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FivebodieshadbeenrecoveredafteraboatwithscoresofRohingyapeopleaboardcapsizedintheBayofBengalclosetoBangladesh'ssoutheasternborderwithMyanmar,alocalpoliceofficia
Atleast21peoplewereinjuredinatrainmishapinIndia'seasternstateofWestBengal'scapitalKolkata,aseniorrailwayofficialsaidonWednesday.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)
Indian police arrested around 150 people protesting against a breakdown in law and order in the eastern city of Kolkata on Thursday, after street battles broke out during a march to police headquarters and police cars were set ablaze.
The deputy UN secretary- general, Jan Eliasson, and the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Le Luong Minh, on Thursday discussed the situation of migrants and refugees stranded on vessels in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
Mild tremors of a six-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in the Bay of Bengal were felt across India including the national capital region at 09:52 p.m. local time Wednesday (15:22GMT), said meteorological officials.