.S.-led coalition, Iraqi government forces captured eight villages south and southeast of Mosul. Kurdish forces attacking from the north and east also captured several villages, according to statements from their respective military commands overnight. The offensive that started ...

he Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner isn't officially a roast, but that didn't stop Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from delivering a series of zingers -- some of which received roars of laughter and applause, while others (namely those delivered by Trump) elicited boos from the gathering of well-heeled guests. Even though Clinton and Trump seemed displeased at times with some of the remarks, the pair did shakes hands at the end of the dinner, which is hosted by the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan. But it is a time-honored tradition at the annual white-tie dinner -- a fundraiser for Catholic charities supporting children in need held at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan -- for dueling presidential candidates to take jabs at each other. In 2012, for example, President Barack Obama and then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also exchanged quips. Here, some of the most memorable zingers from the dinner: HILLARY CLINTON "People look at ...

China is calling for a global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis. The surprise proposal by Beijing's central bank governor reflects unease about its vast holdings of U.S. government bonds and adds to Chinese pressure to overhaul a global financial system dominated by the dollar and Western governments. Both the United States and the European Union brushed off the idea. The world economic crisis shows the "inherent vulnerabilities and systemic risks in the existing international monetary system," Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan said in an essay released Monday by the bank. He recommended creating a currency made up of a basket of global currencies and controlled by the International Monetary Fund and said it would help "to achieve the objective of safeguarding global economic and financial stability." Zhou did not mention the dollar by name. ...