Indian Sub-continent

Srinagar, Aug 21 (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed she had been put under house arrest to stop her from visiting the family of Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar Bhat who was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian recently.

Taking to Twitter, Mufti posted pictures of the locked gates of her residence in Gupkar area here and a CRPF vehicle parked outside.

Bulandshahr (UP), Aug 20 (PTI) A rape victim's brother died here under mysterious circumstances and his body was found hanging from a tree, police said on Saturday.

The rape had taken place on August 13.

Police said one of the rape accused has been arrested while the other is absconding.

A police official said they had received information that a man hanged himself from a tree at a garden in the Ahar area. The body has been sent for a post-mortem.

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The government has no plans to import wheat as it has sufficient stocks to meet the country's requirements, official sources said.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has enough stock for public distribution, they added.

"There are no plans to import wheat into India. The country has sufficient stocks to meet our domestic requirements," a source said.

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The process for the election of Congress president got underway on Sunday, with the party's election authority saying it would stick to the schedule of electing a new chief by September 20.

Chairman of the party's Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry told PTI that it was up to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to approve the final date for the election of the Congress chief, which could be any day between August 21 to September 20.

Kanpur: Section 144 was clamped in the Kanpur district on Saturday, an official government spokesman said.

According to the details, prohibitory orders have been imposed in the city in view of a slight surge in coronavirus infections, several examinations and festivals in days to come.

The restrictions, announced on Saturday evening, will be effective for a complete calender month.

Section 144 of the CrPC restricts the gathering of more than four to five people at a place, the spokesman added.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (APP): Kashmiris across the political lines have categorically rejected “sinister” Indian design of giving unlawful voting rights to 2.5 million non-Kashmiris; to change electorate composition, impose fascist Hindu rule and marginalize the Muslim majority.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in several rain-related incidents of roof collapse in Pakistan's southern Sindh province during the last 24 hours, local media reported on Saturday.

Five people, including three children, were killed in a suburban village in Khairpur district of the province after the roof of their house crashed due to incessant rains, local media reported.

Kanpur: Strangely enough rats are damaging the Khapra Mohal bridge here. According to PWD officials, this bridge is getting washed away due to rats. It is situated near Central railway station, where huge rats are causing heavy damage to this bridge by gnawing on it.

The Khapra Mohal bridge built on the Cantt station site remains in the discussion because the bridge has been eaten by the rats. The bridge collapsed as soon as it rained.

There has been a stir due to the sudden collapse of a part of the bridge. Thousands of people move daily through this bridge.

COLOMBO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling party has asked the country's new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor who fled to Southeast Asia last month after protests flared amid a crippling economic crisis, an official said on Thursday.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew to Singapore last month and quit as Sri Lanka's president, making way for veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe to win a vote in parliament and take the top job. 

18 August 2022; MEMO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed optimism today that the country's trade with Turkiye will increase after the signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement last week.

Speaking to a delegation of Turkish businesspeople at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, Sharif said the two nations have friendly relations and that both sides are eager to enhance cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, energy and communication.