Panchayat polls: Voting underway for 6th phase
Srinagar: Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat elections is underway across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The Polling began at 8 in the morning and will conclude at 2 in the afternoon. Voting for the 6th phase is being held at 3,174 polling stations with 410 in Kashmir and 2,764 in Jammu. 7,156 candidates are […]
Minors continue to be victims of rape in Indian cities
Gurgaon: A man accused of raping his three-year-old daughter was arrested from here Friday, a police officer said. The incident took place on October 28 night when his wife left his house after a quarrel. He was in an inebriated state, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shamsher Singh said. Following the quarrel, the woman went to […]
LeT Operational Commander Naveed Jutt buried in Handwara
Srinagar: Naveed Jutt, the operational commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit killed along with his local associate on Wednesday was buried in Rajwar area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday night. Official sources said that the body of Naveed Jatt was taken by police to Reshwari area of Waderballa in Rajwar, Handwara late […]
Seeking protection under AFSPA: SC rejects plea of Army men challenging FIRs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of over 300 Army personnel challenging the lodging of FIRs against soldiers involved in operations in Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir, where AFSPA is in force, though the Centre contended that it will have a “demoralising effect” on soldiers who are fighting terrorism. The apex […]
US welcomes Indo-Pak people-to-people contact
Washington: The United States said on Friday that it welcomes efforts by India and Pakistan to increase people-to-people contact, days after the two neighbouring countries laid foundation stones for a corridor linking two revered gurdwaras on both sides of the border. “I’m aware of reports on this Kartarpur corridor. I understand that it’s kind of […]
BSF has developed new tech to check sniping of troops: DG
Says his force can handle Kartarpur corridor with ease
New Delhi: The Border Security Force, that guards the Indian frontier with Pakistan, said Friday it has indigenously developed bullet-proof bunkers to protect its troops against fatal sniper fire and has “surgically” targeted enemy posts in the recent past causing heavy losses on the other side. A senior BSF official said the force is also […]
‘Rape’ of mentally ‘unsound’: Police still clueless as victim is discharged from Hospital
Srinagar: Police, it seems, is still clueless about the alleged rape of a mentally unsound woman in the Old city area of Srinagar nine months ago. The woman who gave birth alongside a road in Ganderbal had developed complicacies as the baby also had died during the birth. Station House Officer, Rainawari who is investigating […]
For strong Indo-Pak ties Pakistan has to be a secular state: Army Chief
Pune: Amidst peace overtures from Islamabad, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Friday Pakistan cannot stay together with India as long as it is an Islamic state and if they are willing to become secular, then there is an opportunity. While Rawat has expressed concerns over cross-border terror emanating from Pakistan, this is probably for […]
No women for combat roles: Gen Rawat
Pune: Indian Army is not yet ready to have women in combat roles, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said Friday. The Army chief said there are several other fields where the Army was thinking of inducting women. “We are not yet ready for that (women in combat roles) as facilities have to be created within… […]
Rahul Gandhi sent me to Pakistan: Sidhu
Hyderabad: Amid the raging row over his Pakistan visit, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said Friday it was Congress president Rahul Gandhi who sent him there for attending the foundation laying ceremony of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor and that he was his “captain”. Sidhu’s visit had riled Punjab Chief Minister Capt. (retd) Amarinder Singh, who said […]
