Indian minister announces mammoth $137bn budget to improve one of world’s largest rail networks. Baba Umar 27 Feb 2015 New Delhi, India – India’s new railway budget will pave the way towards overhauling the world fourth largest train network, the Railways minister has said. Suresh Prabhu, the country’s railway minister, told.
Country’s rapid urban expansion brings an increase in sand mining – and concerns over ecological destruction. Baba Umar 5 Mar 2015 Thane, India – Every morning as the tide ebbs, Pralath Matre dives deep into a filthy creek not far from Mumbai to gather a bucketful of dark sand – a much-needed ingredient for the construction boom under way. Matre, 42, dives.
Falling into a debt-trap and besieged by bad weather, thousands of farmers are taking their own lives each year. Baba Umar 18 May 2015 Umbrale, India – After days of hushed chanting that “the sky betrayed” him, Datatery Popat Ghadwaje, 42, committed suicide by ingesting insecticides at his grape orchard. Crushed under a $41,000 debt and a series of bank repayment.
Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP government receive a mixed response on the delivery of pre-election promises. Baba Umar 25 May 2015 Varanasi, India – Millions of Indian voters helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi rise to power last May when he promised to overhaul the economy, end corruption, and create jobs in the country. Modi sought a.
Rights group says special law continues to feed a cycle of impunity for human rights violations in region. by Baba Umar 1 Jul 2015 Local rights activists like Parveena Ahanger says that the Indian military courts are “unreliable” and “dishonest” [Baba Umar/Al Jazeera] Human Rights group says special law in the region continues to feed a cycle of impunity.
Crackdown in India-administered Kashmir in bid to prevent ‘Million March’ called to protest weekend visit by Indian PM. Baba Umar 4 Nov 2015 Authorities in India-administered Kashmir have cracked down on hundreds of political activists and pro-independence leaders ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the region. Modi.
Decades of conflict have produced many ‘half-widows’ whose husbands have disappeared but are not declared deceased. Baba Umar 12 Oct 2013 14:44 Decked by thick deodar forests, terraced corn fields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the hamlet of Dardpora tucked in the northern rim of Indian-administered Kashmir looks idyllic. But scratch a little deeper.
A recent book, authored by British investigative journalists, offers insight into what led to the deadly Mumbai attacks. Baba Umar 26 Nov 2013 10:36 India is observing the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which over 160 people were killed by a group of armed men in almost three days of mayhem. Now a recent book, The Siege: The Attack on the Taj, authored by British investigative.
Civilians injured in air strikes are being treated free of charge in the neutral neighbouring country. Baba Umar Muscat, Oman – Zainul Abideen was nearly killed by an air strike in Yemen’s Saada province earlier this year. Now, he is recovering in a hospital in neighbouring Oman, which has offered treatment to Yemenis injured in the war, now.
Under $35bn investment plan, government plans to attract more than five million international visitors a year by 2040. The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in the capital Muscat is one of Oman’s major tourist destinations [Baba Umar/Al Jazeera] Baba Umar Salalah, Oman – Outside the tomb of Prophet Ayoub, or Job, on the misty summit.
