Pak to allow dual nationals to contest elections
Islamabad, Jul 26 (PTI) The Pakistan government has decided to allow Pakistanis with dual nationalities to contest elections as Prime Minister Imran Khan wants them to be part of the country’s political system, according to his top aide. The Cabinet discussed the issue on Thursday after the return of Khan from his first official visit to […]
Sorry mom, dad; Mumbai doctor writes in suicide note after torture by seniors
Srinagar: A young woman doctor wrote heart wrenching words to her parents in her suicide note after being “allegedly” harassed by seniors at her workplace. Payal Tadvi, in her three-page suicide note, revealed how the alleged “torture” by her seniors became unbearable for her. “I’m really sorry mom and dad to take away my life…. […]
Cow only animal that exhales oxygen: Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Dehradun, Jul 26 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has kicked up a row by claiming that cow is the only animal which inhales and exhales oxygen, and has asserted breathing problems can be cured by massaging it. A video went viral on Thursday showing Rawat extolling the medicinal properties of cow milk and urine […]
Father, son arrested with contraband substance in Sopore
Sopore : Police on Friday claimed to have arrested father and son along with contraband substance in north Kashmir’s Sopore town. Official sources said that the duo were arrested during naka checking laid by Sopore police at Teliyaan Sopore. They were carrying ‘Charas’ with them, he said. The arrested have been identified as Ghulam Mohiudin […]
‘Indian scientists discover 28 new stars in Milky Way’
Nainital (Uttarakhand) Jul 26 (PTI) Scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) here have discovered 28 new variable stars in the Milky Way galaxy. ARIES Director Wahab Uddin described the finding of the new variable stars, whose luminosity or brightness keeps changing, as a “rare achievement”. It is for the first time that […]
China provided India satellite data on flood-hit regions for relief efforts, says envoy
New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) China has provided India satellite data on the country’s flood-hit regions to assist in New Delhi’s flood relief efforts, the Chinese ambassador here said on Friday. The satellite data was given after the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) request for international disaster relief support, China’s Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said. […]
Pak cannot fight full-fledged war with India: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) Pakistan can neither fight a full-fledged nor a limited war with India and is waging a proxy war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. He was speaking in Lok Sabha on the 20th anniversary of Kargil conflict as Parliament paid tributes to Indian soldiers who drove out enemy forces and […]
HC dismisses plea seeking to declare ‘Vande Mataram’ national anthem or national song
New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to declare ‘Vande Mataram’ the national anthem, at par with “Jana Gana Mana”, or the national song. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said it finds no reason to entertain […]
President Kovind to celebrate ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ in Srinagar due to bad weather
Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind, who was scheduled to visit the war memorial in Drass in Ladakh region to pay tributes to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil war, will celebrate Kargil Vijay Diwas in the summer capital Srinagar due to bad weather. Kovind arrived in Srinagar on Friday to pay […]
