The Government of Pakistan should ensure the security of the country’s religious minorities from judicial injustice and attacks by militants, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015.
Violent attacks on religious minorities rose significantly in 2014 as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government’s failed to ensure protection for religious freedoms.
Hindu and Muslim clashes were erupted in Meerut on Tuesday night where at least 10 people were injured after two sisters were allegedly molested by a group of local youngsters.
The incident occurred in Meerut’s Sarai Laldas area were the mob-pelted stones at each other’s and exchange fire and so the blame game continues.
The family of the girls alleged that the younger of the two had been at the receiving end of the boys’ for quite some time and therefore the elder sister started accompanying her. But the offenders started molesting the both.
Rookie Pakistan all-rounder Haris Sohail’s ‘ghost encounter’ in his Christchurch hotel room has earned him the tag of ‘World’s Worst Person in Sports’ by ESPN’s Olbermann program, that is hosted by Keith Olbermann.
Sohail had claimed that a ghost shook the bed in his Christchurch hotel room, and was so shaken by his alleged supernatural encounter, that he insisted on switching rooms.
Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan, who’s “Happy New Year” starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani among others was one of the biggest blockbusters of 2014, says she is not in a hurry to start her next film.
“This year I’m taking rest. I’ve three children..I’m taking them on vacations. I’m enjoying their football matches and spending time with my family….enjoying my life. I’m not a machine,” Farah said at a painting exhibition here Wednesday.
President Pranab Mukherjee today expressed hope that there will be an attitudinal change in the society and country about leprosy and those affected by it.
Mukherjee expressed his desire in this context as he extended his best wishes to the Indian Leprosy Association for ‘Anti-Leprosy Day’ to be held on January 30.
“I am happy to learn that the Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh (Indian Leprosy Association) is observing Anti-Leprosy Day on 30 January, 2015 to coincide with the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi.
A new study has revealed that pacemakers with internet connection are not-so-distant goal as the University of the Basque Country has designed an efficient security protocol to protect the information provided by medical devices connected to the Internet.
In modern western societies the fitting of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) is growing rapidly, which control heart rhythm and, if necessary, send an appropriate response to make the heart beat at the right rhythm.
The UAE’s most populous city Dubai is aiming to become the world’s most popular city destination by 2020 and attract 25 million tourists in the next five years.
The ambitious project is part of the city’s long-term growth strategy.
The target is anchored on attracting 25 million tourists in the next five years, Issam Kazim, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), said, adding that despite lingering fears of plummeting oil prices and a strong dollar it can be achieved.
A 30 year-old labourer was killed and three others were injured when an under-construction government building collapsed in south Delhi, police said on Thursday.
All the four labourers were working in the basement of the under construction three-storey building when one portion of it collapsed, trapping all of them under the debris.
The incident took place in south Delhi’s east Kidwai Nagar at around 9 am.
Police and officials of the fire department reached the spot and took all the injured to hospital, where Subodh Mandal died due to his injuries.
Tata Motors intends to utilise Rs 7,500 crore, which it plans to raise via rights issue, to fund various activities, including introduction of more than 100 new commercial vehicles over next three years and passenger vehicles on new modular platform from FY 2016-17.
The company, which is seeking shareholders’ approval through a postal ballot for raising funds up to Rs 7,500 crore through a rights issue of ordinary shares, also intends to use the funds to expand in international markets.
Australian author Colleen McCullough has passed away at the age of 77 at a hospital on Norfolk Island .
McCullough was a neuroscientist by training, and worked in various Sydney and English hospitals before settling into 10 years of research and teaching in the Department of Neurology at the Yale Medical School in the US, News.com.au reported.
McCullough suffered health problems most of her life and at 32 she was found to have hypothyroidism, which caused depression and weight gain.
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar on Thursday called on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the national capital.
Swaraj and Jaishankar greeted each other cordially and exchanged pleasantries. The meeting was a routine one.
Earlier in the day, Jaishankar took charge as the Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh, whose tenure has been curtailed by nearly seven months.
“As I take over, I am happy to work with all of you. I am honoured that I have been assigned with this responsibility,” said the former Indian Ambassador to the US.
Eriksen scored twice against Sheffield to hold the League One side to a 2-2 draw. His magnificent first-half free-kick put Tottenham 2-0 up on aggregate. However, Sheffield’s 18-year-old substitute Che Adams struck twice from close range within a gap of three minutes in the second half, bringing the prospect of extra time into focus, the BBC reported.
