Former BJP MLA Gagan Bhagat arrested for allegedly manhandling a lady sarpanch
Jammu: Former BJP MLA Gagan Bhagat was arrested on Thursday in an alleged assault case on a lady sarpanch in Jammu division of the state. “We have arrested the ex-law maker from the court premises, when he was about to present himself to get bail,” police further said. Earlier, in the morning, around 25 to […]
All woman religious school launches traffic awareness program for this Ramadan
Srinagar: In a first, a Srinagar based all women religious seminary has launched a Ramadan special traffic awareness program. Jamia Islamia Mahdul Muslimat, an all woman religous institute based in Barzalla has issued flyers to begin with. Chairperson of the institute Mubeena Ramzan said that since the people throng this month to mosques this is […]
Afghan grand council sets recommendations for Taliban talks
Kabul, May 2 (AP) An Afghan grand council on Thursday agreed on several recommendations for peace talks with the Taliban, after four days of meetings in Kabul meant to hammer out a common strategy for future negotiations. President Ashraf Ghani had convened the council of more than 3,200 participants, known as Loya Jirga, earlier in […]
SC directs EC to decide by May 6 complaints of Congress party alleging MCC violations by PM, Shah
New Delhi, (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Election Commission to decide by May 6 nine complaints of the Congress party alleging MCC violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. EC told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it has already decided on two out of the 11 […]
Lady dies in private hospital in Akhnoor, family alleges medical negligence
Jammu: Police and Paramilitary had to be called in to control the situation after trouble erupted over death of a lady in a private hospital here. The family of the deceased are accusing doctors of medical negligence that led to her demise. The relatives of the lady held a protest and ruckus erupted in […]
Former cops Vanzara, Amin discharged from Ishrat Jahan case
Ahmedabad, May 2 (PTI) A special CBI court here Thursday discharged former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin from the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. The court allowed the discharge applications of Vanzara and Amin, which they had filed after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute […]
India Pakistan armies trade gunfire along LOC in Poonch, schools in Kerni sector closed
Jammu: Following cross LOC exchange of gunfire between India and Pakistan armies in Kerni sector of Poonch district in Jammu division of the state authorities on Thursday ordered closure of educational institutions in the area. District Magistrate Poonch ordered that all Schools of Kerni Sector are hereby closed today on 02.05.2019 due to crossborder […]
LS Polls: More than 60 boys arrested during nocturnal raids in Pulwama, Shopian
Pulwama: Nocturnal raids and arrests continued for third consecutive day in Pulwama and Shopian districts taking the number of the detained youth to near 100. The twin districts will go to polls on May 6. A news gathering agency KNO reported that at least thirty youth were detained during nocturnal raids in Tahab locality of […]
One Free Press Coalition lists Asif Sultan among 10 ‘Most Urgent’ cases of threats to Press Freedom around the world
Srinagar: Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist arrested on “anti-state charges” in August 2018, a freelance reporter missing in Tanzania, a newspaper editor facing censorship in South Sudan and two journalists detained in Nicaragua are all among those on this month’s list of the 10 Most Urgent threats to press freedom. The list — released monthly by […]
US military stops releasing Afghanistan war information
Washington, May 1 (AP) Amid a battlefield stalemate in Afghanistan, the US military has stopped releasing information often cited to measure progress in America’s longest war, calling it of little value in fighting the Taliban insurgency. The move fits a trend of less information being released about the war in recent years, often at the insistence […]