Nagaland Cabinet rejects citizenship bill
Kohima,(PTI) The Nagaland Cabinet has rejected the citizenship bill, following pressure from various tribal organisations and students bodies. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Chief Secretary Temjen Toy, in a press release, said that taking into account the will and desire of all sections of the people, the Cabinet meeting on Monday made it amply clear that […]
Omar, Mehbooba condole death of George Fernandes
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister’s Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday paid tributes to former Defence Minister of India George Fernandes. Fernandes breathed his last on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. While Omar called him a ‘tireless crusader for the voiceless and the marginalised’, Mufti termed him as ‘true socialist’ . “Rest in […]
China decries ‘political manipulations’ behind Huawei case in US
Beijing, Jan 29 (AFP) China on Tuesday decried the “political manipulations” behind the US case against Huawei as Washington indicted the tech giant’s chief financial officer and levelled sweeping charges against the company. “For some time, the US has used state power to discredit and crack down on specific Chinese companies in an attempt to strangle […]
Chinese activist jailed for five years: rights groups
Beijing, Jan 29 (AFP) The founder of a prominent Chinese civil and human rights website was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for inciting state subversion, according to human rights organisations. Liu Feiyue created and ran the Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch website, which covers a range of civil and […]
Suman Kumari becomes Pakistan’s first Hindu woman judge
Islamabad, Jan 29 (PTI) Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge, according to a media report. Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district. She passed her LLB. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist […]
VHP welcomes govt’s writ in SC seeking return of Ayodhya land to original owners
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The VHP Tuesday welcomed the Centre’s writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking to return 67-acre land around the disputed site in Ayodhya to its original owners, saying the step was in right direction. In a fresh plea, the Centre said it had acquired 67 acres of land around the 2.77 […]
India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctors
Washington, Jan 29 (PTI) An India-born onetime billionaire and founder of a drug company went on trial in the US along with four others on charges of paying doctors millions of dollars in bribes to lure them into prescribing a highly addictive opioid painkiller meant solely for cancer patients. John Kapoor, 75, plotted to bribe […]
Cold wave grips valley amid snowfall prediction
Srinagar: Intense cold wave gripped Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday while the weatherman has forecast another spell of snowfall from Wednesday afternoon. The temperature in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar plummeted to minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, while tourist resort Pahalgam and ski resrt Gulmarg recorded minus 13.7 and minus 12.2 degrees respectively. Weatherman on Monday said that […]
Centre moves SC seeking nod to return 67-acre land around disputed Ayodhya site to original owners
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The Centre Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to return the 67-acre acquired land around the disputed Ram Janambhoomi Babri Masjid site to original owners. In a fresh plea, the Centre said it had acquired 67 acres of land around the 2.77 acre disputed Ram […]
Highway: One-way traffic from Srinagar-Jammu to ply today
Sriangar: Authorities on Tuesday said that only one-way traffic will be allowed to move on the Jammu- Kashmir highway and vehicles from from Srinagar will move towards Jammu. “No vehicle will be allowed in the opposite direction,” officials said. The official said that there are reports of a fresh landslide at Anokhi Fall in Ramban […]
