A possible gas cylinder blast has killed at least eight people, most of them students, in a restaurant in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say. The blast occurred in the Kurla West area of India’s financial and entertainment capital, causing a fire that engulfed the building. Seven of those killed were students of the nearby Don Bosco Institute of ...

Five people have been killed and nine wounded in an attack on a Shia gathering hall in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry says. The killings, in Saihat in Eastern Province on Friday, come two days after the start of Ashura commemorations, a holy occasion for Shia Muslims. A group claiming links to Islamic State (IS) said it carried out ...

The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) has expressed concern over the lack of dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition. ICOZ President David Masupa says it is also sad that political parties want to attack each other through the media when there better channels they can use when they do not agree with each other’s opinion. Bishop Masupa notes ...

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for the People Driven Constitution says putting in place a legal framework for the current constitution making process still remains one of its key demands. The Grand Coalition is concerned that without a legal framework, funds being allocated towards enactment of the new constitution will not be protected from misuse. Chairperson Leonard Chiti says ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu has urged government to implement and stick to the 2016 budget. He says what has been happening in the past where what has been implemented is different from the budget should not be the case in 2016. Mr. Hamaundu says issues of misappropriation and misapplication of the resources should not be the case, stating that the ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the 2016 budget is a sign of a shrinking bread basket, and diminishing wealth of the economy. Mr. Sinkamba notes that the 2015 budget was K46.67billion at the time it was presented to Parliament equivalent to US$7.52billion at the time with the GDP estimated to be equivalent to US$28.8billion. He adds that the 2014 ...