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28 bodies found in Burkina Faso's northwest over weekend: govt
Twenty-eight bodies were found in northwestBurkinaFasoover the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway as speculation grew over who may responsible.
Attacks targeting the security forces and civilians have increased in recent months, especially in northern and eastern regions bordering Mali and Niger, which are also battling jihadists.
"The government was informed of an incident at Nouna... during the night of December 30-31," a government statement said late Monday.
Preliminary reports "indicate 28 people killed," it said, adding that an investigation had been opened and urging calm.
The CISC (Collective of Communities against Impunity and Stigmatisation) organisation denounced the violence as "reprisals targeting civilians" by armed civilians claiming to be members of the VDP auxiliary force who "freely engage in organised looting and targeted abuses of civilian population."
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Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to rejoin Delhi Capitals as Director of Cricket
Form high level panel for strategy to tackle crimes against women: DCW to MHA
The Delhi Commission for Women has written to the Union home secretary in the wake of a woman being killed after beng dragged under a car, suggesting that a high-level committee be formed for a coordinated strategy to tackle crimes against women.
In her letter to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday, DCW chief Swati Maliwal recommended that the panel be chaired by the Union home minister and include Delhi's lieutenant governor, chief minister and the police commissioner.
It should meet once a month and "create a coordinated strategy for tackling crimes against women and girls in the capital", Maliwal said.
The 20-year-old was killed after her scooter was hit by a car. She was dragged by the car for 12 kilometers and her body was found in Kanjhawala area.
"This heinous incident on the night of New Year again raises serious concerns over the functioning of Police in the Capital," Maliwal said. She said India would be hosting the G20 summit this year and the government must take urgent steps to improve law and order in the capital.
Maliwal recalled the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder and said nothing much had changed since. On an average, Delhi continues to witness over six rapes daily. Even an eight-month-old child and a 90-year-old woman have been brutally raped in the capital, she said.
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Adani Group decides to pay additional price of Rs 48.65/share for NDTV shares bought under open offer
Adani Group decides to pay additional price of Rs 48.65/sharefor NDTV shares bought under open offer, as transfer price for shares bought from another promoter was higher than the open offer price which was Rs 294/share and the promoter transfer price was Rs 342.65/share.
India has always been against war, but this shouldn't be taken for granted, says Rajnath Singh in Arunachal Pradesh
India has always been against war. India has neither started a war against any country nor captured an inch of land from any country but this should not be taken for granted: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh