lslamabad: Pakistan’s Telecom authority Thursday warned Twitter that it would ban the social networking giant in country as it does not comply to directives to block objectionable content, media reports said. “Twitter ignores all the remaining requests,” Director General of PTA’s Internet Policy and Web Analysis, Nisar Ahmed, told the committee. Islamabad High Court had recently […]
New Delhi: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, remains critical and continues on advanced life-support system at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), media reports said. He was admitted in hospital on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. Prime Minister Narendra […]
Srinagar: A former journalist Ashutosh on Wednesday quit Aam Aadmi Party(AAP),citing personal reasons. Once seen as close to Delhi CM Arvind Kwjriwal had expressed unhappiness over the choice of nominees to the Rajya Sabha,was kept away from party activities since than.
Solan: Intermittent rains played havoc across the district as at least four persons including two children buried alive following triggering of a landslide at Chakla village in Hinner panchayat under Kandaghat subdivision in this district, last night. The deceased were identified as Devender (30) his wife Poonam(28) and is 7 year daughter and 4 […]
Islamabad: Incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday appeared before the Accountability Court here in connection with the Al-Azizia and Flagship corruption references being heard against him. Wajid Zia, the star prosecution witness in the case, is also expected to appear before the court, Paksitan daily Dawn reported. Both the references are being heard […]
New Delhi: Confident of doing well and only about eight months to go for the general elections, the ruling BJP on Monday would yet again press for simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state legislatures. A party delegation comprising key leaders, including Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, will meet Chairman of Law Commission Justice B […]
Washington:US military institutions are struggling to fill the 66 slots they had kept aside for officers from Pakistan for the next academic year, as the Trump administration refused to provide funds for their training, official sources said. According to a report in the Dawn, the fund for training Pakistani officers came from the US government’s […]
Karachi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in a meeting with brokerage houses, has ruled out the possibility that it would deny Pakistan a bailout package under US influence. “The IMF said it is ready to enter into discussion with Pakistan for a [possible] bailout package,” an economist of a leading securities brokerage house said after […]
Kolkata: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting over 1.5 million women each year, and also causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women. In 2015, 570,000 women died from breast cancer – that is approximately 15 per cent of all cancer deaths among women. While breast cancer rates are higher […]
New Delhi: The principal Opposition Congress staged walkout in the Lok Sabha on Friday demanding that a Joint Parliamentary Committee be constituted to probe into the Rafale deal between India and France. Congress members, including Deepender Singh Hooda, Sushmita Dev, Sunil Jakhar, Ravneet Singh and K C Venugopal trooped into the Well raising anti-government slogans. Party […]
