Omar pins hopes on new govt at Centre
Says steps taken by Pak to resume talks need to be reciprocated
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Tuesday expressed hope that the new dispensation at the Centre will reciprocate steps taken by Pakistan so that New Delhi and Islamabad can move towards resumption of comprehensive dialogue. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to reports that Pakistan has decided to open the ShardaPeeth corridor […]
HC seeks Centre’s response on plea opposing ban on JeI
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and sought its response by April 22 on a petition challenging the recent ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the state. Acting on a petition by MehrajAzeem (61), a former member of the Jamaat, a single bench of Justice TashiRabstan on […]
Tussle: BJP’s point man in JK faces Dogra Maharaja’s grandson in Udhampur LS seat
Udhampur: Union minister Jitendra Singh will have a direct contest with Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh, the grandson of erstwhile Maharaja Hari Singh, on the Udhampur-Doda parliamentary seat. Jitendra Singh, who is banking on his development report card, has challenged the previous governments to compare their six-and-half decades long work with his government’s performance as he […]
Forced Conversion: Court puts two Hindu girls in official protection
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Tuesday ordered official protection for the two Hindu girls due to concern about their safety as authorities widened a probe to ascertain if the teenage sisters were abducted, forcibly converted and married. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of “influential” men […]
‘Ill health’ gets Nawaz Sharif out on bail for six weeks
Islamabad: In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the KotLakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft […]
