Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The government on Tuesday announced an increase in the price of ethanol procured by public sector oil marketing companies for one year starting December.

The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.

The price of ethanol derived from C heavy molasses has been increased from Rs 43.46 a litre to Rs 43.75 per litre, and for B heavy molasses to Rs 54.27 per litre from Rs 52.43 earlier, an official release said.

Jalaun (UP), Sep 3 (PTI) A teenage Dalit girl was raped and murdered allegedly by her neighbour and the body was found with her eyes gouged out here, police said on Tuesday.

The accused Ranjit Ahirwar has been arrested, Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar said.

The 17-year-old girl went missing on August 31 and her body with eyes gouged out was found the next day, police said, adding the postmortem confirmed rape.

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Former finance minister P Chidambaram Tuesday was produced before a Delhi court on expiry of his one day CBI custody in the INX Media corruption case.

Just after an hour the apex court ordered that Chidambaram will be in the CBI custody till September 5, he was produced before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar.

The CBI has placed an application before the court seeking two more days of Chidambaram's custody.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday said the oppressed people’s agonies of Jammu and Kashmir had shaken the world conscience.

In a series of tweets, the SAPM said that India could not suppress the just voice of Kashmiri people

She pointed out that the legitimate rights of Kashmiri people had also been echoed in the European Parliament.

KABUL, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a massive tractor bomb explosion in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul has risen to 16 while 119 others were wounded, the Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday.

The incident occurred at 9:55 p.m. local time Monday after a tractor bomb was detonated at the side of southern wall of Green Village Camp, in a residential area in Qabilbay neighborhood in eastern Kabul, the ministry said in a statement.

BENGALURU, Sept 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s halal cosmetics and personal care products are in great demand in India despite the slower sales growth recorded in 2018, said Halal Industry Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (HDC).

Its international footprint manager Mohammad Shukur Sugumaran said Indian importers had expressed strong interest in sourcing such products from Malaysia due to the increasing awareness towards using clean, organic, healthy and safe products, especially among the young generation.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The landing module of India’s unmanned moon mission separated from the orbiter on Monday ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon’s south polar region this weekend, the space agency said.

All the systems of the orbiter and the lander are “healthy,” the Indian Space Research Organization said in a statement.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (APP): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan Monday urged the international community to play their due role in resolving the Kashmir issue as per the aspiration of Kashmiris.

Addressing a conference, “Kashmir: Heaven in Ashes” here, he urged, “The international community to break the silence and play its due role in resolving the outstanding Kashmir dispute as per the UN resolutions.”

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): Hurriyet leader Yasin Malik’s wife, Mishal Malik, Monday said that the Kashmiri people’s desire for freedom can’t be suppressed and their passion for freedom would continue to increase with every passing day in Kashmir valley against the fascist mind set of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.

In a talk on a private news channel, she demanded of the United Nations Organiozation and other Human Right Champions to adopt concrete steps for resolving the long standing Kashmir issue.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcast Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said Friday’ s half an hour protest to highlight plight of Kashmiris has attracted global attention and echoing of the issue in the European Parliament was a proof of Pakistan’s successful diplomacy.

She said the unprecedented sacrifices of the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the sincere diplomacy of the Prime Minister Imran Khan across the globe have started yielding positive results.