Returning rebels in spotlight as Chad talks loom

N’Djamena, March 7 (AFP/APP): Younous Wakai Djimmy admits he felt a little unsettled when he set foot on the soil of his native Chad last August for the first time in 13 years. He spent years in the arid wastes fighting the country’s iron-fisted president, […]

Factories sealed for spreading pollution

PESHAWAR, Mar 07 (APP): The district administration on Monday sealed two factories for spreading pollution in the Industrial Estate at Hayatabad. Assistant Commissioner Ubaid Dogar along with officials of the provincial environment department paid surprise visit to Industrial Estate area and during inspection the smoke […]

Widespread rain, snow likely in KP: Met

PESHAWAR, Mar 07 (APP): The Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar forecast widespread rain-thunderstorms and snow over the hills during the next 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a morning report of the meteorological center issued here on Monday that widespread rain-thunderstorm and snow is expected […]

Former India stock exchange boss arrested in mystic scam

Mumbai, March 7 (AFP/APP):The former chief executive of India’s National Stock Exchange has been arrested, officials said Monday, in a bizarre corporate misgovernance scandal featuring a supposed Himalayan yogi. Chitra Ramkrishna — a high-flying executive once feted as the “queen of the bourse” — allegedly […]