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PUTIN’S newest and only remaining missile cruiser in the Black Sea was destroyed by Ukraine forces in a huge blow to his naval forces. The “Zyklon” was destroyed alongside the 266-M minesweeper, Kovrovets, in a devastating strike at the weekend. The Zyklon is the 26th to be sunk by Ukraine and was blown up by US-supplied ATACMS missiles killing six people and injuring 11, sources said. It comes after Russia retreated its naval headquarters from the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Krasnodor. The Zyklon, which was launched into service in July last year, was a Karakut-class missile ship armed with various...

UNISEX wash basin areas could be built in schools to help tackle bullying. The move is part of recommendations covering schools in England being rebuilt or refurbished as part of the Government's £45bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. BSF aims to rebuild or renew every one of England's 3,500 state secondary schools during the 15-year lifetime of the initiative. The new guidelines were issued by the Government agency responsible for delivering the programme, Partnerships for Schools. Toilets in Schools was published earlier this month and details new toilet block designs to be incorporated into all BSF schools. It...

Agartala, Apr 23 (PTI): Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has sent reinforcements to Indo-Bangla border along West Tripura district and was indulging in smuggling and other trans-border criminal activities following the brutal killing of a BSF assistant commandant, BSF sources said today. The mobilisation of its forces along the border was confirmed by BDR commanding officer of seven battalion Sayeed Kamrujjaman Khan to the media in Bangladesh, the sources said here. Khan had reportedly told the Bangladeshi media that BDR reinforcements were posted as BSF had deployed additional forces along the border following the killing of assistant commandant Jeewan Kumar and injury...

By IOL South Asia Correspondent NEW DELHI, 22 April (IslamOnline) - Five days after the latest incident of gang-rape in the Indian-administered Kashmir and, as usual, no action has been taken against the criminals in uniform, who belong to the army's Border Security Force (BSF). The story was broken by some mediamen three days later. In a chilling incident at least three personnel of the notorious Border Security Force’s 58 Battalion gang-raped a 17-year-old Gujjar girl on April 17 in Kullar, Anantnag district, 100 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. The gang-rape took place at gun point in...