Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PM announces Rs100mn for rehabilitation of flood-hit village in Ghizer

bobar village

GHIZER: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced Rs 100 million for the rehabilitation of Bobar village in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan badly affected by the flash floods. The prime minister, during his visit to the village, was told in a briefing that the floods had killed 17 people and damaged 249 houses in the … Read more

Arshad Nadeem, village gifted with a stadium, says sports minister

Arshad Nadeem

Punjab Sports Minister Malik Taimoor Khan has reported. Beginning of development of stadium in the town of Arshad Nadeem. Arshad Nadeem, who won a gold medal in the Javelin throw finals of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, England. While hello lance hurler Arshad Nadeem on Monday, Malik Taimoor said: “I will by and by invite … Read more

Crocodiles spotted in residential areas

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There are more than 300 crocodiles in the Vishwamitri River. The authorities get 25 to 30 calls a day from people who see these creatures. Some of these reptiles get so close to people’s homes that they threaten to bite or drag them away. There are more than 300 crocodiles in the river, during the … Read more

Along Ukraine front, the villagers who didn’t leave are ghosts in the wasteland

The village of Mala Tokmachka is located in Ukrainian-held territory. It is just a few kilometres from the frontline in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. Only about 500 of the 2,500 people who lived here before the war remain. Ukraine, MALA TOKMACHKA July 22- The majority of people have long since left the village of Mala … Read more

A man was stabbed to death during a quarrel in the celebrity-filled Greenwich Village district.

According to authorities, a man was stabbed to death early Friday morning in New York City’s peaceful, celebrity-filled Greenwich Village district. The New York Police Department (NYPD) reported Samer Abdalla, 28, was involved in a fight with a group of four Hispanic guys shortly before 1:30 a.m. near the junction of West 4 Street and … Read more

A rockslide in southwest China killed five people

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BEIJING: Five people were killed in a rockslide in Rongxian County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to local media citing authorities. According to Xinhua, the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. (local time) on Monday in a village in Rongxian, leaving five people missing. According to the report, local authorities were also dispatched to … Read more

Saudi Arabia unveails plan first all-year-round ski resort

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Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for the country’s first all-year-round ski resort, a futuristic, opulent mega-project buried in the desert kingdom’s highlands that will be 33 times the size of New York City. TROJENA will be part of NEOM, a $500 billion city-state with its own village, spa resorts, and “interactive natural reserve.” The NEOM … Read more

Beijing Olympic venues – Bird’s Nest, Ice Ribbon and bullet trains

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BEIJING: The Beijing Winter Olympics will be spread over three zones and merge new venues with existing ones from the 2008 Games, including the “Bird’s Nest” stadium. With one month to go, AFP Sport looks at where the Olympics will take place: Beijing The 80,000-seater “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium — whose cross-hatched steel girders produce a nest-like … Read more

Viral video: Newlyweds ride an excavator in the village

Viral video: Newlyweds ride an excavator in the village

We’ve seen some pretty incredible creative and dramatic entrances at weddings, including one when the groom skydived to join his baraat. However, a Pakistani couple has made headlines by foregoing all luxuries in favor of a unique vehicle, an excavator. This Pakistani bride and groom recently decided to have their wedding procession carried out by … Read more

Torrential rains leave 15 dead in Venezuela

Venezuela: At least 15 people died in the Venezuelan Andes after heavy rains triggered mud and rock slides, authorities said on Tuesday. Several hours of downpours in the Mocoties Valley, a farming region in western Merida state that attracts a lot of tourists, caused boulders to tumble down mountainsides, blocking off roads. Jehyson Guzman, an … Read more

Tanzanian woman killed by marauding elephants

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DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian police said on Tuesday that a 43-year-old woman was killed by marauding elephants in a village in the country’s north-western region of Kagera. Revocatus Malimi, Kagera regional police commander, said the elephants attacked and killed the woman at around 10 p.m. Monday when she was on her way to visit the … Read more

India indiscriminately attack on LOC, 6 civilians injured

3 soldiers martyred, 8 injured in firing on security forces in Panjgur

DG Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, Indian Army continues its provocations on Line of Control (LOC). According to the details, Indian troops indiscriminately used mortars, artillery and automatic weapons. The Indian Army deliberately targeted the civilian population. 6 civilians of Mainder, Karni, Dagwargaon villages were injured in firing by Indian Army. The injured include a woman … Read more

International Day of rural women being observed today

International Day of Rural women observed on October 15

International Day of Rural Women is being observed today (Tuesday). The theme of the Day this year is Rural Women and Girls Building Climate Resilience. In his message, on the occasion the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in the new era of agricultural techniques, first responders in crises and entrepreneurs of green energy, rural women … Read more