Shutdown in Karachi as violence continues

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Karachi, Aug 23: Pakistan's financial hub shut down completely today, along with other areas of Sindh province, answering an MQM call for a day of mourning and protest against the raging political-ethnic violence that has claimed 19 lives over the past two days. Five more people were found More
Nepal Cabinet endorses PM's proposal

EXTENSION OF CA TERM

Kathmandu, Aug 23: Nepal's Cabinet today endorsed caretaker Premier Jhala Nath Khanal's proposal to extend by another three months the Constituent Assembly's term, which expires on August 31, to draft a long-due Constitution, amid a boycott by Maoists who were demanding a nine-month extension.
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1.2 mn struck off voters' list in Balochistan
Islamabad, Aug 23: The names of 1.2 million people have been struck off the voters's list in Pakistan's Balochistan province as they were unverified, an official said. Mehboob Anwar, the election commissioner of Balochistan, said the names of about 1.2 million people have been removed as they More
Karachi frets over dengue outbreak
Islamabad, Aug 23: At least 14 cases of dengue were detected in Karachi, already battered by a wave of violence, and the authorities are now worried over its outbreak. The cases that have been detected over the past two weeks bring the number of dengue cases in Sindh province this year to More
  • Kashmir

File status report of extradition: Court to IGP

JALEEL ANDRABI MURDER CASE

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Aug 23:  A local Court on Wednesday asked the Inspector General of Crime and Railways to file the status report of extradition proceedings of Major Avtar Singh, accused of killing noted More


  • Srinagar City

Renovation of historic Bulbul Shah Shrine in full swing

'Original architecture kept intact, structure to be earthquake resistant'

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Aug 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has taken an initiative of renovating the shrine of the first Muslim saint of Kashmir Hazrat Bulbul Shah (RA). The shrine is one of the oldest monuments More



  • Jammu

Rs 5.65 lakh realized from tax evader

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 23: Sleuths of Vigilance and Inspection wing of Commercial Taxes on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 5.65, lakh on a tax evader in Nai Basti area, sources said. They said that an input was More


  • South Asia

Shutdown in Karachi as violence continues

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Karachi, Aug 23: Pakistan's financial hub shut down completely today, along with other areas of Sindh province, answering an MQM call for a day of mourning and protest against the raging political-ethnic More


  • World

Muammar Gaddafi still untraceable, massive manhunt launched

Cairo, Aug 23: Forty-eight hours after rebel forces stormed into Libyan capital, Tripoli, the country's strongman Muammar Gaddafi remained untraced despite NATO powers deploying a "full array" of surveillance More


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