NC demands Mahant Narsinghanand’s arrest over his remarks on Prophet Mohammad
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Saturday denounced Yati Narsinghanand’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad, and called for his immediate arrest, saying the controversial priest has “deeply wounded” the sentiments of Muslims. Narsinghanand has been booked again for hate speech after he allegedly made objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests in the Ghaziabad district […]
MMU writes to Shah seeking legal action against Narsinghanand for hate speech
Srinagar: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking legal action against Yati Narsinghanand, the controversial head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, for his alleged blasphemous remarks on Prophet Muhammad. The seer allegedly made the objectionable remarks during a programme in […]
3 drug peddlers held with heroin in Samba
Jammu: Three alleged drug peddlers were arrested along with 7.8 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Sunday, police said. Rajman Singh alias Raman, Ranjeet Singh and Ram Kumar were travelling in a car when they were intercepted by police at Tapyal near Ghagwal on Jammu-Pathankot highway, a police spokesperson said. A […]
Maldivian President Muizzu visits India to reset strained ties
New Delhi: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu arrived here on Sunday for a four-day state visit to reset the strained ties with India amid a looming economic crisis in the island nation. Muizzu will meet President Droupadi Murmu and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday after which India is expected to announce pacts […]
Denied permission for Jantar Mantar, Sonam Wangchuk sits on fast at Ladakh Bhawan
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday sat on a fast at the Ladakh Bhawan where he was staying after the protesters were denied permission to stage the stir for Ladakh’s Sixth Schedule status at Jantar Mantar. Wangchuk, in a brief interaction with media before starting the fast, said they were forced to stage […]
Randomization of Counting Staff for 8 ACs of Srinagar District held
SRINAGAR:- In connection with Counting of Votes scheduled on October 08 for General Election to Legislative Assembly, the Randomization of Counting Staff for Eight Assembly Constituencies of District Srinagar was successfully conducted as per the guidelines of Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Conference Hall of the DC Office Complex, here. The Randomization of […]
Exit polls say advantage to NC-Cong in J&K
Omar calls it ‘time-pass’, BJP remains hopeful of win Jammu/Srinagar: Most of the exit polls predicted that the Congress-NC alliance has an advantage in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP remained hopeful of forming the government in the Union territory. National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah, however, described the exit polls […]
Going to Islamabad for multilateral event, not to discuss Indo-Pak ties: Jaishankar
New Delhi: A day after India announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Islamabad to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) mid-October, he said he was going to Pakistan for a “multilateral event” and not to discuss Indo-Pak relations. He said this in response to a query during […]
India successfully flight tests 4th-Gen VSHORADS missile
New Delhi: India conducted three successful flight tests of a new generation of very short-range air defence missile systems at Rajasthan’s Pokhran firing ranges, paving the way for their production. The tests were carried out on October 3 and 4 against high-speed targets and the weapon systems demonstrated very critical parameters of “maximum range and […]
SCO summit- Hope it will be start of better relationship between India, Pak: Farooq
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Islamabad for the SCO meeting would mark the start of a better relationship between India and Pakistan. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]
