Don’t let foreign airlines use domestic routes: Pakistan International Airlines urges Imran Khan

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan not to let foreign airlines use domestic routes, fearing that foreign companies would capture the local market and circumvent the country’s aviation policy. PIA’s chief executive officer (CEO) Arshad Malik drew attention to recent news reports that Pakistan had extended domestic rights […]

BJP raising Hijab issue to divert attention from unemployment, inflation, says Yechury

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, alleging that the BJP is raising the hijab issue in elections to divert attention from issues like unemployment, inflation and starvation. Speaking to ANI, Yechury said that question before […]

PM Modi didn’t give compensation to farmers who died in protest, says Rahul Gandhi

 Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not give compensation to farmers who died in the farmers’ protest while Rajasthan and Punjab governments have paid the compensation. “Punjab farmers for a year stood hungry in winters as PM Modi tried to give their hard work to a few billionaires. He couldn’t […]

Karnataka HC resumes hearing petition challenging ban on Hijab in colleges

Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, the Karnataka High Court on Monday resumed hearing the petition challenging the ban on Hijab in colleges. The Karnataka High Court appealed to the media “to be more responsible.” Senior adv Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the petitioner, submitted before Karnataka HC that the Government Order (ban on hijab) is […]

Japan’s embassy staff in Ukraine to leave as tensions grow between Moscow and Kiev

 Japan is evacuating almost all of its embassy staff from Ukraine and is calling on Japanese nationals in the country to leave immediately, local media reported. The Japanese Embassy in Kiev on Sunday said that most of its staff will leave Ukraine as tensions have been rapidly mounting over a possible Russian invasion following Moscow’s military buildup near […]

Pakistan: Drugs worth USD 1.4 billion seized from vacant plot in Karachi

: Pakistan’s Sindh Excise Taxation and Narcotics Control Department confiscated drugs worth USD 1.4 billion from a vacant plot situated in Karachi’s Surjani Town on Sunday. The anti-narcotics department launched an operation in Surjani Town’s Sector 70-D, recovered drugs and apprehended one person from the crime scene, reported ARY News. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Sindh Minister for Excise […]