Cabinet was briefed on JK: Jaitley
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Thursday was briefed about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir where the Governor has dissolved the state assembly, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here. Addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting here, Jaitley said, “Though Jammu and Kashmir was not on the agenda of the Cabinet meeting, members of the […]
After rebuff from NCERT, JKBOSE reviews text books prescribed for schools
Srinagar: After being snubbed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the JK Board of School Education (BOSE) has began to review and revise the text books prescribed by the organization to the school children in the state. The three day workshop on “Review and Revision of Curriculum” was concluded on Thursday at […]
Pak willing to open Kartarpura Corridor for Sikhs: FM Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan has conveyed to India its decision to open Kartarpura Corridor for Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday, even as the Foreign Office here said it cannot do much unless New Delhi responds. Qureshi’s statement came hours after India urged Pakistan to build a corridor to Katarpur Sahib […]
Developing the passage a soothing balm, says Sidhu
Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been pitching for opening of a corridor for Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, welcomed the Centre’s decision to develop passage from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur to Pakistan. “I welcome this auspicious step by the Union Cabinet, it will be a cup of joy for 12 […]
Not involved in Amritsar blast, says Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday rejected allegations of its involvement in the Amritsar terror attack in which three people were killed amidst Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s accusation that the grenade used was similar to the ones being manufactured by the Pakistan Army. Singh said that the grenade attack, in which three people were killed and […]
BJP was cornered
A high voltage political drama saw the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Wednesday when the turn of events was so fast that the Governor or the central leadership in Delhi could not comprehend what actually was happening. The development came after both PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and PC chief Sajjad Gani Lone, through […]
Every life counts, let people live their lives
Irfan Gul Today World is dynamic, full of complexities, anxieties and violence. The graph of violence is rising. Countless lives get spoiled in unnatural, human and state sponsored violence around the world which of course we too are not immune. Now-a-days no worth is shown for individual life as the world is witnessing a killing […]
Democracy was murdered in JK, says Sharad Yadav
JAMMU: Veteran politician Sharad Yadav Thursday called the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir assembly a “murder of democracy”. J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik abruptly dissolved the state assembly Wednesday night, hours after the PDP staked claim to form a government with backing of the rival NC and the Congress. The state assembly had been put […]
Dissolution of JK Assembly: Constitutional experts term decision as unprecedented
New Delhi: Citing “opposing political ideologies” of parties staking claim to form a government as a factor for dissolution of a state Assembly is unprecedented, a constitutional expert said Thursday, as the legal fraternity remained divided over the validity of the abrupt decision of the Governor to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Governor Satyapal […]
