Indian Sub-continent

Bengaluru, Jul 11 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Thursday rejected demands for his resignation in the wake of 16 Congress-JD(S) MLAs quitting, which has pushed his 13-month old coalition government to the brink of collapse.

His response comes a day after the Karnataka unit of the BJP, led by its chief B S Yeddyurappa, staged a protest at the Vidhan Soudha, demanding the resignation of Kumaraswamy, who they claimed had lost majority in the House.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 11 (PTI) A 21-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her in-laws over dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said Thursday.

The woman was found dead at the house of her in-laws in Tisang village under Jansath Police Station on Wednesday, Circle Officer (CO) SN Negi said.

A complaint was lodged against seven people and four of them were arrested the same day, the CO said.

New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday allowed 10 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka to meet the assembly Speaker at 6 pm to convey to him their decision to resign.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to decide on the resignation of the MLAs during the course of the day.

The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, said the decision taken by the Speaker has to be intimated on Friday when the court takes up the matter again.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 11 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the Railways Minister to take emergency measures to improve decades old infrastructure of railways to avert train accidents.

The direction came in response to a fatal train accident between a passenger train and a goods train in Sadiqabad, resulting in loss of several lives and injuries.

ISLAMABAD, July 11 (Xinhua) -- At least six passengers were killed and dozens injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab city, local media reported Thursday.

The death toll is feared to go up as some of those injured in the crash are in critical condition.

ISLAMABAD, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the country is seeking local and foreign investments to establish more and more industries to increase the country's income and create employment opportunities.

The prime minister expressed the views during his talk to media persons after meeting with a group of businesspersons and industrialists in the country's southern port city of Karachi.

Kanpur: National Highway Authority of India will clear encroachments  through a drive. In this regard the project director, NHAI, Purushottam Chaudhary said that the encroachments would be removed through launching a drive. Wherever was found encroachment on the national highway, it  could be strongly dealt with. Strict action will be initiated if encroahers extend to its land. 

Kanpur: The city bus running from Kalyanpur to Jajmau does not slow down at Bada Chauraha as the conductor blames the police for not stopping at the crossing. Whatever it may be the passengers face a lot of trouble in boarding if it happens to stop. The lady passengers as well as the old age commuter it difficult to board the bus. On Wednesday evening it remained a harrowing experience to alight the bus. The bus was not full of passengers but the capped conductor did not mind in catching the passengers on the way to its culminating point. 

ISLAMABAD, Jul 10 (APP): The Foreign Office on Wednesday said it was in close contact with the United States regarding the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Washington D.C.

“We wish to caution against speculation about PM’s visit. We are in close contact with the U.S. side,” Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal said in a tweet.

The FO spokesman said it was a norm to make announcements about high-level visits at an appropriate time.
“As per practice, formal announcements are made at the appropriate time,” he said.

10 July 2019; AFP: Hundreds of miles from their homes, a group of labourers are toiling in a cold Indian Himalayan desert to repair some of the world's highest roads.

Stationed near Chang La pass which is perched at a height of 5,360 metres (17,590 feet), the 13 men, whose home is the low-lying eastern state of Jharkhand, have little experience of cold climes.