Lok Sabha polls will be held on time: CEC
Lucknow (PTI) The general elections in the country will be held on time, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said Friday, amid tensions between India and Pakistan. The CEC is in the Uttar Pradesh capital for the past two days to review poll preparations in the state. “The election in the country will be held […]
China says it never recognised India, Pakistan as nuclear states
Beijing,(PTI) China Friday said it has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear powers and ruled out extending such a status to North Korea following the unsuccessful second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam. China has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear countries. Our position on this […]
Now, Jamaat school sealed in Bandipora
Srinagar: Authorities Friday sealed a private school run by Jamaat-e-Islami in Ajas area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The move comes following government of India’s decesion to ban the prominent socio-religious organisation, days after arresting scores of its leaders and activists in a massive crackdown. Sources told GNS that district administration Bandipora headed by Tehsildar […]
Ex Cabinet minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal passes away
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party leader and Ex Cabinet Minister Qazi Mohammed Afzal passed away on Friday. According to PDP senior leader Qazi breathed his last at SKIMS Soura Srinagar
NC, PDP mulling moving court against Centre’s decision to extend 2 constitutional amendments to J-K
Srinagar,(PTI) The National Conference and the PDP said Friday that they were mulling moving court against the Centre’s decision to extend the 77th and 103rd Amendments of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of an elected government in the state. The reactions come after the Union government on Thursday gave its nod […]
PDP chief condemns Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar,(PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Friday condemned the Centre’s decision to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was another example of “muscular approach” of the central government to deal with a political issue of the state. “Democracy is a battle of ideas, crackdown followed by banning of Jammat Islami (JK) is condemnable, another example […]
Terrorism is caused by ‘distortion of religion’ and ‘misguided belief’: Swaraj tells OIC
Abu Dhabi,(PTI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday raised the issue of terrorism at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting and said the menace is caused by “distortion of religion” and “misguided belief”. Swaraj, who attended the inaugural plenary of the two-day meeting here as the guest of honour, said the fight against terrorism […]
Pak ignores India’s request to sent back IAF pilot by air
New Delhi (PTI) Hours after Pakistan announced its decision to release Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, India conveyed to Islamabad that it wants him to be sent back via aerial route and not through the Wagah land border, official sources said. However, late in the night, Pakistan communicated to India that he will be returned […]
Petition filed in Pak court to stop the release of Indian pilot
Islamabad,(PTI) A Pakistani citizen on Friday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court to stop the imminent release of the captured Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinanadan Varthaman, saying he committed crime against the country and should be put on trial here. Pakistan detained the Indian Air Force pilot on Wednesday following a fierce […]
MP: Cong MLA refuses to sing Vande Mataram citing Sharia law
Bhopal/Sehore, (PTI) A Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh has courted controversy by refusing to recite Vand Mataram citing that it violated the tenets of Islamic Sharia law. Bhopal (Central) MLA Arif Masood refused to recite Vande Mataram at a public gathering of the India Mev Mahasabha at Shyampur in the state’s Sehore district on Tuesday. The […]