Children don’t want to take up farming seeing our plight: Farmers
New Delhi,(PTI): Several farmers, who took part at a protest here Friday rued that their children do not want to take up farming seeing their parents plight, as protestors raised slogans to protect “farming legacy”. Dubbed as the largest farmers’ protest and congregation in Delhi, around 35,000 farmers, from across India, converged at the Parliament […]
Kartarpur corridor: PDP demands opening of road link to Hindu shrine Sharada Peeth in Pak administered Kashmir
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on opening up of Kartarpur corridor and has sought the opening of road link to Sharada Peeth, Hindu shrine, in Pak administered Kashmir, adding that “though it will be a measure specific to Pandit […]
Punjab minister seeks Sidhu’s resignation
Chandigarh, (PTI) A day after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remark on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a senior Punjab minister Saturday sought his resignation from the state cabinet. The resignation demand came even as Sidhu backtracked on his claim in Hyderabad that he attended the groundbreaking ceremony in Pakistan for the Kartarpur corridor after Congress president […]
Objections from family, hospital delay Sikh girl’s wish to donate kidney to save Muslim friend
Srinagar, (PTI) A Sikh girl in Jammu and Kashmir wants to donate one of her kidneys to save the life of her Muslim friend suffering from organ failure, but objections by her family and a hospital here are delaying the procedure, prompting them to approach court. Manjot Singh Kohli (23), a Sikh social activist from […]
3rd Lamp Lighting Ceremony, Annual Day function of SMVDCoN Kakryal
JAMMU, DECEMBER 01: A Lamp Lighting and Oath Taking Ceremony of the 3rd Batch of B. Sc. Nursing students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi College of Nursing (SMVDCoN), Kakryal, and the Annual Day function of this institution was held at the Auditorium of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chairman of […]
Panchayat polls: Voting concludes for sixth phase
Srinagar: Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat polls ended peacefully on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir under tight security arrangements. Voters were seen queuing outside polling stations in both Jammu division and Kashmir valley despite the morning chill. Polling started at 8 a.m and ended at 2 p.m. In the Valley, 17.7 per cent […]
JRL asks people to observe Dec 3-9 as ‘human rights’ week
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Saturday urged people of Kashmir to observe human rights week from December 3 to 9 by holding candlelight vigils to highlight the “human rights violations”. A JRL statement appealed the people to lit candles outside mosques in their localities after evening prayers from December 3-9. Condemning the arrests and search […]
Defence Ministry approves military procurement worth Rs 3000 crore
New Delhi (PTI): The Defence Ministry Saturday approved military procurement worth Rs 3,000 crore, including Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles for Navy’s two stealth frigates and armoured recovery vehicles for the Army’s Arjun main battle tanks, a senior official said. The go-ahead for both acquisitions was given by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the ministry’s highest decision-making […]
HC grants two weeks’ parole to life convict to make conjugal visit
Chennai, Dec 1 (PTI) Observing that conjugal visits lead to strong family bonds and keeps the family functional, the Madras High Court granted parole of two weeks to a 29-year-old life convict from Tirunelveli district. A division bench of justices CT Selvam and P Ramathilagam Friday permitted Perumal, arrested in connection with a murder in 2008, […]
Change of strategy: Ultras in Bastar using human effigies with dummy guns to take on troopers
Raipur, (PTI): Facing reverses in their traditional stronghold, Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar have come up with a new strategy, apparently based on the Vietnamese model of guerrilla warfare, wherein effigies with fake guns are positioned strategically in the forest to take on the troopers. Naxals have suffered heavy casualties in a string of encounters with security […]
