Indian Sub-continent

Kanpur: Attentively listening to different complaints from the public in her office, the Mayor directed all the zonal officers to redress all those civic issues earlier.

Municipal Commissioner, Additional Municipal Commissioner and others were present at this important meeting.

The Mayor said in a stern tone that a sum of Rs 2,500 will be charged against any person who throws garbage on the road after the removal of the garbage in the morning hours.

The households should be alert in giving garbage to door-to-door agency workers turning up to collect the garbage.

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said Pakistan was committed to further strengthening of high level engagements and bilateral cooperation with Belarus by building stronger economic, trade and investment ties. 

Addressing a joint presser with visiting Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik, the foreign minister said they held a very fruitful and constructive meeting, and discussed entire areas of cooperation between the two countries.

Makkah Mukarma, May 30 (APP): As the Hajj ritual draws near, the Pakistan Hajj Moavineen are diligently preparing exceptional facilities to cater to the expected surge of intending pilgrims traveling from Madinah to Makkah Mukarma.

Talking to APP, Sajjad Haider Yildrim Director of Moavineen e Hujjaj reassured that the local and Pakistan based Moavineen have been extensively prepared and adequately equipped to deliver comprehensive support to Hajj pilgrims.

NEW DELHI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A two-seater training aircraft made an emergency landing on Tuesday in India's southern state of Karnataka following a technical glitch, confirmed a local cop.

The aircraft, with a pilot and a trainee pilot onboard, developed a technical problem. The pilot managed to land the aircraft on a farm field in Honnihala village in Belagavi, seven kilometers from Sambra Airport, at a controlled speed, which saved the lives of both pilots, local media said.

The two pilots had minor injuries and were admitted to a hospital.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skid off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said.

The bus was on way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the gorge near Jammu city, police said.

Local police officer Chandan Kohli told reporters that the bus was overloaded. He said the dead were from India’s eastern Bihar state.

Kanpur:  The newly married woman allegedly ran away from her husband's house with cash and jewellery, among other items.

The incident was revealed on Sunday after a complaint was lodged at the Rasoolabad police station of the district.

Ram Karan, a resident of Nirala Nagar, stated in his complaint that a local took Rs 70,000 from him for "fixing his marriage".

"He got my marriage fixed with a girl from Bihar. After taking the money, on May 15, the marriage was solemnised at Dharamgarh Baba temple.

COLOMBO, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara, yesterday said, the increased new fuel quota will be available from midnight, May 30 (tomorrow).

Under the new scheme, three-wheelers can purchase up to 22 litres of fuel (up from 15 litres) per week, while motorcycles can purchase up to 14 litres (up from seven liters), said Wijesekara.

Buses can purchase up to 125 litres (up from 60 litres), cars up to 40 litres (up from 30 litres), and other land vehicles can purchase up to 45 litres (up from 25 litres).

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (Xinhua) -- A compassionate home formed by Chinese and Pakistani charity organizations was formally inaugurated here on Sunday to provide temporary accommodation for the relatives of children treated in hospitals for serious diseases.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Islamabad China-Pakistan Youth One Heart Step and Cure Home (ICOSH), the charitarians and officials said that Pakistan and China have joined hands to serve the ailing humanity in Pakistan and bring ease to their lives.

NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said.

The navigational satellite weighing about 2,232 kg was launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state.

According to the ISRO, NVS-01 is the country's first second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation services.

Kanpur: We will have to water the crop (Palewa) in Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, and Fatehpur as well.

We will have to do Palewa in Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, said a weather scientist here.

However, it will have to be done less than what was done earlier, because these areas have received 8 to 10 mm of rain.

Farmers should do ploughing again after doing light ploughing. Good tillage will be possible only when there is moisture in the soil.