Baga: Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said on Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians.
The fighting in Baga began on Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community on Lake Chad. By Sunday, when government officials finally felt safe enough to see the destruction, homes, businesses and vehicles were burned throughout the area.
The assault marks a significant escalation in the long-running insurgency Nigeria faces in its predominantly Muslim north, with Boko Haram extremists mounting a coordinated assault on soldiers using military-grade weaponry. The killings also mark one of the deadliest incidents ever involving Boko Haram.
Authorities had found and buried at least 185 bodies as of Sunday afternoon, said Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga. He spoke haltingly to Borno state Gov Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri language of Nigeria's northeast, surrounded by still-frightened villagers....
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06:40 AM, Apr 22, 2013
A special court in Ramanathapuram on Wednesday ordered the release of five Sri Lankan fishermen who were arrested off Tuticorin coast by the Indian Coastguard on March 17, 2013. A consultative committee meeting of the Tuticorin District collector, Superintendent of Police, Indian Coastguard officials and Intelligence officials, came to the conclusion that the fishermen from Kalpatti fishing harbour had drifted into the Indian coast by accident due to sea current...
06:48 PM, Mar 27, 2013
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12:09 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Rameswaram: Five fishermen from this coastal town were allegedly beaten up by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line and netted fish near Katchativu islet early this morning, officials said. Quoting fishermen who returned from the area, they said Lankan naval personnel snapped nets, snatched their catch, beat them with pipes and warned them not to venture near Katchathivu, an islet ceded by India to...
12:37 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Kochi: The coastal security agencies here launched immediate search operations on Thursday following an Intelligence report that a Sri Lankan fishing vessel was anchored in sea off the Kochi coast. The Intelligence wing from Kollam alerted the Kochi coastal police that some of the persons were being transported in a fishing boat to a Sri Lankan vessel anchored at a distance of one nautical mile off the coast. The security...
12:39 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Rameswaram: In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked on Tuesday by the Sri Lankan Navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits. Official sources said the Lankan Navymen attacked the fishermen with stones, nylon ropes and rods and took away their three boats. Gnanasekaran, who suffered head injury, has been admitted to a hospital...
11:12 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Bangalore: The recent policy adopted by the BBMP for rejuvenation of lakes and tanks in the city is completely skewed and ineffective as most of the water bodies that have been taken up for restoration have neither regained their pristine glory nor retained the flora and fauna. In fact, the 15 to 20 so-called restored lakes are completely dry and fallow today and have lost all the fish and the...
02:13 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Hyderabad: The Department of Culture started a project to fish out parts of the 12 bronze statues vandalised and dumped into the Hussain Sagar at Tank Bund during Million March programme in March 2010 by pro-Telangana activists. After 28 months of the incident, the government wrote a letter to Indian Navy asking for its assistance in the project. We have also got the reply from Navy. They will start the...
01:40 PM, Jul 31, 2012
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12:44 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Rameswaram: Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly attacked 10 boats of Indian fishermen with stones and logs when they were fishing near Katchativu early this morning. Fisheries department officials said the naval personnel also cut the fishing nets in the boats and threw them into the sea. No fisherman was injured in the incident, they said. They said the boats were part of a fleet of 696 boats that had put...
05:18 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: A contempt petition was on Tuesday filed against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers for rejecting sanction to prosecute cabinet minister Purshottam Solanki in an alleged Rs 400 crore fishing contract scam without taking Governor's sanction as directed by the court. The high court had directed the Gujarat government in its March 30 order to decide the plea seeking sanction to prosecute Solanki under Section 19...
11:50 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Colombo/Nagapattinam: Foreign Secretary Nirupaama Rao met Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday amidst the row over the alleged killing of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan army. Both countries have agreed to strengthen security for fishermen. This comes a week after a second fisherman was killed near Lankan waters. The killing is now a political issue ahead of the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao visited...
09:53 PM, Jan 31, 2011
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao visited Colombo on Sunday to discuss fishermen killings with Sri Lankan government. Back home, the killing of fishermen is now a big political issue ahead of assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. It’s been nearly a week since Murugeswari's husband Jayakumar was killed allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy in the waters between India and Sri Lanka. The political visitors continue pouring in to...
07:12 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Mumbai: As the crisis related to the oil spill off Mumbai coast becomes bigger, it's business as usual in the metropolis. Even as mangroves turn black due to the oil slick and toxic chemical bottles get washed ashore, at the Mumbai docks fish continues to be brought in and hundreds of fishermen continue to go out to sea. Over 31 containers with hazardous chemicals are still missing and need to...
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04:34 PM, Sep 20, 2008
Hove: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels is expected to finally link up with the touring party in England on Tuesday. The Jamaican was one of three players yet to join the squad which arrived in the UK last Wednesday, with batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin still stuck in Jamaica waiting for UK visas. CMC Sports understands, however, that Samuels will join his teammates in Northampton, where the West Indies...
06:26 PM, May 20, 2008
Perth: David Warner blasted a 69-ball century to steer Australia to 149 without loss at stumps on the first day of the third Test against India in Perth, trailing by only 12 runs. Warner scored the joint-fourth fastest century in history of Test cricket with a massive six off the bowling of the debutant Vinay Kumar. Warner was well supported by fellow opener Ed Cowan who was not out on...
11:49 AM, Apr 10, 2008
