BSF personnel among 2 arrested for links with Hizb
SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a module of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit by arresting two of its members including a Border Security Force (BSF) man from frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir. A police official said that two Hizbul Mujahideen activists were arrested by SOG and army’s 28 RR during a raid at […]
Don’t take side, see things in right perspective: Er Rasheed to Governor
Terms his statement as ‘admission of guilt’
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Thursday termed Governor Satya Pal Malik’s remarks that India has mishandled Jammu and Kashmir, as ‘a confession of guilt’. Er Rasheed in a statement issued here said that Malik should know that to what he calls ‘mishandling Kashmir’ has ruined Kashmiris […]
Man booked for announcing triple talaq to wife
Bahraich: Police have registered a case here against a man for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over phone over the dowry issue. The man currently lives in Saudi Arabia, police said Thursday. “Chandbabu pronounced triple talaq (divorce) thrice to his wife Noori, 20, over phone on September 10 when her family members did […]
Supreme Court verdict decriminalising adultery death-knell for family system
The debate about the decriminalisation of homosexuality had not yet died down that the verdict decriminalising adultery hit the headlines. So with the two “historical” verdicts in September 2018 on Homosexuality and Adultery, the corporatisation of Indian Legal System has almost reached its zenith. Market driven sex and sexuality will now prosper without any obstacles. […]
Class 4th post aspirants protest against DC Bla
Bilal Ahmad
Baramulla: Scores of unemployed youth from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday staged a protest against the district administration for failing to finalise the selection list of class 4th employees from past 12 years. The aspirants who had applied for the post assembled at Kirapa Park here and chanted slogans against the administration over the […]
Indian courts had settled Triple Talaq issue decades ago: Women’s rights lawyer
Mumbai: Noted women’s rights lawyer, writer and author Flavia Agnes, while hinting that all the hullabaloo seen today in the name of instant Triple Talaq is no more than politics, said that the issue was actually settled by the Indian courts decades ago but it was not highlighted. “In the Shamim Ara case in 2002, […]
Attack on Kashmiri students: Malik threatens of agitation if attacks not stopped
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday strongly condemned what he termed as ‘brutal assault’ on Kashmiri student at Noida Delhi in which the student has sustained grave injuries. Malik according to a statement issued here said, “Kashmiri student Ahtisham was assaulted by goons near Sharda University where […]
Fresh military operation ahead of polls, undemocratic: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Wednesday strongly denounced what it termed as the ‘fresh military operation’ ahead of the civic polls commencing from October 8 under which nocturnal raids are being conducted at the residences of resistance leaders, and those arrested under draconian PSA lodged outside Kashmir. The amalgam in a statement issued here termed it […]
Mishandling of Kashmir by India has alienated Kashmir, says Guv Malik
Srinagar: India has made mistakes, and its mistakes have, in the process, alienated itself from the people of the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said in an interview. Malik said his priority is to “create an environment of trust” in which the Centre can initiate talks with mainstream parties and even the […]
Shopkeepers penalized for violating FSS Act
Baramulla: In an effort to ensure quality driven services to the people and to keep vigil on erring traders, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Baramulla Farooq Ahmad Baba on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 26000 on several shopkeepers and Hoteliers over providing sub-standard services to the visiting customers. Accordingly a team of officials led by […]
