Canada outraged over security exemption for niqab-wearing women

TORONTO – A YouTube video showing two niqab-wearing Muslim women being allowed to board a flight at Montreal airport without being subjected to any security checks has outraged Canadians.

The incident, which was captured by a British passenger of Air Canada’s flight from Montreal to Heathrow last month, violates international standards which require airport check-in staff …. Original source  : Canada outraged over security exemption for niqab-wearing women.

Kanwarias flood highway to Haridwar, vehicles to be diverted

GHAZIABAD – It’s the time for kanwarias to flood the highway leading to Haridwar again. Thousands of orange-robed men with bamboo staffs slung across their shoulders carrying decorated earthen pots are marching on National-Highway-58, from New Delhi to Dehradun. The authorities have closed the highway to vehicles from Aug 3-9.

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July deadliest month for Iraqis in 2 years with more than 500 dead

July deadliest month for Iraqis since 2008

BAGHDAD – July was Iraq’s deadliest month in more than two years, according to new official figures, suggesting that a resilient insurgency is successfully taking advantage of the months of deadlock in forming a new government.
The figures released late Saturday show that 535 people were killed last month, the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : July deadliest month for Iraqis in 2 years with more than 500 dead.

Combining faith with saving environment, girl child

AJMER – Combining faith with a social cause, a twin initiative to save the environment and the girl child was Sunday launched at the revered Dargah Sharif here.

Nanhi Chhann foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which connects the issues of environment and girl child collectively to motherhood, focuses on social sensitisation towards the issue.
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