Indian Sub-continent

NEW DELHI, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday he will share with the media and his political allies evidence of foreign meddling against his government.

Pakistan is in the midst of heavy politicking as Imran’s government is facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament.

Speaking at a function in Islamabad, Imran said encountering a “political crisis” in a parliamentary democracy was not unusual but alleged that a plot was hatched by the external powers opposed to Pakistan adopting an independent foreign policy.

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, March 30 (Xinhua) -- One person has been confirmed dead and another was injured in a blast that occurred in Baghlan-e-Markazi district in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, a local resident said.

Abdul Latif, the local resident, said the blast took place at 3:00 p.m. local time in the Fabrica area, killing one man and injuring another.

In the meantime, Mawlawi Mustafa Hakimi, director at the province's department of information and culture has confirmed the incident, saying an investigation was launched into the blast.

Srinagar, 30 March 2022: Two Kashmiris were killed on Wednesday by Indian security forces in Rainawari area of Srinagar of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

One of the slained Kashmiri, Rayees Ahmad Bhat, based on his ID, was editor in chief of Valley Media Service.

Mangaluru, Mar 30 (PTI) Forty Muslim girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as they were apparently hurt by the recent High Court verdict against wearing of hijab inside classrooms.

The students decided to not appear for the examination without wearing the headscarf as they were hurt by the March 15 order, sources said.

Aurangabad, Mar 30 (PTI) Police seized 37 swords and a dagger from a courier company's office in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city on Wednesday, an official said.

"We have come to know that these swords were brought from Amritsar and Jalandhar in Punjab. Seven people from Aurangabad and Jalna had placed orders for them. No one has been arrested so far," Deputy Commissioner of Police Ujwala Vankar told reporters.

Kanpur: Kanpur Nagar was not among those districts where the Intermediate class English paper of UP Madhyamik Siksha Parishad was cancelled due to paper leak today.

Though the paper was cancelled in Kanpur Dehat district.

It was due to be held in the afternoon today, as the news said.

It was reported that the paper was held as scheduled in all other districts.

As many as 24 districts were reported where the paper has been cancelled.

Kanpur: Speaking on "Road to Techkriti", Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus talked about his idea of creating a World of Three Zeros.

The three zeroes he went over are zero carbon emission, zero wealth concentration and zero unemployment.

He urged students to value nature and work towards preventing global warming.

He further said that the current profit-driven economic system had concentrated the capital in the hands of a few persons.

This leaves the economic system to be nothing but a ticking time bomb, hinted the Nobel awardee.

Kanpur: If anything that frightens the early morning walkers it is the monkey menace on the Cantonment side and the dog menace on the JK Colony side.

The monkeys do not commonly bite but the dogs leap to bite. The civic body does not show enough effort to catch both the animals to ensure the safety of strollers.

Has the catching squad become so inefficient as to move in those areas shaken under their influence? Ask several.

ISLAMABAD, March 29 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday reiterated Pakistan’s principled position in support of immediate cessation of hostilities and resolution of Russian-Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.

The prime minister received a telephone call from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskii.

Discussing the latest situation in Ukraine, the prime minister expressed deep regret that the military conflict was continuing.

Islamabad, Mar 29 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday embarked on a visit to China to attend a regional meeting on war-torn Afghanistan.

The third meeting of 'Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan' is being held on March 29 to 31, according to the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO). The meeting will be held in Tunxi, central China's Anhui province.