Mind your own business: Owaisi to Pakistan
Hyderabad: Asking Pakistan to stop meddling in Kashmir affairs, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday said the valley was and will always be an integral part of India, even as he stressed the need to have a consistent policy for the region. The Hyderabad MP said whether it was the Congress or the BJP at the […]
Parliament to decide on extension to military courts: Pak Army
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has said that the country’s parliament would decide about another extension in the tenure of the controversial military courts. The military courts were first set up in January 2015 for two years for speedy trial of militants after the 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed nearly 150 schoolchildren. Their tenure was […]
Special medical board treating Nawaz Sharif says he is not well
Lahore: A special medical board that examined Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat jail here has said that “he is not completely well” and more tests are required before suggesting treatment for him. The medical board comprising Shahid Hameed, Sajjad Ahmed and Hamid Khalil of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, had […]
Lacking on women’s empowerment
The conflict and the societal pressures have ensured a lesser working space for the fairer sex in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Though empowerment of women is a worldwide slogan and one of the Millennium Development Goals, Jammu and Kashmir has failed on this front. Though lot is being said about empowering of women […]
Marginalized Indian Muslims & Kashmir issue: Can Shah Faesal address both these constituencies?
By Dr Raja MuzaffarBhat Muslims, considered underprivileged and backward community in India, were overwhelmed by Shah Faesal’s success. Out of over 90 million Muslim youth in India, only three to four make it to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) every year; and getting 1st rank in this exam was almost a dream come true. Whenever I […]
Mehbooba seeks separatist leader’s release on humanitarian grounds
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought the release of separatist leader Shahid-ul-Islam, who is in the NIA’s custody, on humanitarian grounds as his wife was not feeling well. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister spoke to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over phone after reports of Islam’s wife having suffered a brain […]
LD incident shocking: PDP
Says mis-governance in JK has touched new heights
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday stated that the misgovernance in Jammu and Kashmir has touched new heights and common man is bearing the brunt of government’s non-serious approach to address the crises on ground. Addressing a press conference here at PDP head office Jammu, senior Party leader Nizam-ud-din Bhat said that amid harsh […]
Three youth booked under PSA in Pulwama
Family seeks help from Governor
Pulwama: Three youth from South Kashmir’s Pulwamadistrict were on Saturday booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and have been shifted to Kotbalwal Jail in Jammu jail for allegedly working as Over Ground Workers (OGW). Officials identified the trio as AamirShafi (25), son of Mohammad ShafiBhat of KarimabadPulwama, Mohammad Shafi Mir (28), son of Mohammad Ramzan […]
Rajouri man killed in Saudi two weeks back
Family appeals MEA to help bring body home
Rajouri: A 44-year-old man from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir was killed after being hit with some sharp object in Saudi Arabia, his family said Saturday. The poor family has no means to bring the body back home and urged the government of India through Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to see that the […]
Newborn found dead in garbage dump
Kishtwar: A newborn baby girl was dead at a garbage dump here on Saturday, officials said. Sweepers of Municipal Committee Kishtwar found the body at a roadside dump in the town, when collecting garbage, they added. Upon being alerted, a police party rushed to the spot and shifted the body to District Hospital Kishtwar, they […]
