An unarmed mother fought off a tiger that tried to snatch her baby in a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. She suffered serious injuries while protecting her 15-month-old child.
Archana Chaudhary, 25, used her bare hands to fight off the tiger when it attacked her infant son Raviraj. She shouted for help but the tiger buried its claws into her chest, puncturing a lung.
The fight lasted only a few minutes before villagers came to her aid. The tiger eventually returned to the forest.
The mother and infant were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The infant received severe head wounds, while the mother was treated for deep abdominal wounds and a punctured lung.
Authorities are currently searching for the tiger so that it does not harm anyone else.
India is home to critically endangered tigers. Fast-growing human expansion has led to fatal encounters between humans and the big cat. A total of 108 people lost their lives between 2019 and 2021 to tiger attacks, most of them in Maharashtra.
Pakistan is observing Defence Day today to pay tribute to the martyrs of the country and to their sacrifices in defending its borders.
Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military gallantry award in Pakistan. It is conferred upon soldiers who perform acts of great heroism in circumstances of extreme danger and to those who demonstrate the bravery of the highest order.
Here is the list of eleven recipients of Nishan-e-Haider.
Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed
Captain Sarwar was the first person to receive Nishan-e-Haider in the history of Pakistan. He served as a Company Commander in the Uri Sector in Kashmir. He was awarded Nishan-e-Haider for laying down his life during the first Pakistan-India war in 1948.
Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed
Born in 1922 in Khandbaz Tehsil Nakial (Azad Jammu & Kashmir), Naik embraced martyrdom during a battle on 26 October 1948 for which the Defence Council of Azad Jammu & Kashmir adorned him with Hilal-e-Kashmir (posthumous) the next year. In1995, the government of Pakistan declared his Hilal-e-Kashmir equivalent to Nishan-e Haider.
Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed
In 1958, the Indian Army troops occupied the Lakshmipur area in East Pakistan. Major Tufail was tasked with recapturing the occupied area. In the line of his duty, the Major launched an attack on Indian infiltrated troops and set an example of bravery and leadership. During the operation, he embraced martyrdom.
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed
Born in 1928 in Hong Kong, Major Raja embraced martyrdom while defending the country during the 1965 war with India.
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed
He was commissioned as a pilot in Pakistan Air Force in 1971. The same year Pilot Officer Minhas stopped his plane from entering Indian territory. He tried to regain control of the plane but was unable to do so. Knowing that it meant certain death, he damaged the controls and forced the aircraft to crash thirty-two miles short of the border for which he was awarded Nishan-e-Haider.
Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed
Major Shabbir Sharif embraced martyrdom fifty years ago on December 6 at Sulemanki Sector during the 1971 war.
Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed
During the 1971 war, Sowar took an active part in every battle with the unit. During the battle, he was hit in the chest with machinegun fire and embraced martyrdom on 10 December 1971.
Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed
Major Akram was leading an anti-tank party in front of the forward defended locations and destroyed three tanks of the enemy. During the battle, he was hit in the chest and embraced martyrdom on 5 December 1971.
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed
During the 1971 war, Naik participated in the famous Pul Kunjry operation and captured the area. He was stabbed with bayonets and embraced martyrdom on the night of 17 December 1971. The next morning ceasefire was ordered and the enemy commander himself praised the Lance Naik while handing over his dead body wrapped in the Pakistani flag.
Captain Karnal Sher Shaheed
During Kargil War, the Captain set up personal examples of bravery and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. He also chased the enemy and conducted many raids in the enemy area. During one of those raids, he went inside the enemy camp where he inflicted heavy losses. During the battle, he was hit in the chest and embraced shahadat (martyrdom) on 5 July 1999.
Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed
Like Captain Karnal Shaheed, the Havaldar embraced martyrdom during Kargil War. On 7 July 1999, he sustained serious injuries as enemies pounded the area with heavy mortar shells. But despite being injured, he retained his position and frustrated the Indian assault.
A video clip in which two members of a gang of robbers named chadda group could be seen robbing people in broad daylight, has gone viral since being posted on Twitter.
The video clip was recorded by a citizen in the North Nazimabad neighborhood of the city. In the video, robbers can be seen mugging citizens at gunpoint.
Broad day light robbery has created a sense of fear among the citizens of Karachi. People are asking law enforcing agencies to take action against the chadda group, as Karachi continues to be unprotected from street mugging.
