Mehbooba leads PDP protest against Centre ban on Jamaat
Srinagar, Mar 6 (PTI) PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday led a protest rally of her party in Anantnag district against the Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly having close ties with militant outfits and demanded revocation of the decision. The former state chief minister led scores of her party activists at […]
Nobody will get any information from us on source of Rafale documents: The Hindu chairman
New Delhi: Documents related to the Rafale deal were published in public interest and nobody would get any information from ‘The Hindu’ newspaper on the confidential sources who provided them, The Hindu Publishing Group Chairman N Ram said on Wednesday. The documents were published because details were withheld or covered up, the veteran journalist said […]
Pompeo played ‘essential role’ in de-escalating Indo-Pak tensions: State Dept
Washington, Mar 6 (PTI) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played an “essential role” in de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan last week, according to a top State Department official. Tensions between India and Pakistan flared up after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Kashmir’s […]
Pak places Hafiz Saeed-led JuD, FIF in list of banned organisations
Islamabad: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation were formally placed in the list of banned organisations on Tuesday, a day after Indian media reported that the two outfits continue to be only on the watchlist. According to Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) list, which was updated on Tuesday, […]
Pakistan SC bars private channels from airing Indian films, TV shows
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has barred private channels from airing Indian films and television shows, amid escalating tensions between the two countries following the Pulwama terror attack. A three-member bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmad took up the case in which an order of the Lahore High Court (LHC) allowing Indian channels in Pakistan was […]
Woman raped by occultist: Police
Gurgaon, March 6 ( PTI) A 27-year-old woman was raped by an occultist whom the victim and her husband had invited to perform a religious ritual in their home to drive away their poverty, police said Tuesday. Guragon ACP (Crime) Shamsher Singh said the victim and her husband had come in the contact of one […]
Will inform about decision on polls in JK soon: CEC
Jammu: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Tuesday said that the commission had discussions with top officials over conducting simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir and the EC will inform about the decision at a press conference in Delhi. The CEC’s remarks came after EC finished its two-day visit to Jammu […]
Finding a common ground
The US has hinted that it is trying to work out a common ground for the two arch rivals India and Pakistan and is trying out to figure out peace between them. The US statement came at a time when the two nations are engaged in heightened tensions amid air strikes carried out by both […]
Where do Muslims stand in India?
Hakim Mohammad Ilyas The Constitution of India enshrines in article 51A (e) that every citizen is bound by the fundamental duty to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious diversities. Articles 15 reads as “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds of religion.” […]
Seven Golden rules to protect the kidneys
Dr. Garima Aggarwal It comes as a shocker to many that the kidneys, each about the size of a fist play such a major role in your wellbeing and involved in removing waste products from the body; preventing toxins from building up in the bloodstream. Post the circulation of blood through the entire body, it […]