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Indian-American held for fire-bombing Wisconsin building
Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, a 29-year-old resident of Madison, Wisconsin, was arrested at Boston's international airport on Tuesday, according to court papers. He is charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. If convicted, he faces between 5 and 20 years in prison.
Pakistan denies reports of trade relations with Israel
The American Jewish Congress (AJC) had claimed that bilateral trade occurred with the offloading of the first shipment carrying Pakistani-originated food products in Israel. Issuing a clarification over the purported trade, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan does not have diplomatic or trade relations with Israel, Geo News reported.
Thousands of jobs in peril as phone manufacturers in Pakistan shut shop
Most companies have furloughed employees after paying them half of their April salaries in advance. They have been told that they will be called back as soon as production resumes, the Dawn reported. A mobile phone manufacturer expressed sorrow that the companies had to send employees home in Ramzan, it said.
SL President requests India's help to integrate IT in country's civil service
The President met Bharat Lal, Director General of the Indian Institute of Good Governance, who visited Sri Lanka to discuss potential ways to enhance the country's civil service and improve government institution performance by implementing effective monitoring measures.
North Korea says its nuclear capabilities 'not empty talk'
In a commentary, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) strongly criticised the allies' ongoing joint military drills and their scheme to hold a massive live-fire exercise in June, Yonhap News Agency reported.
3 killed, 3 wounded in bar shooting in US state of Oklahoma
Police responded to the shooting at the Whiskey Barrel Saloon around 9 p.m. local time (0200 GMT Sunday), according to local media, Xinhua News Agency reported. The wounded were hospitalised, with one in critical condition and the other two having non-life-threatening injuries, the Oklahoma City Police Department said.
General Bajwa put pressure on me to restore ties with India: Imran Khan
Bajwa wanted friendship with India and put pressure on him for this, Khan was quoted as saying by The News. Bajwa said something one day and retracted it the next day. His accountability should be initiated within the army, he said. Answering a question about the general elections, the PTI chairman said if the elections were not held in 90 days, there would be no Constitution left in the country and then he would take direct action.
US ready for Indian-American president: Democrat Suhas Subramanyam
Hailing from Bengaluru, Subramanyam serves the 87th District of Virginia House of Delegates, and recently announced his bid for the state's newly-drawn 32nd Senate District. "Yes", America is ready for an Indian-American president, Subramanyam told IANS in an interview, as two of the world's two biggest democracies, India and the US, gear up to elect their next governments.
Iran to enforce compulsory hijab rule on women
This comes after months of protests demanding an end to the restriction, BBC reported. A hardline Iranian MP has issued an ultimatum to the judiciary to come up with measures to put a stop to women flouting the rules on headscarves within the next 48 hours, the report said.
US court ends uncertainty over work permit for H-1B spouses
A district court of Washington ruled on Wednesday that the work authorisation is in compliance with the Immigration and Naturalisation Act and supported by "decades of Executive-branch practice, and both explicit and implicit congressional ratification of that practice".
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