The department of archaeology has asked for immediate attention to conservation and restoration work at Mohenjo Daro, fearing that if such work is not taken up immediately, the site may be withdrawn from the World Heritage list.
From August 16 to 26, the archaeological ruins of Mohenjo Daro received record rains of 779.5mm. It caused significant damage to the site and the partial collapse of several structures, including the stupa dome’s protective wall.
It caused significant damage to the site and the partial collapse of several structures, including the stupa dome’s protective wall.
The curator of the site wrote a letter to the director of culture, antiquities and archaeology on Aug 29 about the condition of the heritage site. “We have put in efforts to protect the site with our resources,” it read.
Rainwater from neighbouring agricultural lands had flooded the disposal channel due to neglect of the negligence of different departments including irrigation, roads, highways and forest.
“The archaeology official had called for immediate contact with the irrigation and roads departments for the repair of the bund, breached canal dykes and removal of pipes.”
The curator has proposed sending experts (conservators and engineers) to assess the damage caused by the downpours. Archaeology officials stationed at Mohenjo Daro are currently repairing the structures that have been damaged.
Pakistan is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history. In the last 24 hours, 11 more deaths have occurred, which has taken the death toll to 1,325. More than 1/3 of the country is inundated with millions displaced from their homes.
In the previous three months, 3,767 vehicles have been fined by the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) for using pressure horns and polluting the environment in the federal capital.
According to a police spokesman, about 1,981 vehicles with pressure horns and 1,786 smoke-emitting vehicles were fined as a result of the ICTP’s stepped-up environmental enforcement.
Action has been started against those cars involved in environmental pollution, as instructed by the DIG of Police (Ops). He instructed ICTP to step up campaigns against smoke-emitting automobiles in order to protect the environment.
All Zonal DSPs have been instructed to take harsh action against any cars that contribute to environmental pollution, and the SSP (Traffic) is personally overseeing these initiatives.
To carry out the fight against smoke-emitting cars, ITP has organised mobile squads. These teams conduct patrols in various locations and issue fines to the drivers of noisy and smoke-emitting cars.
The ITP is also working to stop smoke-emitting vehicles, and special squads are working to stop environmental pollution. The goal of these operations is not to punish individuals, but rather to ensure road safety and discipline by encouraging law-abiding behaviour on the part of the populace.
According to the DIG (Ops) Islamabad’s instructions, special ITP squads have been established to regularly monitor and fine vehicles that contribute to noise pollution or other types of environmental pollution in the city.
During an operation on Sunday, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) was able to recover more than a tonne of drugs and take two suspects into custody.
According to a spokesman for the ANF headquarters, the ANF carried out a raid in the Islamabad area after receiving a tip, seizing nearly one tonne of drugs, including 1,020 kg of hash and 28.8 kg of heroin, as well as two members of an inter-provincial drug smuggling ring.
The refrigerated container contained medicines that were being transported out of Balochistan. After filing a case against the accused, ANF began a new investigation to find other gang members, he continued.
In other news, the Airports Security Force (ASF) recovered 7 kg of heroin on Sunday as a result of two separate raids at the airports in Lahore and Karachi.
Asif Ali, a passenger travelling from Lahore to Bangkok, had 5.12 kg of heroin hidden in his hand luggage, according to Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) officers. The accused had expertly concealed the heroin in his hand luggage.
In the second operation, which was carried out at the Karachi Airport, 1.47 kg of heroin was found in Ahmed Sher’s suitcase, who was travelling from Karachi to Medina.
While ASF representatives said that the accused had been given to ANF for additional legal proceedings, including drug charges.
Claim: A couple in the United Kingdom named their baby ‘Pakora’.
Fact: No, the couple did not name their baby Pakora. The incident was a joke made by the owner of a restaurant.
News reports have been making rounds on social media about a UK couple naming their baby after the desi fried snack Pakora (fritters). The unusual news is being widely talked about on social media, generating a lot of mirth and decisive views.
The Captain’s Table, a restaurant in Newtownabbey, Ireland, took to Facebook to share the news. The eatery shared the receipt of an order placed by the UK couple and also a picture of the baby girl born on August 24.
“My wife has just called our newborn daughter Pakora after her fav dish from The Captain’s Table,” read the note.
However, the owner of the restaurant, Hilary Braniff, later clarified that the post was only a joke. She made the story up to “bring a little cheer to the industry” which is reeling under the rising costs and increasing energy bills.
