More than 40% of the world’s stunted children live in India: Report
New Delhi Oct 16 : More than 40 per cent of the world’s stunted children live in India, a report compiled by the NGO Sukarya has said. The report was released by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Tuesday. Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience […]
Pak serial killer executed for raping, murdering 7-year-old girl
Lahore, Oct 17 : A Pakistani serial killer was executed at a prison here on Wednesday after a court dismissed a petition for his public hanging filed by the father of a seven-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered by the convict. Imran Ali, who was convicted for the rape and murder of the minor […]
‘DIY, ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks a major challenge for India: Rajnath’
Gurgaon, Oct 16 : Threats posed by “lone wolf” attackers and “do it yourself’ terrorists are a major challenge for agencies tasked with ensuring security of the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. Addressing commandos of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard on their 34th raising day here, Singh said security […]
China backs Imran’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ initiative
Islamabad, Oct 16 : China has backed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “New Pakistan” initiative and said the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects being undertaken in the country will play an important role in Pakistan’s economic development. China’s Minister of International Development Song Tao met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday and assured Beijing’s […]
No material information on number of EVMs, VVPAT needed for simultaneous polls: EC
New Delhi, Oct 16 : The Election Commission does not have any “material information” on the number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) needed to conduct simultaneous elections, the panel has said in a reply to an RTI query. Pune-based Vihar Durve, through his RTI application, had approached the Commission […]
Sena hits out at Centre for not taking action against Akbar
Mumbai, Oct 16 : People involved in misconduct towards women are in the Cabinet, Bharatiya Janata Party ally Shiv Sena said Tuesday. Sena, without naming anyone, attacked at the Centre for not taking any action against Union minister M J Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment. Several women journalists have come out and […]
Pak court dismisses petition seeking public hanging of serial killer
Lahore, Oct 16 : A serial killer will be executed inside a jail on Wednesday after a Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed a petition for his public hanging filed by the father of a seven-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered by the convict. A two-member Lahore High Court bench comprising Justice Sardar Shamim Ahmed […]
Court extends Shahbaz’s remand by 14 days in Rs 1,400 cr housing scam
Lahore, Oct 16 : A Pakistani court on Tuesday extended the remand of PML-N chief and opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif by 14 days in the Rs 1,400 crore housing scam. Shahbaz, 67, the younger brother of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on October 5 in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal […]
Rahul attacks PM on Rafale deal, repeats ‘suit-boot’ jibe
Datia (MP), Oct 15 : Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Monday alleged that Prime Narendra Modi disregards the poor but has close proximity to businessmen like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Anil Ambani On a campaign trail in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh (MP), he again took on Modi over the Rafale jet deal. “The prime minister does […]
Sonowal hails court martial verdict on 1994 fake encounter. says it will strengthen faith in Army
Guwahati, Oct 15 : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Monday welcomed a general court martial verdict sentencing seven Army personnel, including a major general, to life imprisonment for a fake encounter 24 years ago and said it would strengthen people’s faith in the judiciary and the Army. The court martial looked into the extra-judicial killing […]
