Get A widely ridiculed Japanese government idea to lure Tokyo women into marrying men in rural areas by offering cash payouts and train tickets to matchmaking events has been scrapped, officials said Friday. Bureaucrats had envisioned payments of up to 600,000 yen ($4,140) for women who got married and settled outside of Tokyo as part … Read more
Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters marching towards the state secretariat on Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in opposition in the state, to call for a 12-hour state-wide strike on Wednesday, to protest against what it said were police atrocities. Thousands of protesters, most … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has decided to re-float tenders for the outsourcing of 22 more trains, following a poor response from private companies. The previous experience of outsourcing trains has been marked by failures, with one leading firm unable to operate the Business Express due to financial constraints and another stopping the Bahauddin Zakaria Express for … Read more