According to Riaz, the district rescue officer, the ill-fated bus belonged to a private company and was en route from Rawalpindi to Gilgit when the driver lost control near Gunar Farm around 5:30 am. The bus subsequently overturned and landed perilously close to the banks of the Indus River.
A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih held that the marriage of the petitioners was not valid as it was not solemnized in accordance with required customs and rituals. "Where a Hindu marriage is not performed in accordance with the applicable rites or ceremonies such as saptapadi (the rite where a couple walks around a fire seven times), the marriage will not be construed as a Hindu marriage," the judgement stated.
The stark figures underscore the grave dangers faced by those striving to bring the realities on the ground to light – since the outbreak of the conflict, a staggering 141 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, with over 70 others wounded.
The international team, in experiments conducted at the DIII-D tokamak facility in San Diego, has developed a new operating method that allows the plasma density to reach around 20% above the critical Greenwald density limit for over 2 seconds.
Bushra Bibi was taken into custody on January 31 after an Islamabad accountability court sentenced her and Imran Khan to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana reference case. Although the IHC suspended their sentences in the Toshakhana case on April 1, Bushra Bibi remains in custody in the Iddat case, while Imran Khan is also incarcerated in other cases.
At the 11th India-New Zealand Joint Trade Committee meeting on April 26-27, the two sides agreed to establish specialized working groups to drive collaboration in priority sectors like agriculture, food processing, forestry and pharmaceuticals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also raised concerns over the impact of the conflict on healthcare facilities and medical workers in Gaza. According to WHO data, 443 attacks on healthcare facilities or medical personnel have been recorded since the start of the war, resulting in 723 deaths and 924 injuries.
The order was passed by Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka after the accused, including Yunus, filed petitions seeking bail in the case. The court also set June 2 as the date for holding a hearing on the framing of charges against the accused.
According to Kharge, the Prime Minister's letter to NDA candidates is a reflection of his desperation, as his "lies" during campaign speeches are not having the intended effect. Kharge alleges that PM Modi is now seeking to amplify these "lies" by urging NDA candidates to propagate them further.
"I challenge Congress to give in writing that they will not change the Constitution to give reservation on a religious basis," said PM Modi, accusing the opposition party of harbouring plans to extend reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to the Muslim community.
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