Braniff claimed that she just wanted to share the post and brighten up people’s day.
The girl in the picture is the granddaughter of the restaurant owner, and her name is Grace. “I just thought I would do a post – my two favourite things in the world are chicken pakora and my baby granddaughter. I thought I would combine the two things for a bit of fun really,” she said.
A Bentley Mulsanne that was stolen from London, United Kingdom (UK), has been recovered by the Collectorate of Customs Enforcement (CCE) in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Karachi.
According to Geo, the British intelligence agency reportedly informed the CCE, Karachi, through reliable sources that a grey Bentley Mulsanne, V8 Automatic, with the VIN numbers SCBBA63Y7FC001375 and CKB304693, which was stolen from London, was parked in DHA, Karachi.
The conduct of the nation’s various agencies has been under intense scrutiny following an extraordinary incident in which a stolen car from London was found in Karachi thanks to information provided by the UK intelligence agency.
To check the accuracy of the report, the CCE team has mounted strict monitoring at the mentioned place. The car that was discovered parked within the house’s car porch was found during a physical search by the department.
When the light grey fabric was removed, a grey Bentley Mulsanne with the Pakistani registration number BRS-279(2020 Sindh) was discovered at the back of the vehicle, and a white handcrafted number plate with the letters BRS-279 was discovered at the front.
The vehicle’s chassis number, however, matched the information provided about the stolen car. As a result, the department has detained the owner and the car for additional inquiry.
The vehicle’s owner revealed during the opening stages of the investigation that another person had sold the vehicle to him and had taken full responsibility for obtaining the necessary clearances from the relevant authorities.
On the basis of his information, the department also detained the individual who identified himself as a broker and revealed the identity of the primary offender, who is still at large.
The registration of such a pricey vehicle required NOC from Pakistan Customs, receipt of duty and tax payments, and selling approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to sources in the customs department.
Surprisingly, the Sindh Excise and Taxation department registered this stolen car without following all the legal procedures, proving that Sindh Excise officers were involved in these illegal acts.
The case has been filed, and further investigation is being conducted to bring the guilty parties to justice.
The remains of a ‘female vampire’ have been discovered by archaeologists at a 17th-century graveyard in Poland.
Professor Dariusz Poliński along with his team were conducting research in the area when they found a female skeleton pinned to the ground with a sickle around the throat.
Her toe was found padlocked to keep her from ‘returning from the dead’. This strengthened the theory that the female was considered a vampire at the time of her death.
The practice of putting a sickle around the neck of the deceased was used in 1600s by superstitious Poles to restrain a deceased person from coming back to life. The discovery of one around the skeleton’s neck further strengthened the supposition that people considered her a vampire.
“The sickle was not laid flat but placed on the neck in such a way that if the deceased had tried to get up… the head would have been cut off or injured,” Poliński said while talking to Daily Mail.
AA silk cap was also found at the site, which suggested that the woman held a high social status during her lifetime.
These unusual burial practices became common in Poland in 17th century. Natives believed that ‘vampires’ could return and wreak havoc on local villagers. However, the criteria of classifying someone a vampire is uncertain till date according to Poliński.
Hundreds of flood affectees in Rajanpur district, Punjab, are awaiting government aid as they continue to camp on roads to escape the devastation of high water levels in their villages and towns, reports Ilyas Gabol for Samaa News.
According to the affectees, no one from the government has reached out to them with relief packages.
“No one has come here to deliver relief package to us despite several claims by the government that aid is being disbursed among the needy persons,” a flood victim told Samaa.
Another woman said, “We are helplessly sitting on the side of the road fending for ourselves and cooking whatever is available.”
She requested the authorities to send help immediately.
’90 per cent of people still await assistance’: Faisal Edhi
Faisal Edhi of the Edhi Foundation said that the situation is critical and warned that it’s going to worsen.
He highlighted that people’s participation in relief work as compared to the 2010 floods and 2005 earthquake in Pakistan isn’t sufficient.
Edhi revealed that despite a great deal of effort made by the Edhi Foundation, government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), help has reached 10 percent of people. “90 per cent of them still await assistance,” he observed.
“There are people who say that they don’t want to come to the streets with their children. They only ask for food. Water has entered their houses,” he said.
Moreover, he said he fears that international migration from Pakistan will begin as thirty to forty million people have been affected by the catastrophe.
In the last 24 hours, 57 more deaths have occurred which has taken the death toll to 1,265.
