Indian Sub-continent

Rameswaram (TN), Jul 5 (PTI) Beleaguered Sri Lankans fleeing the crisis-hit island republic and arriving in the country continued on Tuesday as eight persons, including children, belonging to two families, landed here, unable to manage the "unlivable" conditions back home.

Prior to this, 105 persons have arrived in the country through the sea route here, with Sri Lanka being in the grip of a crippling economic crisis that has resulted in exorbitant prices of essential commodities.

Sitapur (UP), Jul 4 (PTI) Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, arrested by Delhi Police last week, was produced in a court here on Monday in connection with an FIR lodged against him for allegedly calling Hindu seers "hate mongers".

Zubair was produced in the court of the Sitapur judicial magistrate, who sent him to 14 days' judicial custody.

Kanpur: Auto-tempo drivers turned the GT Road from Gol Chauraha towards Kalyanpur side as a parking and stand.

The Additional CP (Traffic) Rahul Mithai has said that If the situation does not improve within two days, action will be taken against the traffic inspector concerned.

If you are going or returning from Kalyanpur side on this road you will have to struggle through the crowd of auto-tempo drivers standing randomly on the road between Gutaya Crossing to Rawatpur Square.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 4 (NNN-APP) – At least 19 passengers were killed and 12 others injured, when a passenger bus fell into a ravine yesterday, near Sherani district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, local media reported.

According to the reports, the incident took place near Dana Sar area of the district, along the border with north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after the driver lost control, due to over-speeding, amid rain.

The bus fell deep and overturned multiple times in the process, local media said.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 4 (NNN-APP) – The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan, foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics and arrested three people, at the Islamabad International Airport, officials said yesterday.

Director General of the ANF, Ghulam Shabeer Narejo, told local media that, the officials seized five kg of heroin from a three-member gang at the airport, adding that, the drugs were hidden in the luggage trolley.

The gang members confessed to smuggling narcotics to foreign countries, said the official.

Kanpur: Sleepless nights were experienced by students who were awaiting their results for Class 10 since culmination of the exam.

Several students tried to search online their respective names among the successful candidates but they looked aggrieved with a distinct news regarding the results.

Now, we will have to be disturbed for two more days. Delay in declaration of the results remain quite disturbing, said a student.

Some examinees were not rising up as they felt worse. But their parents convinced them to be normal. There was no need to be scared. 

Kanpur: A large number of traders come from the villages of the outlying districts for the sale of animals in the city.

According to the traders, Fatehpur, Kalpi, Etawah and Auraiya are the most known destinations.

They also add that animals for sale come from Rajasthan and Gujarat, though they are hesitant that it would be not possible at this festival, they are overheard saying. 

One seller Hammad had brought as many as 12 animals from nearby places. Two animals left as 8  were sold by ferrying in the narrower lanes, he disclosed.

A fire broke out on the first floor of Kanpur Municipal Corporation located at Motijheel here on Monday morning.

According to the news, when the solar system's panel was heated, a spark began to sprout that caught the wires into the fire. Sooner, the entire panel was burnt to ashes.

When the fire escalated, a fire broke out in the Caretaker department store located on the ground floor below the solar panels.

The KMC employees informed the Fire Brigade about the incident of fire. The fire brigade reached within 15 minutes and doused the fire in time.

BARMAL, Afghanistan, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Mawlawi Mansoor, head of Natural Disaster Management Authority of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, on Saturday thanked China for sending humanitarian assistance to quake-affected families.

"We are thankful to China for sending assistance particularly tents to the quake-affected people here and I am also hopeful that the neighboring country could help rebuild the ruined houses," Mansoor told Xinhua.

Jaipur, Jul 2 (PTI) Three people were arrested on the charge of espionage for Pakistani intelligence agencies, a top intelligence official said on Saturday.

The action was taken against three people out of the 23 suspects detained during a special drive, Operation Hifajat , conducted in border districts, including Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Churu districts.