WION Evening News Brief, December 5, 2017
Ayodhya
Top Developments of the evening
The Supreme court has fixed theAyodhya dispute matterfor further hearing on February 8, 2018.
Mallya’s defence lawyerClare Montgomery today told the Westminster MagistratesCourt that there was no evidence against the liquor baron to extradite him to India The UK court is hearing acase related to money launderingand fraud with Mallya owing several Indian banks around Rs 9,000 crores.
The Supreme Court has scheduled thehearing for Rohingya refugees deportationon January 31. The apex court has posted all petitions relating to the deportation of Muslim Rohingya refugees for a detailed hearing in January.
Al Qaedaleader, as well as over 80 other militants, have been killed in a joint operation by Afghan and US officials in Afghanistan, reports say. The leader, Omar Khetab, famously known asOmar Mansoon was gunned down during the attack, Afghan's Intelligence agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) was reported saying.
A bomb blast in the Syrian city of Homs killed eight people and injured around 16 in a bus on Tuesday, media reports said.The blast took place near al-Baath university, in the streets of Akrama neighbourhood - home to members of the Alawite minority to which President Bashar al-Assad belongs.