Officials said the conditions of the hostages were not known and they had not been able to reach the gunman by phone after trying for several hours.
Two of the three candidates are rank outsiders — media baron Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and education entrepreneur Achyuta Samanta.
Maldives plunged into a political chaos on last Thursday when the apex court ordered the release of nine imprisoned opposition politicians, maintaining that their trials were “politically motivated and flawed.”
The plea said the intention of his son was to save Army personnel and property and the fire was inflicted "only to impair and provide a safe escape from a savage and violent mob engaged in terrorist activity".
Bangladeshi authorities say the list of refugees to be sent back, their verification and setting up of transit camps is not yet done.
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Brand Tour commenced in early October from Jalgaon, Agra, Salem and will travel to 9 more cities namely, Patiala, Kottayam, Shillong, Bhopal, Ahmednagar, Shivmoga, Rajmundry, Jodhpur and Kolhapur before the end of 2017.
Last week, China for the fourth time had blocked a proposal backed by the US, France and Britain to list Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, citing lack of consensus among the members of the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
While psychologists typically refrain from diagnosing someone from afar, some say Weinstein -- who is accused of sexually assaulting a string of actresses over the years -- fits the profile of a sexual predator, not an addict.
India will face arch-foes Pakistan in a battle that will determine the top placement in Pool A of the Asia Cup at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium here on Sunday.
Globally, more than 400 AMG Performance Centers in 40 countries have been opened since 2008.
Here's how designers in Ecuador are re-inventing and re-imagining traditional clothes in contemporary context.
Shenzhen-listed Leshi Internet Information and Technology Corp issued a statement late Tuesday, saying the Shanghai court had frozen a 26.03 percent stake in LeEco held by Jia, and would do so for three years.
Reform measures undertaken by India will broaden its tax base and help government cut down on debt, but high stressed assets in the banking sector pose contingent liability risks, Moody's said on Thursday.
All 28 European Union data protection authorities asked WhatsApp last year to stop sharing users' data with Facebook due to doubts over the validity of users' consent.
