Indian Sub-continent

KANPUR: Does it not look odd if the policemen exchange blows with the advocates? In Nawabganj police station more than one hundred advocates created ruckus over policemen's misbehaviour with them. They demand action against the policemen who allegedly beat one advocate.

However, the PS  in charge Dilip Bind told that they have submitted an application with an allegation of battering to the advocate. The probe would be initiated after registering the report. The report will be forwarded to the higher officers for action.

KANPUR:  Roadways bus freeride for the women on the festival of Rakschhabandhan proved to be an unpleasant dream. They were allowed to travel from Wednesday midnight to Thursday midnight. Not only they had to bear the brunt of scrimmage for a seat but they had to make entry of little children through the windows.

However, Priyam Srivastava, ARM, Jhkarkatti Bus Depot said the buses were sufficient in number. No complaint has been received. A few women passengers had to face trouble due to heavy rush on the day.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said Indian prime minister Narendra Modi of the ruling political party Bharatia Janta Party (BJP), was taking inspiration from Hitler and urged upon the world to take notice of the promotion of Nazi ideology.

The president in a tweet shared an article titled ‘In Modi’s Gujarat, Hitler is a textbook hero’ which was published in Times of India back in 2004 when the incumbent Indian prime minister was the chief minister of Gujarat.

QUETTA, Aug 16 (APP): At least two people were martyred and eight others sustained injuries in blast inside a Masjid of Madressah at Killi Muhammad Qasim Khan near Kuchlak, 25 km away from provincial capital on Friday.

According to police sources, people were offering prayers of Friday when the blast was occurred inside the Masjid at Killi Qasim Khan’s Wazirabad area, leaving two person dead and eight injured on the spot.

The bodies and the injured are being shifted to Quetta civil hospital’s trauma center.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday strongly condemned the unprovoked firing by the Indian security forces at the Line of Control (LoC) yesterday.

In a tweet, she said that the Indian aggressive posturing has threatened the peace of the entire South Asian region. “Those who embraced Shahdat for the defense of the motherland were pride of the nation and we all pay tributes to the martyred soldiers’
she remarked.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the “fascist and Hindu supremacist Modi government” in India would ultimately fail in its attempt to end the freedom struggle of Kashmiris.

“The Hindutva exclusivist creed of the Modi-led Govt with its fascist tactics in IOK (Indian Occupied Kashmir) will fail miserably in its attempt to smother the Kashmiri liberation struggle,” the prime minister said in a tweet.

Imran Khan said no force could deter the freedom struggle of a united nation.

Kanpur: If roads are not in good condition, how can denizens reach home timely? If any civic authority cares to visit on the road straight from Nai Chungi overbridge to the Galla Godam Turn in Jajmau area, the reality can be assessed easily. Potholes and slippery surface of the road present a very terrifying scene. 

Being rainy days the water collects into the small or large-sized fissures on the road. At places, the road has become bumpy owing to its uneven condition. Heavy rains mean waterlogging on the whole length of the road.

Srinagar, Aug 15 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government secretariat and other offices will start functioning from Friday while easing of public curbs would depend on day's development after the 'namaaz', a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said on Thursday.

Governor Satya Pal Malik directed the resumption of normal functioning of the government secretariat and other offices after a review of the security scenario in the state on Thursday evening, he added.

The governor also ordered for making arrangements to facilitate the government employees' movement to work, he said.

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the petitions posing legal challenges to the Centre's decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 which abrogated special status to Jammu and Kashmir and subsequent measures putting restrictions on the working of media in the region.

A special bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, will hear the petitions filed by advocate M L Sharma and Executive Editor, Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin.

Srinagar, Aug 15 (PTI) Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who is under detention, has been taken to a makeshift detention centre at the Centaur Hotel here, officials said Thursday.

He was shifted from his home to the hotel during the night, they said.