Highway blockade: SC seeks replies from Centre, state over restrictions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking quashing of an order which restricts civilian traffic two days a week on the national highway (NH) stretch from Udhampur to Baramulla for movement of security forces. The state government issued an order on April 3 […]
Scrapping Article 370 in JK, introduction of NRC our top priority: Shah
Uluberia/ Krishnanagar: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said his party will scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and introduce National Register for Citizens across the country after returning to power. Shah accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of questioning the air strikes to “appease” her minority vote […]
India, China should be sensitive to each other’s concerns, Gokhale tells Chinese FM
Beijing: Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Monday held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here and reviewed the progress of bilateral ties post Wuhan summit, emphasising that both countries should be sensitive to each other’s concerns. Gokhale’s visit for bilateral consultations is taking place amid renewed optimism that the vexed issue of listing of […]
BJP took bold steps to counter terror, Cong response timid: PM
Pimpalgaon/Nandurbar: Targeting the UPA regime on national security issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said his government took bold steps to counter terrorism, compared to the timid approach adopted by the Congress-led regime. Modi’s remarks at a poll rally here in Nashik district of Maharashtra came a day after a terror attack in Sri Lanka […]
Bad omen for tourism
The spring season is almost heading to an end in Kashmir and summer is approaching fast with the day time temperatures also touching nearly 27 Degrees Celsius. However, tourism activity is not picking up to the expectations that the industry in particular and the people in general have. This year we have had to witness […]
The perils of corruption: Our state is considered one of the corruption hubs of our country
Mushtaq Hurra All forms of corruption leave a nation or a society crippled and barren. It shakes its basic foundations and concrete shafts of morality and ethics. It impregnates the minds of individuals with the vices of greed, lust and avarice which lead to a mad race of money and wealth. It leaves a society […]
Empowering rural women: Women used to command acute power and importance in our ancient culture
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had once said, “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women”. The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing has been increasingly recognized. Women account for […]
Triple Talaaq, Section 497, Sabrimala and the Indian women
It is high time we all should stand up against the jingoism in favour of men or women. Let us all be ‘equal’
Kanchan Basu In last few years the Judiciary and the Government have made several attempts to gradually pass the ‘Baton’ over to Women. Be the fact that we had for the first time in Indian History a full time Lady Defence Minister in Nirmala Sitharaman or the fact that we had the first lady Advocate […]
