(BBC) At least 18 people have died in a fire that broke out at a chemical plant on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Pune. Some 37 workers were trapped inside the building when the blaze started around 15:45 local time (10:15 GMT) on Monday. Fire engines rushed …

(Scroll.in)   By replacing the erstwhile state’s strong RTI Act with the central legislation, the Modi government has made it difficult to access information, say activists. Athar Parvaiz One of the important lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic is that an enabling atmosphere for effective use of information technology can be …

  New Delhi, June 08 (KMS): Between April 1 last year and June 5 this year — a period that saw India battling two waves of Covid-19 — 3,621 children were orphaned, 26,176 lost either parent and 274 were abandoned, India’s National Commission for Child Rights (NCPCR) said in an …

Lahore, June 08 (KMS): Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that he had successful meetings with more than 100 politicians and other dignitaries including members of Congress, Senators, Governors and various Mayors during his recent visit to the USA where he highlighted the issue and plight of the people …

  Srinagar, June 08 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah has said the economy of the territory is on the “brink of collapse” as every sector has suffered losses in the last two years. Addressing a meeting of the party’s …

Srinagar, June 08 (KMS): The five bedded COVID-19 care centers set up in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district are being mismanaged and prove the point as why so many cases have been reported in India and the Indian government’s failure to overcome the deadly waves of the …

Jammu, June 08 (KMS): The Congress party has castigated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for its failure on all fronts especially during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and held it answerable to the people for not fulfilling its promises. The Congress …

New York, June 07 (KMS): All panthic organizations and the children, who participated in art/drawing competition, held a protest demonstration in front of the UN Office against Indian Armed Forces attack on Golden Temple. It was in June, 1984, Indian army attacked the Sikh holiest place, Golden Temple, and massacred …

Islamabad, June 07 (KMS): President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Kasshmiris’ right to self-determination according to the United Nations resolutions is the national stand of Pakistan. Dr Arif Alvi talking to former Ameer of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Jamat-e-Islami and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, AJK, Abdul Rashid Turabi …

Islamabad, June 07 (KMS): Pakistan has noted with serious concern the reports indicating that India might be plotting further division, bifurcation and demographic changes in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to perpetuate its illegal occupation. The FO spokesman in a statement issued in Islamabad said, no new instrument …