BBC man among 21 killed in Afghan attacks
Kandahar, July 28: Taliban bomb and gun attacks on an official's compound and a militia base in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan today killed 21 people, including a local BBC reporter. Five hours of fighting were triggered after insurgents detonated a car bomb outside the deputy provincial More‘Disappeared’ still haunt Balochistan: HRW
Islamabad, July 28: The abductors often show up in sleek pickup trucks, wearing civilian clothes but sometimes flanked by Pakistani troops. They often beat and blindfold their victims before spiriting them away. And while the prisoners may wind up dead, odds are the captors will never face justice MoreShowdown between Pak govt and judiciary appears imminent
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Lahore, July 28: A showdown between Pakistani judiciary and the civilian government appears imminent as Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has made it clear that the Gilani government will have to submit to its orders or be ready to "face the music". Chaudhry today extended the MoreIndia, Maldives agree to intensify bilateral ties
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Male, July 28: Reflecting growing congruence in their relationship, India and Maldives today decided to intensify bilateral cooperation in diverse fields including trade, commerce, security, combating piracy and terrorism as well as enhancing people-to-people contact. External Affairs More- Kashmir
Give me peace to resolve all issues: Omar to people
Advocates strengthening of cross LoC trade
GK NEWS NETWORK
Wadipora (Chadoora), July 28: Terming peace imperative to address political issues and work out an amicable solution, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday appealed the people to help maintain tranquillity More
- Srinagar City
‘STAFF-STARVED’ TRAFFIC POLICE CRAVES FOR WORKFORCE EXPANSION
Against requirement of 1000 cops, mere 250 manage City rush of 4 lakh vehicles
M HYDERI
Srinagar, July 28: Even though traffic mess is taking “serious proportions” with gridlocks and other mismanagement becoming almost a routine on the City roads, the coalition government has seemingly failed More
- Jammu
Union HRD ministry mulls interim V-C
Former Bureaucrat Tipped
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY - JAMMU
GK NEWS NETWORKJammu, July 28: Union Human Resource Ministry is likely to appoint a former bureaucrat from Jammu and Kashmir as the first Vice-Chancellor of Central University Jammu, which has remained More
- South Asia
BBC man among 21 killed in Afghan attacks
Kandahar, July 28: Taliban bomb and gun attacks on an official's compound and a militia base in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan today killed 21 people, including a local BBC reporter. Five More
- National
Cabinet nod for Lokpal Bill; PM, judiciary out of purview
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, July 28: The Union Cabinet today cleared the much-debated Lokpal Bill keeping the office of the Prime Minister outside its purview notwithstanding incumbent Manmohan Singh's insistence on subjecting More
- World
New Al-Qaeda chief praises Syrian protesters
Cairo, July 28: Al-Qaida’s new leader praised Syrian protesters seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad while trying to portray the uprising as an Islamic battle against American and Israeli More


