The man who killed 84 people by driving a truck into them in Nice was not especially religious and showed no signs of extremism, according to The Independent,UK. Reports have named the man as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old French-Tunisian man. Though he was known to police for anti-social…

Parents threw their children over fences to get them out of the path of the lorry, says The Independent, UK. An image of a doll lying next to the covered…

Politicians and public figures from around the world reacted with horror and expressions of solidarity with France after a truck smashed into a crowd in the Cote d'Azur resort city of Nice, reports AFP. At least 84 people were killed as they watched a Bastille Day fireworks display, in what French…

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has no strict legal provision to act against private universities if they get involved in militant or subversive activities. In order to take temporary permission for opening a private university, Article 6(10) of the Private University Act 2010 prescribes that…

A total of 93 women and 49 children were tortured to death in the last three months, said a report Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). Data from the research cell of BSEHR reveals that 16 women were killed for dowry, 46 were murdered in the hands of husbands, 3 house-maids…

The home ministry had asked the immigration police not to allow four controversial Islamic clerics to enter the country. After the Gulshan attack, in which 17 foreigners were killed, law enforcement personnel started collecting information as to whether these blacklisted foreign clerics had succeeded…