Indian Sub-continent

ISLAMABAD, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan launched a mobile application and helpline on Friday to address the issues related to mental health in marking World Health Day.

"On this day, I am pleased to announce the launch of the government's first dedicated mental health application Humraaz and helpline," Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif tweeted.

Citizens' well-being, especially mental health, is of paramount importance for the improvement of society, he said.

"We need to remove the taboo around mental health," said the prime minister.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official and the head of the station said Friday.

Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari, was launched 10 years ago in Badakhshan province and is Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station. Six of its eight staff members are women.

Kathmandu, Apr 6 (PTI) Nepal Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal called on China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Thursday to discuss matters relating to strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries.

Hyderabad, Apr 6 (PTI) A court granted bail to Telangana BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar who was arrested over the alleged leak of secondary school exam papers.

The Principal Judicial Magistrate court in Hanamkonda district granted bail to Kumar on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 20,000 with two sureties.

The Telangana BJP chief was directed not to leave the country without the court's permission. It also asked him not to tamper with the evidence, and cooperate with the investigation.

Washington, Apr 7 (PTI) An Indian national in the US has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay USD 2.4 million for defrauding elderly people in America.

Ashish Bajaj, 29, pleaded guilty on August 4 last year before District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 6 (NNN-APP) – Eight terrorists and a Pakistani soldier were killed, during an intelligence-based military operation, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said yesterday that, security forces conducted the operation in the Shinwarsak area of the province’s South Waziristan district.

NEW DELHI (AP) — More than 100 Indian opposition lawmakers, including members of the Congress party, staged a protest march Thursday after the end of a parliamentary budget session that was marred by shouting and disruptions to proceedings amid a standoff with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

The demonstrators carried big national flags and chanted slogans warning that India’s democracy is in danger, and accused Modi’s administration of “misusing” government-run investigation agencies to intimidate opposition leaders.

Kanpur: There is no respite from frequent power cuts in the Jajmau area here. The power supply seems to be like playing hide and seek. The disruption begins during the day and continues up to the night hours.

What most disturbs the residents is the sudden fault in the water purifying machine, the fridge and the ceiling fans. 

The women in the house told that they are annoyed with this persisting problem.

Due to shortage of power supply cosumers are forced to switching off the electricity-driven gadgets till the evening. 

Lahore/Islamabad, Apr 5 (PTI) Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he was ready to wait till October if the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement-led coalition government shares a roadmap with him for holding fair general elections.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Khan has been demanding early national elections since his ouster in April last year after he lost a confidence vote in Parliament.

Chandigarh, Apr 5 (PTI) A young woman from Haryana's Rohtak who had gone to Canada last year to pursue higher studies was allegedly murdered and buried in a field in Sonipat by her lover in June 2022 when she came to meet him, police said Wednesday.

The Crime Investigation Agency of Bhiwani, which is investigating the case, found her skeletal remains on Tuesday along the Garhi Jhanjhara road in Ganaur. The accused, who allegedly shot the women dead, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh on April 2.