Seoul- The opposition-controlled National Assembly of South Korea is set to vote on the appointment of three Constitutional Court justice nominees at a parliamentary plenary meeting on Thursday. It remains to be seen whether acting President Han Duck-soo would approve the final appointment of the three new judges. The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has…
Islamabad : Pakistan’s federal government has sought a charter of demands from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as the first round of talks between the two sides concluded in the National Assembly, ARY News reported. The meeting presided over by Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had the participation of representatives of the government and…
Islamabad : The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmakers staged a walkout from the National Assembly in protest against absence of government ministers from house proceedings, The Express Tribune reported. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law, Azam Nazeer Tarar, was the only minister present in the lower house presided over by Deputy Speaker Ghulam Mustafa when the…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa : In preparation for the anti-polio campaign set to be launched on December 16, Section 144 has been imposed in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for seven days, as reported by ARY News on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed announced that the restrictions will be in effect immediately across the district for the next week….
New Delhi- India’s retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to ease to 5.5 per cent in November due to a decline in food prices, according to a Morgan Stanley report. “We expect CPI inflation to edge downwards to 5.5 per cent in November from 6.2 per cent in October, aided…
Moscow- President Vladimir Putin praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘India-first’ policy and the ‘Make in India’ initiative and expressed Russia’s willingness to establish manufacturing operations in India. Addressing the 15th VTB Russia Calling Investment Forum in Moscow, President Putin drew parallels between Russia’s import substitution programme and India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.The two-day forum started…
Khartoum- Sudan’s Darfur region Governor announced that 20 civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on an area in North Darfur State. “The RSF has committed a massacre in the Abu Zeriga area, south of El Fasher city, killing 20 civilians and injuring 20 others,” Governor Minni Arko Minnawi…
Dhaka- In a disturbing incident three Hindu temples in Chattogram, Bangladesh, were vandalised by a mob shouting slogans, amid ongoing protests and violence in the region. The attack occurred at around 2.30 P.M. on Friday in the Harish Chandra Munsef Lane area, targeting the Santaneshwar Matri Temple, the Shoni Temple, and the Shantaneshwari Kalibari Temple.According…
Lisbon- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for peace and rebuilding trust at the 10th United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) Global Forum held in the Portuguese city of Cascais. At the official opening ceremony of the forum, Guterres said that in today’s “very difficult times” and “in every corner of the world, we see the…
Washington : Michael Villella, the actor known for playing the serial killer Russ Thorn in the cult classic ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ has passed away at the age of 84, reported Variety. The news of demise was shared through a statement on a Facebook page, “Michael Pasquale Villella has left this world, may he rest…
