Child exploitation rife in Rohingya refugee camps: IOM
A probe by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveals numerous cases of exploitation and trafficking in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, where Rohingya children have been subjected to forced labor, beatings and sexual assaults. The IOM found that Rohingya refugee children working harsh hours for little pay in Bangladesh, with some suffering beatings and sexual assault. […]
Death toll in Andhra boat tragedy rises to 20
November 13, 2017 The deceased included nine women and a teenaged boy, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said in a statement in the Legislative Assembly while observing that the tragedy took place due to the “greed” of the private operator. While 16 bodies were fished out of the river on Sunday night, four more were […]
Modi, Trump hold talks on sidelines of ASEAN summit
Manila, Nov 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held wide-ranging talks with US President Donald Trump and told him that both nations can rise beyond bilateral ties and work jointly for the future of Asia, reflecting their growing convergence on strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region. In the meeting which took place on the sidelines […]
Working day and night to transform India, PM tells ASEAN
November 13, 2017 Showcasing economic reform initiatives of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited the ASEAN countries to ramp up their investment in India and said the task of transforming the country is proceeding at an “unprecedented scale”. Addressing the ASEAN Business Forum, the prime minister said India’s ‘Act East policy’ puts the […]
Dry spell likely to end tommorow,night tempreature dip below zero in Srinagar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar braved the coldest night of the season with the temperature dropping below the freezing point, as the Met office said the dry spell in the Valley was likely to end this week. The temperature dipped to minus 0.7 degree Celsius – three notches below the normal – in […]
Green gold including medicinal herbs destroyed in fire at Kupwara compartments.
Srinagar A widespread forest fire has been raging in several forest compartments of northern Kupwara district including the border town Keran destroying the priceless trees and medicinal herbs, for past over a week. In absence of modern gadgets, the officials of Forest department and State Forest Corporation are struggling to control the fire manually, they […]
“Twitter war” Omar comes in support of his father
Syed Ali Shah Geelani recently blamed pro India politicians especially Abdullah family for the sufferings of people. He described all of them as New Delhis henchmen who for the last of power were ready to trample over the sacrifice of people for freedom. This was the response of Geelani to the recent utterances of Farooq […]
Tragic mishap at Handwara kills one injures many
On Monday morning in a tragic road accident one person identified by police as ghulam mohideen mir of Rajpora Handwara was killed while three other passengers were injured. Police said that all the injured persons were hospitalised for treatment. Reports said that passenger vehicle was coming to Handwara when driver of the vehicle lost control […]
About 200 killed over 1000 injured in Iran, Iraq border earthquake
Latest news reports from the Iran, Iraq border earthquake said that about 200 people have been killed and over thousand people were injured as the area was struck with earthquake. Relief and rescue operation was going on till this report was being filed. More details about the incident are awaited as death toll is going […]
Why Mehbooba outreach is failing in giving healing touch
CM Mehbooba Mufti is trying to reverse the trend in rural kashmir to get some political space back by trying to listen directlyrics from public delegations about their problems. Opposition main stream parties and separatists have described here public darbars as eye wash. Congress president who hails from South Kashmir’s has said that Mehbooba was […]
