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As sailing conditions eased this month, over half a dozen boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya people from Bangladesh arrived in Aceh province, including some that locals tried to turn back to sea.

Campaigners say that while development is needed, the breakneck pace is causing problems, including a surge of unregulated building development replacing forests that helped keep hillsides stable.

The Afghan mission said it ceased operations on Sept 30 and had hoped for a positive change in the Indian government's stance to resume normal operations.

Those who laid down their lives fighting terrorists were Captain M V Pranjal, Captain Shubham Gupta, Havaldar Abdul Majid, Lance Naik Sanjay Bist, and Paratrooper Sachin Laur.

West Bengal received investment proposals worth over Rs 3.76 lakh crore during the business summit that concluded on Wednesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.

China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinians and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The 71-year-old former premier has been kept in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since September 26 when he was shifted there from the District Jail in Attock.

Over the past 15 years, both cities have engaged in various activities in art and cultural exchanges, environmental technology, and student/youth exchange programs.

The High Court's decision 10 years ago cancelled Jamaat-e-Islami's registration with the Election Commission, thus stopping it from participating in elections or using party symbols.

There were no immediate reports of casualties but the quake was felt across a wide area of the mountainous island.

India strongly condemns the death of civilians in the ongoing war, he added. “We are seeing that new challenges are emerging from the developments in West Asia,” he said.

The cyclone is the third in the post-monsoon period in the Indian Ocean, following ‘Tej’ in the Arabian Sea and ‘Hamoon’ in West Bengal in October.

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in India. According to estimates, it contributes to approximately 6-29% of all cancers in women.

Bavuma had a hamstring strain, which hampered him in South Africa's last league match against Afghanistan in Ahmedabad.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and expensive sea journeys, often in flimsy boats, to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

With some BNP leaders in jail and Khaleda Zia under house arrest, the US has called for free and fair elections while condemning human rights violations in Bangladesh.