Indian Sub-continent

Kanpur: Unrest prevails at DBS College over two teachers' spar on a certain matter. Though other teachers have said that discontent was seething for the past several days, the open rivalry has surfaced just now. 

Students were also agitating over the point of throwing off the chair. They rejected that the chair was thrown off. It has no substance. It was a complete lie. 

ISLAMABAD,Aug 29 (APP): Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said while hailing the Prime Minister Imran Khan decision to observe Kashmir Hour on Friday under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan government is taking all necessary steps for resolving the decade-long dispute of Kashmir.

Talking to a private news channel he said all the world is witnessing the cruel face of Modi, Pakistan will never leave the Kashmir alone at this crucial time and will take every possible step till the solution of the dispute.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked all Pakistanis to come out on Friday – at 12 to 12.30 Hrs – to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people.

This gesture will send the Kashmiris in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) a clear message that the entire Pakistani nation stands in solidarity with them.

Islamabad, Aug 29, IRNA -- Pakistan army says it has test fired a 290 km range nuclear-capable ballistic missile to maintain a minimum deterrence level in the subcontinent.

Earlier a report published by a US think-tank had warned that the specter of nuclear war haunts tensions between India and Pakistan, and the disputed territory of Kashmir could provide the spark that lights South Asia’s nuclear fuse.

Kolkata, August 28; GANASHAKTI:  Aghast at the current hegemonic politics of “divisiveness’ in the country, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen  has opined that  “Democracy is not a Majoratarian Exercize”. Winning one election do not guarantee  that you can bulldoz all the  pluralism  of society, he opined, and also added that being divided is not a problem, rather “divisiveness” being spread now, is the problem.

Islamabad, Aug 29 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that no decision has been taken yet to close the airspace to India, underlining that any such step would be taken after looking into each and every aspect of the move through consultation.

Qureshi dismissed as speculative reports suggesting that the airspace was being shut for India, the Dawn reported.

Srinagar, Aug 29 (PTI) Normal life remained disrupted across the Kashmir Valley for the 25th consecutive day on Thursday, with markets closed and public transport off the roads.

However, some private vehicles could be seen plying in many parts of the city while some roadside vendors also plied their trade, officials said.

The efforts of the state government to open schools up to high school level have not borne fruit as parents continued to keep the children at home due to apprehensions about their safety.

Mangaluru, Aug 29 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama arrived here on Thursday on a private visit.

The Dalai Lama was received at the airport by the officials of the Dakshina Kannada district administration.

He was received with Tibetan traditional dance outside the airport amid tight security.

Malkangiri/Bhubaneswar, Aug 28 (PTI) A DVF jawan and a top Maoist leader were killed in a gun battle in a forest in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Wednesday, a senior police officer said.

Another jawan was also critically injured in the encounter that took place during a joint combing operation by Special Operation Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF), the Director General of Police (DGP), B K Sharma, said.

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) The government on Wednesday announced a Rs 6,268 crore subsidy for export of 6 million tonnes of sugar during the 2019-20 marketing year starting October in order to liquidate surplus domestic stock and help mills in clearing huge sugarcane arrears to farmers.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.