TOKYO -- Japanese police on Wednesday sent a male suspect to prosecutors following allegations that he rammed his car into pedestrians on a popular shopping street in central Tokyo in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Tuesday, is believed to have driven his rental car along the crowded Takeshita Street in the Harajuku district just after midnight, injuring nine people.

Among the injured, a 19-year old student remained in hospital in critical condition, local media reported Wednesday. (Japan-Car attack-Suspect)

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NEW DELHI -- The Indian government Wednesday approved the merger of three state-owned banks - Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank, officials said.

"The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the scheme of amalgamation for amalgamating Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank, with Bank of Baroda as the transferee bank and Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank as transferor banks," a statement issued by government said.

This marks the first-ever three way merger in India's banking sector and will create the country's second largest public sector lender. (India-Bank-Merger)

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MANILA -- The death toll in heavy rains that triggered landslides and flash flooding in the Philippines has risen to 85, a government disaster agency said on Wednesday.

The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its latest report that at least 20 people are still missing and the death is expected to rise.

The deaths include 68 people from five provinces in the Bicol region, 13 from Northern Samar province, three from Oriental Mindoro and one from Laguna province. (Philippines-Rain-Toll) Enditem

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