Special videos were also played at railway stations from February 1-5 to highlight the issue of Kashmir and Indian atrocities against innocent Kashmiri people. Maryam Nawaz, AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider also spoke on the occasion. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Monday said the issue of Kashmir was engraved permanently in the hearts of Pakistanis and reiterated full support of the... [Full Article...]
According to Agence France-Presse , 3,500 police have been deployed to ensure the visit passes off without incident. After the French leader's remarks, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that France had no right "to give us lessons" on a cross-border offensive, citing France's colonial history. [Full Article...]
Wigglesworth is yet to make an appearance under Eddie Jones, who has relied on Youngs and Harlequins' Danny Care in the scrum-half role, and last played global rugby in England's dead rubber with Uruguay at the 2015 World Cup. "He's just got the picture of the flawless scrum in his head". "He's different to Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes and sometimes it takes sides a bit of time to adjust... [Full Article...]
Dissatisfied with the current measures, the Chinese authorities have chose to block all websites related to cryptocurrency trading and ICOs, the South China Morning Post reported earlier today, citing Financial News , a publication affiliated with the People's Bank of China (PBoC). [Full Article...]
According to journal.ie , pictures and a video have leaked online incriminating Kelly in the removal of the clamp. Gerry Kelly was filmed using bolt cutters to take the clamp off, outside a gym in Belfast on Friday morning. He wrote on Twitter: "So now pardon-swaggering SF MLA Kelly thinks he is even above the traffic laws". The North Belfast MLA said he wanted to remain in his position a... [Full Article...]
Security forces opened fire at the person after he neglected warnings to stop, the official said. There was no information on his identity and possible motives. A New York Times reporter said the man was wearing a white shroud, which may have indicated he meant to die, and attacked presidential guards with the weapon. [Full Article...]
The SS-520 rocket, about the size of a lamp post and 50 centimeters in diameter, lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima and placed its payload in the intended orbit, according to Japan's space agency JAXA. According to Japan times , the tiny rocket SS-520-5 was built using components found in smartphones and home electronics. The rocket's payload, the TRICOM-1R, weighs 300 poun... [Full Article...]
After the ruling, Lee walked out of the court room without having to serve the rest of his sentence in prison. According to the Yonhap news agency, Lee left the Seoul Detention Centre bearing a placid facial expression. The latter was impeached for her role in the scandal . The scandal involving Park and her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil broke out in October 2016. [Full Article...]
Flick is survived by his wife and 7-year-old twins, according to Elder. El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said Deputy Micah Flick, 34, was killed on what was his 11th anniversary at the sheriff's office. 8 p.m.: A procession was held for Deputy Micah Flick just hours after a deadly shooting in Colorado Springs. That's in the city of Colorado Springs. [Full Article...]
But there is little chance the Republican-dominated chamber will defy Trump, which means the decision will come down to whether the president, who has left little question he'd personally like to suppress the Democratic document, believes he can get away with blocking it after rushing to release the so-called Nunes memo . [Full Article...]
Gowdy said there still needs to be an investigation of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting in which Donald Trump Jr., Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manfort met with a Russian attorney and others promising "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. [Full Article...]
Brayer, an ex-marine who had been with the department for 10 years, was in the back of a golf cart driving in downtown Scottsdale when a red Scion began bumping the vehicle, police said. She said this is an incredible loss for an untouchable brotherhood. Friends describe Brayer as a great overall man, a handsome soul in and out, who changed the lives of many. [Full Article...]
One bit of good news for Cape Town: the city has pushed out the estimated date when it may have to turn off water supplies to residents. "Yes absolutely", says Tolene van der Merwe, hub head UK & Ireland for South African tourism. Global tourists make up only 1% of Cape Town's population during peak season, but they support more than 300,000 jobs. City officials are working to upgrade ... [Full Article...]
Even the state unit of the BJP seems to be unhappy with the alliance with NDPP with Visasolie Lhoungu, president of the state unit, writing to party chief Amit Shah in this connection . Officials said they expected a last-minute rush as "more than 100 candidates" had collected the nomination sheets. It would be unprecedented in India's democratic history to have a state election being deferre... [Full Article...]
In fact, the "jobless growth" and "stagflation" - slow economy paired with inflation - have been the bane of the economy ever since PM Modi's demonetisation disaster was announced on November 8, 2016, which too was, naturally, hailed by Shah as momentous and unprecedented. [Full Article...]
Fans of Chris Hemsworth and the original 1986 film Crocodile Dundee have been wondering if the star-studded sequel was real, and their questions were answered on Super Bowl Sunday. "I think a lot of people around the world weren't really familiar or educated on what Australia looked like or what the Outback was", he said. The petition has so far received thousands of signatures and the numbe... [Full Article...]
The meeting was attended by party MPs, a few state ministers, senior TDP leaders and senior bureaucrats. While Shiv Sena , the second biggest alliance partner in the NDA, already declared that it would go alone in the next assembly elections, Siromani Akali Dal in Punjab is also not happy with the BJP for the Centre ignoring Punjab in the budget. [Full Article...]
As per reports, the injured kidnapper is now being treated at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTB). The boy was rescued after a shootout with the kidnappers at their hideout in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh . A team of crime branch officials raided the fifth-floor flat in Shalimar City barely 11km from the Shahdara residence of the abducted child. On January 25, when the boy was going to school along w... [Full Article...]
Growth in the bloc is being supported by a booming service industry. "Indeed, activity rose at a faster pace amid a stronger expansion in new business inflows". The inflation in input prices in the services industry rose by its steepest level since April 2012 in January, the survey showed. "The January PMIs so far suggest the adjustment in the housing sector persisted into January while m... [Full Article...]
In the trial opening on Monday, Abdeslam and suspected accomplice Sofian Ayari, 24, face charges of possessing illegal weapons and the attempted murder of police officers in a terrorist context. Abdeslam will face a later trial in France in relation to the Paris attacks. A third brother, who has visited Abdeslam in prison, told a Belgian newspaper in December that he might be preparing to talk, in... [Full Article...]