Neville Lazarus

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Neville Lazarus

Security forces have exchanged gunfire with separatist militants who have hijacked a train in Pakistan, as they try to free around 250 hostages on board. The militants wearing vests loaded with explosives barricaded themselves inside the train with the hostages, Pakistani officials said - with a government spokesman describing the attack as "an act of terrorism".

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Neville Lazarus

"It's a slow poisoning of people living here. The poison enters their bodies through the air weakening their immunity and medicines are not as effective as they should be," Dr Arshad Khan says. He has been practicing for 14 years at the Mulla Colony, which is adjacent to the Ghazipur landfill. One of the largest landfills in the country, it is also called the "garbage mountain of Delhi". Image: Dr Arshad Khan and a patient.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Neville Lazarus

India is walking a tightrope, harbouring deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Ms Hasina lives with her family in a secure government bungalow in the capital New Delhi, as a state guest. With the threat on her life, the safe house is heavily guarded and has intelligence officers keeping journalists and the public away from the area. Bangladesh is in a very awkward and difficult position with the new interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Jan 16, 2025 | news.sky.com | Neville Lazarus

Saif Ali Khan, one of India's top Bollywood stars, has had emergency surgery for multiple knife wounds after an attempted robbery at his home. The 54-year-old was attacked in Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday morning and sustained six stab wounds - including two deep cuts on his back, and one close to his spine. The hospital treating him said there was a leak of fluid from his spinal cord which required emergency neurosurgery.

Jan 13, 2025 | news.sky.com | Neville Lazarus

From the early hours, thousands of devotees began pouring into the Maha Kumbh mela grounds, which stretch for thousands of acres in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has been bitterly cold and a heavy downpour on Sunday has made everything wet. Over the next 45 days, an estimated 400 million Hindu pilgrims will converge on the city of Prayagraj.