AMRITSAR, India (AFP) — Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. The blackout extension came after supporters of Amritpal Singh were filmed vandalizing India’s consulate in San Francisco. A similar disturbance also took place in London. Authorities in the northern state of Punjab launched a major search on Saturday for Singh, who has risen to prominence in recent […]
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Two dead after blast in Indian court building
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Two people were killed and two others injured after a powerful explosion ripped through an Indian court building on Thursday, police said. Footage showed police officers carrying the injured out of the building and asking others to leave the premises after the explosion near a restroom of the judicial complex in Ludhiana, north of the capital New Delhi. “There’s been a blast but we can not confirm the cause,” a […]





