Traffic Police to Launch Crackdown against Violations
Region: IndiaJammu, December 15 (Scoop News) –Traffic Police shall launch a massive crackdown from 1st January 2013 onwards against drivers of commercial vehicles plying without uniform, name plates and seatbelt. All the Bus, Ma... more
Views: 422Syria Down - no internet
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
The Syrian government and Rebels have been blamed for the shutdown of internet and telecommunication services in its territory on Thursday. The tussle in between the Syrian rebels and the forces loyal to President Ba... more
Views: 786Power shut down in Kashmir
Region: IndiaSrinagar,November 16 (Scoop News) – According to Power Controller, Power Development Department, Kashmir, in order to carry out urgent needed maintenance works, power shutdown of 132/33 KV Grid Station Bemina l... more
Views: 672Office timings rescheduled in Kashmir
Region: IndiaSrinagar, October 16(Scoop News) - According to Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, the working hours in all Government offices and institutions in Kashmir Valley except in ca... more
Views: 500Power shut down in Kashmir on Jan 25, 28, 30, Feb 01,02
Region: IndiaSrinagar, January 24 (Scoop News) –According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, in order to carry the backlog of works for commissioning of 33 KV HCC line of Badampora-Doderhama, Badampora-Khurama and Nihalpo... more
Views: 642A Muslim Community Leader gunned down in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Kathmandu Nepal: Faizan Ahmed Falahi, a young Muslim community leader was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen in Kathmandu on Monday afternoon. Faizan a resident of Vokraha VDC-2 in Sunsari district was the genera... more
Views: 1524Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners
Region: United StatesBy Michael Grabell , ProPublica The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation from a scan is equivalent to what's received in about two minutes ... more
Views: 1448Spoken Word Manifesto
Region: New YorkI am a Spoken Word poet! I don't even write down my poems -- I just shout them into the air!* *This one was transcribed by my intern, Stanley. more
Views: 1093Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
Region: United StatesBy Marian Wang , ProPublica Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: a sh... more
Views: 1445Cheat Sheet: Understanding the Budget Standoff and Government Shutdown
Region: United StatesBy Marian Wang, ProPublica Congress has two days to reach a budget deal to fund the government for the rest of the year or else come Saturday, the federal government will go into a partial shutdown. But what’... more
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