A 25-year old woman, Rita, died after Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables threw her out of a moving train near Varanasi.
A native of West Bengal, Rita, who was travelling to Kanpur along with her 18-month old daughter, brother and an uncle, died while undergoing a treatment at a government-run hospital here.
The incident took place at around 9.30 pm. The victim’s brother was also injured.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday asserted that the work towards the merger of the Janta Parivar is in progress, adding there was no obstacle in its path of unison.
“For the unity of Janta Dal Parivar, there is no obstacle anywhere. We want to be united and we are united. This will happen,” Lalu told ANI here.
“We have started working towards the merger and for this, [Samajwadi Party chief] Mulayam Singh Yadav has been given the authority,” he added.
All retired Chief Justices of Bombay High Court, who have served for three years and are now residing outside Maharashtra, will be accorded status of a state guest.
As per a Government Resolution (GR), those who have served as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court for minimum three years and have settled outside the state after retirement will be treated as “state guest” during their visit to Maharashtra.
A proposal to this effect was pending with the state government, said the GR issued yesterday.
PTI
Weeks after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif emerged among the richest men of Pakistan with Rs 2.36 billion in assets, his younger brother Shahbaz seems poorer in comparison with family wealth of Rs 417.32 million.
But the younger Sharif, who is the chief minister of Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province, owns more personal assets abroad, the Dawn reported.
The Election Commission on Thursday announced that it will monitor all press conferences given by political parties in the national capital to check for possible violations of the Model Code of Conduct ahead of the February 7 assembly elections in the city.
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party have filed numerous complaints against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal after the latter had allegedly accused his rivals of being corrupt.
A 25-year old woman, Rita, died after Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables threw her out of a moving train near Varanasi.
A native of West Bengal, Rita, who was travelling to Kanpur along with her 18-month old daughter, brother and an uncle, died while undergoing a treatment at a government-run hospital here.
The incident took place at around 9.30 pm. The victim’s brother was also injured.
Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea have recently stated that the virus has started to mutate, which might make it somewhat less deadly but more contagious eventually.
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak in March 2014, are investigating whether it could have become more contagious, the BBC reported.
More than 22,000 people have been infected with Ebola and 8,795 have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Scientists are starting to analyze hundreds of blood samples from Ebola patients in Guinea.
About 82 towns in Uttar Pradesh, including 75 district headquarters, will soon be brought under the ambit of National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment.
Besides the 75 district headquarters, seven other towns having population of over one lakh will be covered under NULM to provide skilled wage employment opportunities to the urban poor, an official spokesperson said here today.
Formula one team Force India has backed out of the first pre-season test, saying that decision to withdraw was taken on account of limited learning opportunities.
Earlier, the team had indicated that they would be unable to test their 2015 car at Spain’s Jerez track.
A spokesman said that the decision was taken at the end of last week due to limited learning opportunities , the BBC reported.
The Regional Passport Office (RPO) Hyderabad has topped the list in issuance of 6.95 lakh passports among the 37 passport offices in the country during 2014, a senior official said today.
RPO Hyderabad is the top and the largest RPO out of 37 Passport Offices with 7.17 lakh passport applications accepted and 6.95 lakh passports issued during 2014, Regional Passport Officer Ashwini Sattaru told reporters here.
Jamat-e-Islami Hind will launch ‘Burai Mitao Muhim’ from February 1 to 8 in which it will be tried to nip the social evils in the bud and create awareness about their harmful effects in the society.
‘Burai Mitao Muhim’ is aimed at wiping out evils such as haraam wealth, usury, alcohol, gambling, nudity, vulgarism, obscenity, excesses in property sharing etc. from the society. The campaign will be kicked off at an all party meeting on Sunday, February 1, after Maghrib, Khilwat Ground.
Siasat news
Recently Siasat Millat Fund and Faiz-e-Aam Trust distributed 1000 school bags among children of flood victims of Kashmir in Srinagar. Rs/- 6 lakh were earmarked for that.
The Islamic State militant group has announced its expansion in Af-Pak region and in parts of India with appointing former Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist Hafiz Saeed Khan, 42, as the ‘wali’ or governor of Khurasan — a historic name used by militants for an area covering Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India.
In a video posted online, IS leader Abu Muhammad Al-Adni confirmed the name of former Talibani leader as the chief of the Khurasan.