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Separatists attack a government office and burn a police station in restive southwest Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan, January 9, 2025 (AP) — Dozens of armed Baloch separatists seized a government office, robbed a bank and partially burned a police station in a remote district in southwestern Pakistan before fleeing when security forces arrived, police said Thursday. The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday in Khuzdar in Balochistan, where analysts say separatists are becoming as large a threat to national security as the Pakistani Taliban. There were no casualties in the attack, authorities said. Suhail Khalid, a local police officer, said the insurgents fled when security forces arrived and the situation was

Kejriwal targets Centre, demands inclusion of Delhi’s Jat community in Central OBC list

New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) As Assembly elections draw closer in Delhi, AAP convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the BJP-led Central government of reneging on its promise to provide reservation to the capital’s Jat community. Speaking at a press conference, Kejriwal said he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the inclusion of Delhi’s Jat community in the Central OBC list. He also accused the Centre of misleading the community for the past decade, and failing to deliver on its promises. “In 2015, the BJP invited Jat leaders to the prime minister’s residence and assured

New RBI chief seeks to improve forecasts, sources say

MUMBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – New RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra has initiated a review of the Reserve Bank of India’s inflation and growth forecasting tools to minimise projection errors, four sources said. Malhotra, who took charge last month, is asking the RBI’s internal teams to include new datasets, analysis and projections in their inflation and growth forecasts, sources aware of the central bank’s thinking said. None of the sources wished to be identified as they are not allowed to speak with the media. The RBI did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ email seeking comment. The review comes amid increased

Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000 ordered to evacuate

LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit. More than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate as dry, hurricane-force winds hindered firefighting operations and spread the fires, which have burned parched terrain almost unimpeded since they began on Tuesday. “This firestorm is the big one,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told a press conference after rushing back to Los Angeles upon cutting short an official

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