KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
Kanpur: The Kanpur Development Authority is going to hold a camp for disposition of house map related issues on August 23.
Giving this information the officials cleared that firstly the cases the low-income group and the middle-income group applicants will be attended. Their problems will be resolved at one window.
Also, the fees deposit against different heads after the disposal of complaints will be done at the same spot.
Kanpur: Like every year the Rakhi market has been attracting customers this festival too with the same traditional fervour.
There are a crowd of people on the stalls selling varieties of the pieces of rakhi in the city's different markets. The sale has gone in the bigger aggregate, as reportedly said.
According to one conclusion, children are fond of purchasing those rakhis which are carrying cartoon characters. The liking for such sort of hoop dominates the market like a craze.
Kanpur: A man was arrested after one of the victims lodged an FIR at Kalyanpur police station on August 7. The Kanpur crime branch police have arrested him. He has been involved in blackmailing the girls by making their obscene videos.
The police have recovered obscene videos of about 65 girls from the mobile phone of the accused.
The crime branch will try to reach other victims. His social media accounts will be thoroughly scanned, pointed out DCP (Crime) Salman Taj Patil.
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will convene an extraordinary session of the OIC Executive Meeting in Saudi Arabia’s city Jeddah on August 22 (tomorrow) to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, the OIC Secretary General informed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday.
OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen in a telephonic conversation apprised FM Qureshi that the meeting would gather ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to deliberate on the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan.
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday paid tribute to an employee of Forest Department, who had laid his life while saving the forests from fires.
He termed forester Jamshid Iqbal of Forest Department Chitral a “hero”, who embraced Shahadat in the line of duty while fighting a forest fire in Chumurkun-Gole Protected Forest Compartment No.01, on August 19.
“These are our heroes protecting our forests for a Green Pakistan,” the prime minister tweeted.
Colombo, Aug 21 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has warned of the consequences the public will need to face if a longer lockdown is enforced as he ordered a 10-day nationwide shutdown to combat the spike in coronavirus cases.
In a televised address to the nation on Friday, Rajapaksa said he agreed to enforce a brief lockdown from 10 pm till 4 am on August 30, however, if a longer shutdown is enforced in future then the public will need to be prepared to make sacrifices.
KABUL, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, said the Taliban intends to have economic and trade ties with all countries around the world.
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants diplomatic and trade ties with all countries, particularly with the United States of America," Baradar wrote on social media platform twitter on Saturday.
Baradar denied media reports that the Taliban has not intended to have diplomatic and trade ties with the United States.
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (PTI) Farmers seeking hike in sugarcane prices blocked rail tracks and a national highway in Jalandhar on Saturday, impacting movement of trains and vehicular traffic.
According to railway officials of Ferozepur division, as many as 50 trains have been cancelled, while 54 have either been diverted or short-terminated.
Scores of farmers had on Friday launched an agitation for an indefinite period to press the Punjab government to accept their demands related to pending dues of sugarcane and hike in cane prices.
Ballia (UP), Aug 21 (PTI) An 18-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl, police said on Saturday.
They said the minor was kidnapped on August 12 by the accused, and a case was registered against him based on a complaint by her mother.
SHO of local Haldi police station Raj Kumar Singh said the girl was rescued on Friday and taken for a medical examination at the district hospital.
In her statement to a local court, she accused the man of raping her, he added.
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