Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Tory Lanez ordered to be placed under house arrest and electronic monitoring

Tory Lanez

As he awaits trial on the charges related to the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. Tory Lanez has been placed under house arrest and electronic monitoring for the upcoming month. Judge David Herriford decided that the rapper, whose true name is Daystar Peterson, will be watched beginning on Friday 28 Oct. As he awaits trial … Read more

Crackdown against fertiliser hoarders, profiteers ordered

fertiliser

LAHORE: Punjab chief secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has directed all the deputy commissioners to launch crackdown against fertiliser hoarders. Chairing a video-link meeting of all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners, he directed them to take action against profiteers and hoarders of fertilisers on the pattern of measures taken during the sugar crisis. Afzal also directed ensuring … Read more

Duterte orders military to bypass vaccine ‘gridlock’

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered military and police to airlift Covid-19 vaccines across the country’s provinces to bypass “gridlocks” in jab distribution that he blamed on local governments. While nearly 90 per cent of adults in the capital region are fully vaccinated, only about 35 per cent of adults in the country have had both jabs. … Read more

India’s top court orders probe into Pegasus snooping

Pegasus

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an independent investigation into the alleged government use of Pegasus spyware on journalists, opposition politicians and activists with the chief justice calling the implications “Orwellian”. India was one of 45 countries where tens of thousands of numbers were targeted by the spyware made by Israeli firm NSO, … Read more

Strict action against hoarders ordered in Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab chief secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has directed all the divisional commissioners to expedite campaigns against profiteers and hoarders. Chairing a meeting to review the price control measures at the Civil Secretariat, he said mere fines were not enough and stern action should be a lesson for the hoarders. The chief secretary said those … Read more