UNICEF says aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
GENEVA – Syria’s government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta on Sunday, the Middle East director of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday. Geert Cappelaere told a news conference that there was no sign of […]
UN: 2 staff among 11 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
GENEVA — The U.N.’s migration agency says two of its staffers were among 11 people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a military base in northeastern Nigeria. The International Organization for Migration said Friday that “a large number” of Boko Haram members attacked the base in Rann, in Borno state, a day […]
Chhattisgarh: 12 suspected Maoists, a police constable killed in encounter in Dantewada
A joint team of the Telangana and Chattisgarh Police on Friday said they had killed 12 suspected Maoists in Dantewada district’s Pukari Kanker region, including senior Maoist leader Hari Bushan, The Hindu reported. Sushil Kumar, a junior commando of anti-Maoist force, the Greyhounds, was also killed in the encounter, while two others were injured, according to The Indian […]
Fire kills 24 in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre
, March 2 :At least 24 people were killed in a fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the capital of Azerbaijan, the authorities said in a joint statement on Friday. The statement was released by the Public Prosecution Office, Health Ministry, Interior Ministry and Ministry of Emergencies, Xinhua reported. The authorities said 34 people […]
PNB not shown as creditor in US bankruptcy filing by Nirav Modi companies
New York, March 2 : The Punjab National Bank (PNB) is not shown as a creditor in the bankruptcy documents filed in a court here by three companies affiliated with Nirav Modi, who has been accused in a $2 billion-scam involving the nationalised financial institution. But the document acknowledges that the filing of criminal complaints […]
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations
March 2: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) which it said left a civilian dead. Mohammad Faisal, who heads the South Asia wing in the Foreign Office, summoned the Indian envoy and “lodged a strong protest on the […]
Centre clears Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill to ‘divert attention’: Congress
March 02, 2018 The Congress today took on the centre over the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill while saying that the former approved the bill just to divert attention of the people. “All this is being done just to divert attention. We want to know what they did earlier and not what they will do in […]
Kashmiri youth dies in Kuwait road accident
A youth from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district died in a road accident in Kuwait a few days ago. The Family of the deceased youth has appealed Government of India to help them to bring the body of his son back to home for last rites. The deceased was identified as Abdul Rashid Lone, 21, a […]
Four persons injured in road accident near Banihal
Four occupants of a car were injured after it collided head-on with a truck on Jammu-Srinagar highway near Bahinal on Friday. An eye witness said that a truck hit a car bearing registration number JK19-3511 on front side near Gund-Tethar in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir. Incharge police post Jawahar Tunnel, Shamim Ahmed, said […]
Pakistan 13th among 25 most powerful world armies
LAHORE: With a total military strength of 919,000 personnel, total aircraft might of 951 and a defense budget of $7 billion, the Pakistani armed forces have been ranked 13th amongst the 25 most powerful world militaries, according to a fairly recent February 26, 2018 report of an American financial and business news website “Business Insider.” […]
