Musharaf planning to return to Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former President and Army General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who has to appear before a special Pakistani court in a high treason case, is likely to return from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month, a leader of Pakistan Awami Ittehad has said. The 74-year-old retired general has been living in Dubai since last […]
Don’t make my life hell, says Majid Khan
Srinagar: A former Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and footballer Majid Irshad Khan has appealed all the netizens to stop harassing him and let him live a normal life. After bidding an ode to militant organisation LeT, Khan who hails from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district made a fervent appeal to netizens requesting for some personal space. “Just […]
BJP ‘lying factory’ at work again: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the BJP’s “lying factory” was at work again, stymieing a media story on Cambridge Analytica allegedly being paid to sabotage the Congress by spinning “fake news” of the party working with the data firm instead. Picking up from where he left off yesterday, Gandhi today again […]
Air India connects to Israel using Saudi airspace
Tel Aviv: Air India’s maiden flight to Israel has landed in Tel Aviv, reducing the travel time substantially after Saudi Arabia for the first time allowed a commercial flight to use its airspace, indicating a thaw in relations between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state. Heralding a new beginning in the people-to-people contact and […]
Diplomats harassment issue: Want to sort it out as soon as possible, says Pak envoy
New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood Friday said that he has discussed the issue of alleged harassment of diplomats with his government, which wants to sort out it “as soon as possible”. Mahmood, who came back to India last night, days after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between […]
Army commander chairs security review meeting in north Kashmir
Srinagar: General officer Commanding Chinar Corps Lt General A K Bhatt on Friday chaired a security review meeting of various agencies including police at Pohrupet in north Kashmir. The meeting was attended by top Army and police officers including IGP Kashmir S P Pani, apart from the field commanders from both the forces, a defence […]
Corporal punishment leaves student with a ‘damaged’ eye
Srinagar: In a heart wrenching incident, a class 4th student has lost his vision after being beaten by his teacher while he was attending the school. A female teacher posted in government middle school Kroin in Nambla village of Uri’s Baramulla district on Thursday hit the child while beating him with a stick, reports said. […]
Medical waste expected to grow at about 7 per cent in India: Study
New Delhi: India is likely to generate about 775.5 tonnes of medical waste per day by 2022 from the current level of 550.9 tonnes daily, a study conducted jointly by industry body ASSOCHAM and Velocity has said. The study, which was released yesterday, said medical waste is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth […]
Hostile environment forcing security personnel to commit suicide, says Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that 700 forces personnel have committed suicide in past six years due to mental stress and the hostile environment that they face here. “Due to the prolonging of the dispute while our youth are being killed harassed and tortured. It is also having an adverse […]
Police registers case against DeM
Srinagar: Police on Friday registered an FIR against Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) for allegedly raising ‘anti-national’ slogans and giving ‘hate speech’. “It has come to the notice of the police about certain unlawful acts of DeM outfit through social media videos and other reliable sources where they have indulged in acts inviting penal provisions for offences under […]
