Two reported dead as cyclone slams into eastern India

Kolkata, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Two fishermen were reported dead after a cyclone packing strong winds and rains barrelled into India’s east coast late Sunday, forcing the evacuation of more than 200,000 people in three states to shelters. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian […]

Sudan ruling body chief pledges reforms to army

Khartoum, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):The general who heads Sudan’s ruling transitional authority on Sunday pledged to reform the army, days after a failed coup. “We are going to reorganise the armed forces… Partisan activities are banned in the army,” Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan […]

Over 2,500 cops providing security for Data urs: CCPO

LAHORE, Sep 26 (APP):The Lahore Police ensured comprehensive traffic and security arrangements for the protection of devotees and smooth flow of traffic during the three-day urs of Hazrat Ali Usman bin Al-Hajveri, commonly known as Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhash (RA), which started here on Sunday. […]

Race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election

Berlin, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Germany was voting Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage. The epochal election […]

PTDC plans rock climbing, paragliding to mark tourism day

ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP):Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) will organize different sports activities like rock climbing and paragliding in the federal capital to mark the International Tourism Day falling on Monday. “Rock climbing is underway for the last three days in Margalla Hills while paragliding […]

Cyclone Gulab makes landfall in eastern India

Kolkata, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):A cyclone packing strong winds and rains barrelled into India’s east coast late Sunday, as tens of thousands of people in three states were evacuated to shelters. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they […]

NA, Senate sessions to resume on Monday

ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP):The both Lower and Upper Houses of the Parliament would resume its scheduled business after a two-day break on Monday at 5pm and 3:30pm respectively. According to the agenda shared at the website of National Assembly, the House would take up question-hour, […]

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