Afghan girl spends life disguised as ‘son’ her parents wanted
SULTANPUR, Afghanistan: Sitara Wafadar yearns for long hair like other girls. Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for more than a decade, forced by her parents to be the “son” they never had. With five sisters and no brothers, Sitara lives by the gender-twisting custom known as “bacha poshi”, which in […]
Pakistan cricket team leaves for England-Ireland tour
LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team on Monday left for the England/Ireland tour, where they will play a Test against Ireland, two Tests against England and two T20 internationals against Scotland. According to sources, fast bowler Mohammad Amir could not accompany the team as he was unable to get the visa for England. The bowler is expected to […]
36 killed in N.Korea accident
Beijing, At least 36 people, including 32 Chinese tourists, were killed in a bus accident in North Korea, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Besides the 32 Chinese, the victims also comprised four North Korean workers while two other Chinese citizens were seriously injured, Efe news reported. China’s National Health Commission said on its website […]
AFSPA revoked in all of Meghalaya, some areas of Arunachal Pradesh
The Ministry of Home Affairs release stated that there was a 37 per cent decline in the number of insurgency incidents in 2017 in the Northeast region. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) will be revoked from all parts of Meghalaya and it has been reduced from 16 to eight police station and outpost […]
Mughal road reopens for traffic
Jammu—The Mughal Road, connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region with South Kashmir’s Shopian district, was reopened for traffic after 4-day long closure due to landslides and snowfall in high altitude areas. The Mughal Road was reopened yesterday, police officials said. The traffic was allowed on both sides of the road. […]
India may burn, rape girls but Modi interested in becoming PM again: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the country could burn, girls may be raped and the rights of scheduled castes and minorities be under a threat, but Modi was merely interested in becoming the Prime Minister again. The twin burning issues of Dalit rights […]
Taliban Attacks Kill At Least 14 Troops, Police
Afghan officials say two near-simultaneous Taliban attacks in western Badghis province have killed at least 14 troops and policemen. Ghulam Sarwar Haidari, the deputy provincial police chief, says a large number of insurgents attacked army units in the district of Ab Kamari, killing nine soldiers in that attack on Monday. He says that at the […]
US man who went on sex trips to Philippines gets 330 yrs jail for child porn
Washington: A nude gunman shot dead three people and injured at least four more in the early hours of Sunday at a restaurant on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement that the shooting occurred at a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, a suburb southeast of […]
Save the Constitution is Cong’s campaign to save dynasty: Shah
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah today said the ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign launched by the Congress chief is an exercise to save the dynasty and that the opposition party’s “Modi hatred” has turned into “India hatred”. In a statement soon after Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
Student protests reported from Pampore, Sopore, Kangan
Srinagar: Student of Jamia Kadeem High School Sopore on Monday took out a protest march against the brutal rape and murder of Kuthua minor. Reports said that protesting students assembled near Jamia Kadeem shouting anti-governmental slogans and marched towards Bus stand demanding punishment for the accused. Local said that as soon as students reached near […]
